Pretty good anime

Rating: 9/10 (6 January 2008)

Rated R for graphic violence and brief nudity.
I usually enjoy anime films so I was interested in seeing Akira when it played on teletoon Friday night.It was a fairly long movie(clocked in at 2hrs 45min with commercials).It was a pretty interesting movie, anime buffs should like it but I thought it was a bit overrated. There is quite a bit of action, it has a good story and some good humor but the film is fairly weird and the dubbing isn't all that great(I hear its a new dub).Its about this motorcycle gang in which one of the members get picked up by some FBI agents and gets some sort of new power.He now becomes evil with power and its up to his friends to stop him.If you enjoy anime films then watch Akira, you might like it but I thought it was sort of overrated.