Akira (Special Edition + Tin Packaging)
by Katsuhiro Ohtomo
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Actor: Hiroshi Ohtake, Mami Koyama, Mitsuo Iwata, Nozomu Sasaki, Tesshô GendaDirector: Katsuhiro Ohtomo
Writer: Katsuhiro Ohtomo
Producer: Haruyo Kanesaku
Producer: Hiroe Tsukamoto
Producer: James Yosuke Kobayashi
Producer: Ryohei Suzuki
Producer: Sawako Noma
Writer: Izô Hashimoto
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; Japanese (Original Language), Dolby Digital 4.1
Format: Anamorphic, Animated, Color, DVD, Limited Edition, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 124 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2001-07-24
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Geneon [Pioneer]
Movie Reviews of Akira (Special Edition + Tin Packaging)
Movie Review: That's Mr. Kaneda to you, punk!
Summary: 5 Stars
In the year 2018, World War 3 has passed, and the world is still around. Everything seems about the same, but just a lot crummier. Kaneda and Tetsuo are friends from a young age that are now around 18 years old and in a biker gang with some of their other good friends. They are at war with another biker gang called the Clowns, and get into fight with their bikes in the middle of the streets and highways. While Tetsuo is chasing down another biker, he almost runs over a little kid in the middle of the street, except that his bike blows up and leaves Tetsuo flat on the ground... thanks to the kid. The military comes to grab the child and also takes Tetsuo back to a military installation to perform some experiments on him that unlocks a great, though lethal, power inside of him. As Tetsuo is trying to break out, Kaneda is trying to break in to find and rescue his friend. The power though that is swirling inside of Tetsuo is beginning to take control of him and what Kaneda finds later is not the Tetsuo he remembers.
I remember seeing this 1988 movie somewhere around 1994 and being absolutely blown away. The attention to detail was something like I had never seen before in movie cartoons. The backgrounds were robust with moving people, cars, papers, lights, anything really. The movements in the actual drawings that we were supposed to be watching were so fluid and meticulously drawn it was mesmerizing. Even after 20 years, this movie still holds up. Just last night as I was watching this I looked at my friend many times and said "Holy crap man, that looked so good". The first thing I remember from this movie from so long ago was the bike fight scene at the beginning. The first time I saw the trail of light from the break lights as a bike zoomed off, I believe my nipples got a little hard. That's how awesome it was. And there are even some pretty `gross' scenes in this movie. Like when a guy gets his face bashed on a drive by with a lead pipe. I "OOOOOOO'd!!" out loud to that... haha. The story itself though can get a little confusing. I think it took me 3 or 4 seeings to actually get it. Mainly cause I was to in awe the whole time just watching the movie.
In the end, I would definitely give this movie a shot. I own it and love that I do. If you are an anime fan, you'd better have seen this cause this movie has to be in the top 5 best animes ever.
P.S. - I own the tin can 2 disc edition. LOVE IT. Also the scene that ALWAYS sticks out in my head in this movie is the hallway scene where he blows people up. It was drawn so fluidly well it's ridiculous.
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