| Aside from the BEAUTIFULL fluid animation and art than hasnt been topped even today. The other best part of Akira is all the symbolism. If you watch the movie closely and pay attention to the small details you can truly see how fucking awesome this movie is! It basically made anime popular and it defined an entire genre. The tokyo Olympic stadium, The capsule on Kaneda's jacket, The stickers on Kanedas bike (Canon and US air force logo). All these are the small and awesome little things added. And that.... awesome fucking bike that every man secretly wants! Do you guys think this is an awesome movie?  Mod Note: Moved from general Anime Discussion. |
rodacOct 15, 2015 6:12 PM
stingzy said: Do you guys think this is an awesome movie? I don't, unfortunately. Sorry bud. |
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| Sure, it was a landmark movie, but it isn't necessarily the best anime movie ever. Just wait 'till you see the symbolism in Naruto Shippuuden Movie 4 :) |
sddsdd said: Sure, it was a landmark movie, but it isn't necessarily the best anime movie ever. Just wait 'till you see the symbolism in Naruto Shippuuden Movie 4 :) Seen all the naruto movies, awesome fights repetitive plot >.> |
| lol no Pokemon 2000 is better (btw Akira manga is infinitely better than the movie) |
| tetsuuuo kanedaaa TETSUUUUOOO!!!! KANEDAAAAAAAA!!!!!!! I don't remember much else... |
Valaskjalf said: lol no Pokemon 2000 is better (btw Akira manga is infinitely better than the movie) The manga still wasnt finished when the movie came, so they couldn't get everything |
stingzy said: The point still stands thoughValaskjalf said: lol no Pokemon 2000 is better (btw Akira manga is infinitely better than the movie) The manga still wasnt finished when the movie came, so they couldn't get everything |
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| Its fine, I guess. |
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| it was really nice, but not even close to being the best |
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| Not even close. |
| You can't really claim anything is the best lol. I can definitely see why it'd be your favorite, though. It's got amazing animation and a very unique soundtrack. I also personally thought the story was really good. My favorite is actually either Grave of the Fireflies or Angel's Egg, but I'd never try to say that either of those were the best anime movie. :p |
| Uhm, no Millennium Actress is better |
 Nico- said: Conversations with people pinging/quoting me to argue about some old post I wrote years ago will not be entertained@Comic_Sans oh no y arnt ppl dieing i need more ppl dieing rly gud plot avansement jus liek tokyo ghoul if erbudy dies amirite |
| its ok but ^ |
| Twitter and it's consequences had been a disaster for the human race |
| It's a very important animated film and certainly deserving of a spot someplace in the top ten for animated movies of all time. But if you included live-action films? It's gonna plummet. sddsdd said: Just wait 'till you see the symbolism in Naruto Shippuuden Movie 4 :) Jesus Christ, man. |
I’m just excited to see my Lord and Savior, Baphomet, represented in such glorious Italian stone. I do hope his eyes gaze upon me and that my allegiance is recognized. |
Tiam_Kara said: It's a very important animated film and certainly deserving of a spot someplace in the top ten for animated movies of all time. But if you included live-action films? It's gonna plummet. sddsdd said: Just wait 'till you see the symbolism in Naruto Shippuuden Movie 4 :) Jesus Christ, man. Exactly, Anime wouldnt be like it is today without Akira |
| Nah I've seen better. I still think it's pretty great though. Plenty of rewatch value too. |
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| watch nami, best short movie ever i see. i even cries and never want to touch it again because after watch it. |
 "If taking responsibility for a mistake that cannot be undone means death, it's not that hard to die. At least, not as hard as to live on." |
| Is there such thing? |
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| Wow what's with the lackluster response from everyone? I think Akira is an awesome movie! ... However, I think the manga is better. |
| Now can anyone tell me how is Akira manga is better than the Movie..? I didn't watch the movie nor read the manga (but I plan to..) so I can decide if I will read only the manga or watch the movie first.. |
| Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi Favorite movie <3 |
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| Easiest way to spot a pleb if he/she has this opinion tbh |
| wut. lol definitely no |
JossatsuOct 15, 2015 6:50 PM
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| no it's not There's about an hour of boring shit before Tetsuo FINALLY loses control and goes on his rage fuelled rampage that part was fun as fuck |
| no i fell asleep watching that |
| Well I wouldn't say it's the best, but it definitely got a lot of people into anime and manga. It is great, but there is also Steamboy, GITS. |
| There are lot of anime films I liked better, but it's not bad either. |
| "The name's Gambit. Remember it." -Gambit "X-Men '97"  |
| Akira still has some of the best animation ever produced for an anime (it even has lip sync!), and it's in part responsible for popularizing anime in the West, but I wouldn't call it the best anime movie ever. Ghost in the Shell and Spirited Away are better overall. |
| Up until that year, yes. |
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| Just ask Kanye West. |
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AUGUSTUS said: What could that casual possibly know.Just ask Kanye West. |
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| I've procrastinated watching this movie for so many years.. I now wonder what the hype is about :v |
 Behold of my awesomeness~ controversial and/or sensitive topics likely devolve into the same repetitive, derogatory, abusive, and harassing comments can no longer be posted. But my feels. |
| Akira looks amazing for a 27 year old movie. Keep in mind that everything in this trailer—including the bikes, backgrounds, and explosions—was hand drawn and hand painted. |
aikaflipOct 15, 2015 5:32 PM
| As much as these forums hate this goddamn word so much. [spoilers] Its subjective! [/spoiler] |
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| The story was a bit jumbled. It's the result of compressing a lot of the original material into the movie. But visually speaking, it's an amazing movie. It's still a movie I thoroughly enjoy. I like to refer to this video when talking about the movie. |
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| yes visually but the storyline is above average due of the compression the manga is infinitely better, on par with the best live-action movies |
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| You forgot Interstella 5555 exists, young man. |
| I really enjoyed Akira, but there are so many movies that can argued to be as good as, if not better than Akira. Ghost In the Shell, Patlabor 2, Millennium Actress, Tokyo Godfathers, The Disappearance of Haruhi Stupid face, Grave of the Fireflies, Spirited Away, Howl's Moving Castle, 5 cm per second, Sword of the Stranger, Princess Monoke, rebuild of Eva movies, Summer Wars, Redline, just to name a "few". |
| Signatures Suck |
Comic_Sans said: Uhm, no Millennium Actress is better i second that, Millennium Actress, followed by GitS 1995 and Mimi o sumaseba. |
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