THE Anime Classic bar none.

Rating: Null/10 (8 November 2016)

This is the best Anime film ever made. Period. Full stop. End note.
This movie is not a computer generated animation film. Each frame is lovely hand drawn by pure animation genius. There is something inexplicably beautiful about that compared to the computer generated animation work we see now which is too clean, perfect and lacks the charm of human subjectivity. We must never forget that objectivity leaches subjectivity of its beauty. If you have never seen this, you literally cannot call yourself a fan of anime.
This movie largely follows the adventures of a small band of bikers who stumble upon a government conspiracy to control children that possess enormously powerful psychic ability. These children are know as the Psychic Children or as The Espers. The location of the movie is a hyper real advanced Tokyo, in the aftermath of a huge explosion of psi-kenetic energy that destroyed the original Tokyo. The government program was terminated for 31 years and the Espers present were kept in isolation to keep any information from being leaked. They wield a variety of psychic powers that are weak compared to those of Akira and Tetsuo, but are still strong enough to overcome a normal human being when combined. Although the Espers are children, their bodies take on a wizened appearance; the reason is because of years of being experimented on and taking special drugs designed to inhibit their psychic and thus physical growth. I'm going to stop right here. I'm depriving you of the wonderful story that is Akira. Watch it now!