i watched it as a 10 year old and i loved it. i re-watched it like a year later and only then i understood the plot

I watched this while tripping, not my best idea

man i watched this in April 2020 and I was reeling about the parallels

One of the reasons it cost so much to make is that the creator was adamant that nearly most of the film must take place at night, which meant more complex colours and shading was needed. :''D

Ost at the beginning

Ew English dub (Jk it’s a good video nonetheless)

The Mayor looks like Melody from HxH

My parents showed me this a few years ago (I'm in my 20s now) and I really liked it! Except for the bulging muscles, that always made me feel sick to my stomach.

BRUH, that forehead like wooooo.....

A moment of silence for children who got accidentally traumatized by their parents

drangon BAAAAAAALL ZZZ dragon with a Z tattuu on his baals

Fun fact: this isn't a fun fact

KANEDAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!

I feel like the movie's stance on the economic boom of the 80s is more of a cautionary tale of how it go wrong.

I love it! Even though I don't understand it.

I love how the red bike made it into cyberpunk one of the first rides I bought.

The explosion at the beginning was Akira losing control and the second was Akira killing tetsuo once his psyche was awakened.

Review the berserk anime it's got some crazy shit in it.

"THAT'S MR KANEDA TO YOU PUNK!" The absolute knuts on this lad.

I loved this movie, yeah it was a bit all over the place around the middle point, it at least had likeable characters and absolutely amazing animation (and even the dub had decent voice acting) there is another movie made around the same time that, that had a similar sort of concept which is Urotsukidoji legend of the overfiend (which would be very questionable to let a child watch) it failed in every aspect that Akira mastered. Do not even try to watch the dub, the voice acting is some of the worst I've heard. Though one anime series I'd like to see reviewed is Genocyber, yeah it's awful, but I'd say it's an underappreciated "horror" anime (and apparently the manga is considered bad) It had a lot of potential, but nothing connected, I'd love to see a Mecha gore anime that actually has a good plot but those days of anime are far gone, it's just not a popular genre.

i saw this when i was 10 lol like in 1995

I didnt know i had to do this but Tesuo= villain Canada= hero Killing innocent people is pretty evil in my book

My dad was like, “you like spirited away?? Here! I watched this as a kid”

Petition to make the original full manga into a perfect anime

What's the song in the start?

I honestly find "Science vs Religion" to be a strong and interesting theme

I saw this in the summer of 2019

I seen this when i was like 10 and my mom was the one who got it for me to watch cause it was a cartoon and it was my first introduction into anime and then I found cowboy bebop and my soul was hurt

I think it would be a great idea to turn the story of the manga into an anime mini series.

I saw this movie when I was maybe 8. My parents had no idea what anime was back then and just thought it was a VHS cartoon. If it's animated it must be for kids right? I also saw Watership Down and Grave of the Fireflies. I remember constantly thinking my little sister and I were going to have to leave home and fend for ourselves, but my even younger sister just had a morbid curiosity for it and to this day she still loves movies with blood and gore way more than I do.

Idk why but almost every old anime has a charm that newer animes cannot beat

my dad isn't big on anime but he showed me this when i was 12 and ghost in the shell when i was 10 or 11 which was my first anime. I'm honestly so happy that he showed me this stuff. Akira is literally in my top 10 when it comes to anime now with ghost in the shell coming in close behind it lmao.

You got to watch the anime movie that was banned in Japan and review it!

What's the song used in the introduction?

To sum up how important this movie is. No Akira. No matrix. It's that iconic.

I saw this as a child,because I found the dvd and it was great I actually liked it! And it kind of predict the future...in Hong Kong protests..and government things..

FINALLY YOU'RE REVIEWING IT

Far as I remember though, the ''atomic bomb' at the start of the film was Akira's power manifesting, not a bomb. Why they dismantled his body in the first place, keeping it for research.

This is a great review, but what was the music at the beginning

We should have a Final Fantasy 7 anime styled like Akira.

Akira has to be the best movie I've ever seen in my life Akira really changed my life anime has been a part of my life for a long time starting with DBZ and so on but when i came across Akria it made every other anime feel like babies not coming at other anime but this movie made me want more then i heard about the manga and how the movie was just the first part of the manga and i was like i have to read the manga so i went hunting and what i found was amazing This is just a little side note i fell like with the right prep time a Good Budget a Good ass Director who actually has seen the movie and liked the movie and with the right actors who will commit 110 percent they can make a good live action use and by prep time i'm talking as much as needed i'll wait five years or more as long as the movie comes out close to or just perfect.

