I told my friend that I started a blog about my anime and manga adventures. She told me that I couldn't start a blog of this kind without having seen Akira, and so I have watched Akira.
I haven't seen many animated movies but I can say without a doubt, Akira is one of the best I've seen. From the start to the end there is a great deal of action, and I love action! The whole movie I was like “oooo, ahhh, hmmm, cool, COOL, hmm, ooo, OOOOO, OOOOOH, WHAT?!!!!, DUDE OH MY GOD AWESOME, WHAT THE HELL IS THAT!, OMG IT'S GROWING, aww.”
The Story.
Akira is centered in an alternate universe where everyone has innate special abilities, teleportation, strength, telekinesis, telepathy, and so on. At the start of the movie we see Tokyo enveloped in a white light, which destroys everything in its area. Soon we’re introduced to Kaneda, the leader of a biker gang, The Capsules. During a fight with a rival gang, The Clowns, hell breaks loose. A child possessing a severely aged face, white hair and sickly skin is walking with a man who is seems to be trying to protect him, the man is gunned down by the government’s army leaving the elderly looking boy to scream, creating a wave of destruction. Kaneda decides it is best to leave and starts off with his gang in toe. Tetsuo gets separated and runs into the special elderly looking child. The child does something and there is an explosion. Tetsuo, wounded and weak, lays on the floor as another similarly aged child, but this one fat, appears and takes the other child. Tetsuo is taken away and whisked into testing. He manages to get out and steals Kaneda's bike, taking Kaori with him. Kaori likes Tetsuo and appears shy. Tetsuo; however, doesn’t feel the same and often tells her to shut up and go away. While Tetsuo and Kaori are making their escape to wherever they encounter some clowns, the rival gang. Kanade in bravado style swoops in with some of his mates and rescues Tetsuo. This is the first time we get to see the sadistic side of Tetsuo as he pummels one of the captured clowns relentlessly. He would have killed him if Kanade didn't interject. Tetsuo begins to have memories which don't seem to be his, clutching his head he falls to the ground, soon the government comes in and takes him back to the testing facility.
Tetsuo is soon provoked whilst sleeping by several Espers, (elderly looking men/women children with grey/green/purplish skinned children things that were experimented on at a young age) at the end of this Tetsuo unleashes his power killing everyone who is in sight to make it to the baby room where #25, who can tell the future, is.
From here on the story progresses. We find out more about Akira and what Akira is and what his energy can do and such. It's very interesting and highly action packed. The fights were engaging and the abilities were fun to watch.
Let's talk characters for a brief moment.
Akira: Not much to say about this one. One very very very very very powerful boy. He doesn't have much background story or much present story in the movie.
Kaneda is the main character and leader of the biker gang, capsules. He's pretty tough, as most biker gang leaders tend to be, and he's a nice character. I liked him. He seems just like a normal person making the best of the bad situation.
Tetsuo is the supporting character. In the beginning he's introverted and has an inferiority complex. Later in the movie he becomes an all out maniac! Love it. Disliked him until the end. He didn't care at all about friends or loyalty and only wanted power, but I loved what was done with him. He's the cause of the majority of action.
The Espers are other kids who along with Akira were being tested. They are stuck in child like form but their faces and body age normally which means they look like elderly children. Often with white/pale hair and pale skin that's covered in wrinkles.
Like I said I'm keeping the list short, I don't see the point in talking about all the other roles.
Rating:
5/5
Big blob alone is worth 5/5
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