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I watched Akira for the first time and I dont get the love for it.
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nhlducks35
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The soundtrack ... sucks?
You son of a bitch
You son of a bitch
Krauser Kat
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The plots of all those earlier movies. Akira, Hits and ninja scroll and Eva are fucking trash. Just watch the pretty animation.
entremet
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I love this.
Yeah the soundtrack was amazing.
I guess I was bummed out with the little focus it had on the Akira backstory. The flashback near the end barely had any payoff.
I was with you on Akira...as others have said it's animation and music that is good
Princess monotone is a masterpiece and perhaps second to only spirited away and totoro in greatness
Grizzlyjin
Supersonic, idiotic, disconnecting, not respecting, who would really ever wanna go and top that
Ninja Scroll! That was the movie I was trying to think of. Yeah. It's another one of those anime movies that everybody recommending back in the day but it's really just cool fights and good animation. As a film itself, it's pretty garbage.
milkham
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i saw this a couple of weeks ago, remembered enough to dig it back up
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBAJdtPVnZc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBAJdtPVnZc
Strangelove77
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It's better than "nice." Way better. That kind of high quality animation almost doesn't really exist anymore.
Imperial Bishop
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Read the manga.
I wouldn't recommend it. The best thing about the manga is also the way it's drawn and you don't like that part.
entremet
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Ninja Scroll was basically a martial arts flick in anime form. Cool fights.
8-Bit Sunset
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Quintin DM
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I watched it for the first time a few years ago and I didn't really get it either. I thought it was fine and all but certainly not worth all the praise. Another one of those things that I guess just got super hyped up over the years, and probably can't meet the expectations of someone just trying to watch it for the first time now. It does look really fucking good though.
the_sun_king
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If you want this, read the manga. Akira is actually a proper character there.
ZorroMcNube
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It's not only the animation, though. The atmpsohere, music, action and violence are also top notch. The plot kind of stops making sense at some point but everything else is too crazy and awesome for me to care.
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Puck Beaverton
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Yeah Spirited Away is better than Akira.
rackham
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If you're looking for a film with a typical beginning, middle, climax and conclusion, Akira is not it.
What it is, is a visually stunning movie with a decent soundtrack, original story and unique characters. If you don't like the soundtrack or characters, you're welcome to that opinion. Lots of people find them compelling enough.
At the end of the day, it's not a masterpiece in films but it is memorable and worth seeing.
Wyndstryker
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The plot of Akira was a big giant ? when I was a kid. But the visuals are amazing. Amazing feat when you consider when the anime was made.
Princess Mononoke is great on the other hand. Although I did like Spirited Away a bit more.
Princess Mononoke is great on the other hand. Although I did like Spirited Away a bit more.
Sparkedglory
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Fight me
The manga is gorgeous, heavily influenced by U.S. action cinema and in turn was a significant inspiration to the graphic design of western comics. The story makes a whole lot more sense not being cut down to a vestigal nub, but I still don't think I'd recommend it to someone who didn't like the movie.
P.S. The soundtrack is fantastic, maybe you just dislike stuff that is good?
P.S. The soundtrack is fantastic, maybe you just dislike stuff that is good?
ivanthebearable
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I think it's beautifully animated but yeah it's kinda overrated in general. Princess Mononoke is the same.
Ordinaryundone
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I mean, what else did it need to be? It's a martial arts movie with cool villains and some good fights, as well as great art and animation. Saying it's garbage is straight hyperbole, unless you just have some deep seated hatred of samurai movies.
It's the same with Akira, yeah, the plot is nothing to write home about but the appeal comes from the gorgeous art and animation coupled with the action and violence. Not to mention that, back when it came out, I'd never seen ANYTHING like the finale of that movie, animated or no. It's easy to be jaded and talk about it being derivative but it only feels that way because of how influential it was. It's derivative because anime and sci-fi have integrated so much of it's iconography.
What anime movies do you like?
I've wanted to buy the manga volumes for years but they're soooooo expensive. I always end up flipping through them when I'm at a bookstore, though. Gorgeous artwork.
This happens a lot. Some person watches something from 30 years ago, or plays a game on the NES for the first time ever and go "...I don't get it." In most cases you simply won't. It was something that can be appreciated now, but the effect it had on everything was strongest in it's original day.
The fact is the film holds up pretty damn well. Animation is still amazing. The plot is pretty straight forward. Maybe on another viewing you will "get it".
The fact is the film holds up pretty damn well. Animation is still amazing. The plot is pretty straight forward. Maybe on another viewing you will "get it".
Turbo Killer
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One of my favorite movies ever, and calling the music bad completely invalidates the OPs opinion. The animation is still beautiful today and the music is just incredible.
Adam_Vania
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aw man, i am so sorry for the OP. it must suck to have such shitty taste. i rewatch this every couple years. Akira is a masterpiece, now and forever.
grap3fruitman
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What I would give for anime to still be drawn like that. I really miss the old school anime look. I hate the pointy noses and giant gobstopper eyes.
Lord of Ostia
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Like most have said, it's hailed as a classic for the superb animation work and visual design in general. The gifs in this thread are proof enough of why that is, it's a 30 year old movie and that animation is better than 90% of anime today, especially if you prefer animation done by hand. The plot isn't great, but that's a problem with many adaptations from manga that cut a ton of the story out.
I had the 6 (?) Volume version that Darkhorse put out maybe 15 years ago. They were great.
I love the two page full panel spreads so much. There's so much detail in some of those, you can spend several minutes just looking at them and taking it all in.
Games I get... New games are designed differently in game and visuals than what we have now
Akira will be beautiful and emotionally resonant forever
ZorroMcNube
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So it has pretty much everything an animated action film needs to be good?
tomwhite2004
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Quoted for truth, same applies for Nausicaa Valley of the Wind, the manga absolutely slays the anime.
Lord of Ostia
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Not in comparison to Akira's adaptation. Personally I prefer manga to anime adaptations in most cases, but Nausicaa's is well done.
Poimandres
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Akira is still awesome.
The design work, the animation, the music, the setting. All A+.
The plotting is a little convoluted, and on first watch I didn't really follow everything. But, after a couple more watches it's all straight forward enough. I actually really like the story.
The design work, the animation, the music, the setting. All A+.
The plotting is a little convoluted, and on first watch I didn't really follow everything. But, after a couple more watches it's all straight forward enough. I actually really like the story.
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