This is the only movie that I can rewatch a week later

Could someone tell me the name of the song used in the first 51 seconds of the video? It is so beautiful

Akita was one year off

have you done the two Vampire Hunter D movies?

1:52

I watch this when I was5 or 6

My friend: Animation is just for kids. Me: Oh yeah! Try this animation and regret what you said.

While a visual masterpiece, this movie was pretty horrible.

Steve, can you please review Midori? It's from 1992.

I never saw the entire movie as a child, I only remember the gang beating scene with Tetsuo's girlfriend. My sister was scarred by this movie because of Tetsuo's transformation at the end. I only recently watched it some months ago

i watched this as a small child, i can only describe this movie as a HORRIFYING Fever dream.

I saw it as a young adult and was like... "WTF is this shit?" For starters why is it even called Akira when he never appears and remains just a legend? Then we have Tetsuo whom Kaneda tries to save, and remains a friend of, suddenly out of nowhere kill his old gang. Why exactly? Sure the power has gone to his head but I expected him to first take revenge on the clown gangs maybe... not kill his own friends. Additionally, the movie has tons of subplots like the rebel leader being a fake, the government, the Dr Wily style mad scientist, none of which goes anywhere because they condensed the manga. And given that the director WAS the manga writer, they had no excuse.

On saw the first part, like ONLY the part where that guy gets brutaly gunned to nothing but dust.

God. What a fucking insane movie. The plot, characters & relationships, the politics, the music and oh my goddddd the animation 🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️ the body horror especially is just... Holy shit. I watched this in high school, and I was still not prepared. What an amazing, terrifying, fascinating, intensely depressing fucking movie... But yes, that fucking animation is just... ★★★★★! 10000/10000! I cry every time I watch it. Not many films are so intense and so unfair to it's characters, with everyone getting brutalized and the gore and again, the body horror... This is up there with not just any Miyazaki film in terms of story and animation, but any animated film. Even better than most live action. Speaking of which... A small part of me secretly wants a live action, but... could you imagine how fucking bad a live action remake would really be? I just don't think anyone could even attempt the grand scale, but ~maybe~ Gasper Noe could maybeeee try? Idk. They'd white wash the shit out of it, the effects would trash, the costumes would be too pretty and they'd cut down on the gore and death too much. I'm battling with a want for a live action, but no need. Hollywood, please don't. Also, Tetsuo's gf deserved better. "KANEDAAAA!" "TETSUOOOOO!"

I watched this when I was 10, the dubbed version sounds weird so I watched the subbed & turned on captions

I wonder how expensive the movie, Akira, would be if it was made today

The movie doest exist anymore on you tube. I cant find it. Can someone give me a link for the movie.

It used to show up on adult swim a long time ago I believe, used to scare the piss outta me, the music, the animation, the voices, even the old little kids. but now I see what a masterpiece this is, life is amazing.

You should try watching it with the original 1989 english dub. I think that translation was better than the later one which was missing a lot of context.

Fun fact ,I 1st saw this film when it was 1st show on BBC 2 in 1992 . I was 17 back then .

Hope you'll review Ghost In the shell someday

So, who wins in a fight? Tetsuo or Shinji in Unit-01

would you review neon genesis enagelion???

Please review Kaiba! I find it gave me a lot to think about

red line the cartoon

Just saw this film at my local theater (Since no new movies are coming) Love it!! Buying the blu-ray come next pay check Japan you NEED to get back to making stuff like this again! You were so close with attack on titan!

I watched this as a child too. I rewatched it as an adult a few more times and I think I finally understand it. 😂

Fun fact: K9999 is inspired by Akira

Yeah I watched it as a kid too. Didn't understand it one bit.

I'm not big on anime, but that film really was amazing.

