Better with each watching

Rating: Null/10 (2 April 2004)

I've seen AKIRA 5 or 6 times by now, and i'm looking forward to more. I used to work in animation industry, so that's half of the interest. In that regard, Akira is one of the few best i've seen, with others coming only equal, hardly better (espec. considering it's about 10 yrs old by now). The second part of the reason is that i used to be an active Science Fiction fan, and in that regard, again this is one of the best movies i've seen - at least when you get the whole story, for which i'm sure you need more than one viewing. When i watched it first time, i felt like most people, confused and lost in the complexity of the story, wondering after the movie is "Akira" a person or a power, or an energy? Luckily, the animation and a "sense" of a good SF story behind it made me see it several times, and actually i'm thankful now for the complexity of the story because each time i get a new level straight. Not to mention noticing ever new levels of detail in almost any given scene. This is one of my favourite movies of all times, so much so that i'll have to repeat my first sentence: I've seen it 5 or 6 times by now, and i'm looking forward to more.