An Animation Classic&Definitely one of Landmark Movies of all time!

Rating: 10/10 (26 January 2016)

28 years after its release in 1988 & My First encounter with Akira.An awesome post-apocalypse (sort of) movie set in 2019 & Neo-Tokyo after 3rd World War.(Only introduction I'll give about the plot so as to not degenerate into spoilers).I'm a huge fan of Anime & This movie is a prime example of almost prophetic futuristic vision in sci-fi& how awesome it looks in animation.Often better than real-life props,plastic sets or fallible expressions of human actors.It has everything,intriguing story,suspense,visuals,sights & its a pioneer in many movies which spun-off its characters & modified it to their stories,novels,movies & characters.I could actually see&remember so many of them.I've seen stunning animated movies set in similar circumstances out of Japan which remain my all time favorites like "Ghost In The Shell" & "Animatrix" but all of them owe some of the origin to this movie.So do 'The Matrix', "Minority Report" & at least 4 or 5 more that I can name that draw parallels at least.This is probably the most realistic scenario one can expect after a few decades of War & details are just exquisite.Definitely joins a collection of memorable ones I've seen.It's intense &music score is one that I especially loved.Considering how Lo-fi it does seem at first glance after digital revolution in animation in 90s & '00s,it's just jaw-dropping in how well it was shot.This is me raving Highly recommended.