If only they said it was in 2020

So i just re-watched it after all these years, and here's my takeaway: While it may be groundbreaking and beautiful animation, the story is FUCKING STUPID!! NOTHING PISSES ME OFF MORE THAN PEOPLE STANDING AROUND GAWKING "AAAHHHH OAHHHHHA" WHEN FUCKING CREEPING DEATH IS RIGHT IN FRONT OF THEM!!!! ALL THOSE FUCKING MORONS DESERVED TO FUCKING DIE, WHY THE FUCK WOULD YOU STAND THERE WHEN ALL THAT SHIT IS HAPPENING??? OH SO AWFUL SHIT CAN HAPPEN. LAZY WRITING AT ITS WORST. AND IF TWO CHILDHOOD FRIENDS WERE SO CLOSE, WHY WOULDN'T KANEDA OR ANYONE FOR THAT MATTER TRY TO APPEAL TO HIM TO BE GOOD??? AT NO POINT DID ANYONE TRY TO SYMPATHIZE AND JUST BE NICE TO THE FUCKIN KID. NO, JUST ATTACK HIM AND CALL HIM NAMES TILL HE EXPLODES. OH AND LETS NOT EVER FUCKING RUN FOR OUR LIVES. FUCK THAT MOVIE!!!! YES THE ANIMATION IS GORGEOUS, BUT WHO FUCKING CARES WHEN THERE'S NO PROPERLY CONNECTED STORY TO CARE ABOUT. AT NO POINT DID I GIVE A SHIT ABOUT ANY OF THE CHARACTERS. IM GLAD IM NOT SO FUCKING NAIVE AS I WAS IN MY 20s. THE BEST THAT CAN BE SAID FOR AKIRA IS THAT ITS A MILESTONE IN ANIMATION. ITS BEEN WAY OVERRATED AS A MOVIE. FUCK AKIRA.

Do Ninja Scroll! it's my favorite anime! even more so than Akira which I love

They mean another anime i think

I just went to see this in the cinema with my friend and My brother and it's one of the best if not the best movie I've ever seen

What's crazy I saw this back in 1989 on the big screen in Philly. I was blown away. I was a freshman in highschool.

When I was a kid , while I'm watching horror movies I will literally be like -__-

Sadly there was an American cartoon inspired by Anime, and I'm not talking about Avatar: The Last Airbender or the legend of Korra, this show was called ExoSquad witch you can watch on NBCUniversal streaming Service called Peacock for free under the kid's section. Despite its adult subjects like racism, slavery, and the harshness of war. And not afraid to kill off main characters. They even went kinda Game of Thrown like with their Second and last season. And sadly no one even remembers or cares nowadays. :(

Lol review wicked city! Also, most movies were 12 fps where akira is 20 fps!

When the movie released in the US in the movie theaters they were beaten by the little mermaid. -_-

I still have the VHS copy of this that I ordered out of the back of 'Heavy Metal' magazine when I was a junior in high school back in 1993. One of my favorite all-time movies, animated or live action.

If you think the movie is bad you should pick up the books! 6 books each well over 200 pages and roughly $30-$40 or more in USD. Very dark, grim, and very good

This movie is badass as fuck

Deffinetly going to have to watch akira

ok thanks a lot for doing this review I now know what Akira is and its gorgeous- (both manga and movie) I watched the movie twice lmao 🤼‍♂️🤼‍♂️

This movie gave me nightmares as a child ....... :l

I made a petition for the Akira anime to be adapted into a live-action film (by the right directors ofcourse) www.change.org/p/katsuhiro-otomo-bring-the-akira-anime-to-life?recruiter=906547840&recruited_by_id=902ebb30-d356-11e8-8868-f5839a95d1c5&

I remember watching this movie when I was like 6 with my grandma and thinking that it was sick

10/5 because I love this movie!!!

roosterteeth

*the Fisher Price "My First Anime"!!

I remember this as my first anime I ever saw (discounting stuff like battle of the planets or speed racer) around 1990. The visuals and soundtrack were just amazing although some of the finer points were lost initially. I wore out that original VHS tape and rewatched it at a friends house much later on, but they redubbed it with different voice actors that did a far worse job than the original crew (the snippets I heard on this were the redub). Finally, around late college and the advent of multilingual DVDs I watched it with the original Japanese, which tends to make more sense storywise but you miss out on a lot of beauty of the production.

Perfect Blue is a good one to watch

So I saw this movie in the 90s when I was little on The Summer of SciFi. This movie and LILY Cat fucked my young self up.

Damn after watching this movie for some reason I am just now realizing that all of the characters have a massive 5 head.

fine bros

THE ENDING FUCKED UP MY BRAIN

Akira was one of if not, the first anime I saw as a child.... Which I found absolutely terrifying....... And I honestly was scared of it.

Fun fact about Akria,the film nearly prodeted the Japanese Summer Olympics in 2019, not 2020. One more year this have done they could've prodeted this film.