Excellent action/sci fi film

Rating: 10/10 (29 September 2012)

Akira is one of the most important films in the history of Japanese animation. Mainly because it broke new ground in making an adult, extremely violent and visually stunning film that greatly influenced the design and themes of later anime films. However, I do not think this film is among the greatest anime films of all time, I think that Miyazaki alone made about 6-7 films superior to this one. That's because I did not find the characters and the plot as engaging. The level of emotional deepness is not comparable to Miyzaki's output, also, the soundtrack is not as "great" as well. It was an excellent, but flawed movie, like Citizen Kane, which I watched in the same day.
The animation has a flowing quality like no other anime film I ever saw. And the story is interesting, basically about government funded research on the manipulation of an a semi-mystical ethereal quality that living beings have with the purpose of producing "super humans", probably for military use. It's said that the first time such attempt had been tried in 1988, a world war followed due to the awakening power, which had destroyed the massive city of Tokyo. The film is set in "the future", 2019, when another awakening is occurring. Basically, havoc happens and we are for a treat of awesomeness.
It's an excellent action/science fiction film.