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Summary: Akira; Amazing 2 Disc Set
Review: This amazing 2 disc set will totally change your Akira and anime experience. This is probably the best anime in anime history. If you have not seen this, go and rent the first Akira on the regular DVD edition then go to your local anime store and buy this special edition of Akira! Youll love it!
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Summary: by FAR the GREATEST movie i have ever seen
Review: I am never one to take the time to type out an editorial review or anything like that. However watching Akira I have changed. It has a deep and involving plot line which, I will not write about here; as many other people already have done so, completely immerses the viewer into its animated splendor. This movie is absolutely beautifully drawn and the character depth is really QuitE amazing. The storyline, admittedly, is a little hard to follow, so if you value intelligent and HIGHLY original plotlines then PURCHASE THIS MOVIE. To fully understand and enjoy it's DEEP messages and little fun things that you can pick out (much too many little brilliant things to mention) this movie must be watched more than once or twice. Akira is a movie that can be enjoyed over and over and over again. 5 stars are not enough in my books for this movie.
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Summary: Outstanding
Review: This was simply... The most powerful anime film I've ever seen. Much better than Ninja Scroll or Mononoke! The action scenes were fantastic! One of the best storylines ever, and the plot is great too. This is the story of a biker gang in the distant future of Tokyo. The motorcycle-chase scenes are groundbreaking! One of the bikers gets injured in a gang fight and gets picked up by the Army and experimented with... Project Akira! He then gets these amazing super-powers and... Well, you'll just have to watch the movie. This one is definitely in my top 10 films.
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Summary: WHAT'S THE POINT?
Review: THIS MOVIE MAKES NO SENSE AT ALL, FIRST THERE GONNA DO ONE THING AND THEN TALKING ABOUT ANOTHER, MY HEAD WAS SPINNING, BUT I GAVE IT 3 STARS BECAUSE THE AMOUNT OF BLOOD AND VIOLENCE THIS MOVIE HAD WAS UNBELEIVABLE IVE NEVER SEEN SO MUCH BLOOD IN A JAP ANIME CARTOON BEFORE IN MY LIFE, BUT IF YOU LIKE A MOVIE THAT HAS EXTREME VIOLENCE AND BLOOD AND DONT CARE WAT THE STORY IS ABOUT THIS MOVIE IS PERFECT.
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Summary: Awesome, Beautiful Movie.
Review: I loved the story line on this movie. It was a little science fiction, and a lot of awesome action! I like the motorcycles depicted in the film because they still look futuristic even today. I know the motorcycles really didnt have much to do with the story, but cool none the less. Anyway, the special effects and drawings were spectacular, and the plot twists were unexpected and exciting. I love this film and recommend it to any person that is even a little interested in anime.
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Summary: THE anime film
Review: The one which no anime has since surpassed, the standard bearer, the inspiration the one which, over a decade later, is still the best. The art of anime may have improved, but in terms of story, characters and direction, nothing compares to Akira - the godfater of anime films. To be honest, its difficult to see how, in the space of two hours, an anime film could be made that could better this in terms of story and structure. A century from now, when anime is written about, it is akira that will be cited as the "capolavoro" of the genre.
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Summary: Animation to make Kubrick proud.
Review: Okay, I have been reading through the reviews here and the main thing that everyone seems to have a problem with (well...besides the movie itself) is the new language track version. Basically I like the new language track. I grew up watching both the dubbed version and the old language track and frankly, the dubbed voices seemed to be a far cry from what the original Japanese voices sounded like. At least the new dub makes the freaky old children sound like children instead of dirty old men. Now, I will admit that there is a bit of nostalgia associated with the old language track (I do think it is a shame that Pioneer didn't include them both), but the new track is more accurate to the original Japanese and the got rid of all of they God-awful 80's cliches that filled the original dub. There, I have said my mind about the infamous redub...now on to the actual movie. The film is more artsy than "normal" films (animated and non-animated alike). There are long periods of character silence where the only thing the viewer can hear is ambient noises, sound effects, and the score. The plot is also so warped, twisted, and utterly insane that most viewers will have to watch the film several times before they actually figure out what is going on (if they ever figure it out at all). Basically, the best way that I can think of to describe this movie is to think of a Kubrick film. Kubrick's films were long, drawn out, and so utterly convoluted and brainy that most people left the theatre (or their couch after watching 2001 in a single sitting) cursing and scratching their heads in dismay. That is how Akira is too, only Akira has enough ultra-violence and twisted images to keep most testosterone driven males occupied. Okay, that description doesn't really make much sense. To be honest, there is no real way to describe Akira besides using terms that you have probably already read here like Great Animation, Great Score, and the infamous The New Dub Job... As far as the plot goes, it has something to do with special powers being unlocked, friendships, government conspiracies, inner turmoil, love, hate, freaky little wrinkly children, death, violence, and some big inhuman monster (if you watch CNN you will be used to all of that). So all that I can really say is if you like Kubrick movies, you will probably get a kick out of this film. If you are a hardcore anime fan, you will most likely already own this movie. If you are a huge fan of the graphic novel, you will think [bad of] this film ...(personally I am a huge fan of them both..but I am just weird like that). If you like major brainless Hollywood films, you probably shouldn't watch this film because your head will explode. If you are none of those things...mayb you should try renting Akira before purchasing it. If your head explodes....you probalby shouldn't buy this movie.
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Summary: simply...WOW and OMG!!
Review: wow.... i mean.. wow!! that's all i can say!!
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Summary: A Masterpiece
Review: The best anime i've seen so far. This movie was one of the first anime that i saw with subs, i was used to see anime that was dub and thought i try this film a shot with subs. I'll never regret it, as soon as i saw this movie i always woder what the original to other anime was. Great for a first Anime file or just a collector.
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Summary: Supremely Overrated.
Review: Akira. The title that has introduced oh so many Americans to the world of anime. One of the single most popular anime movies ever, and is renowned to being one of "the best". The only thing I have to say is "WHY?"
Akira is the perfect example of something that should not be an anime movie. Katsushiro Otomo's 2000 page epic of a manga title is supposed to be rich with character development, story, and filled with taut, gripping emotion. This film is not, and while I have never read the Akira manga myself, I can almost guarentee that this film does not do the manga justice. Akira takes place about 30 years after World War III, where the world is desolate wasteland. Gangs rule the streets, and one of them contains two childhood friends, Kaneda and Tetsuo. Tetsuo is a very typical character, one who is a little wimpier than the rest of the gang. However, Tetsuo also has telepathic powers, and the government seeks them. Tetsuo could be the key to the end of the world, and he doesn't even know it. Later in the film, Tetsuo's power grows to dangerous levels, and he loses control of them.This is when it would benefit to read the manga in my opinion. The plot gets extremely abstract, and makes little to no sense. All in all, Akira is a decent film. I would have to rate it about a 5 out of a possible ten. While it has potential as a film, I would have loved it to be a TV series or OVA. While it may be a great manga with a great, profound story, the movie is an unexcusable trainwreck of a story, especially toward the end. Many more films have tried to take the same story as Akira, such as Ghost in the Shell, and succeed, at least to me.
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