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Rating: Null/10 (26 October 1998)

Akira has, without a doubt, the greatest animation anyone has ever seen. No joke. This movie has every special effect of modern-day cinema, and it's beautiful. With zooms, 180 degree camera pans, lights, explosions in 65,536 colors (or something close), slow-motion, Akira makes the best efforts of Disney and Dreamworks look like Saturday morning cartoons back in the sixties. Then you get into the rest of the film. The dubbing job is not perfect, in fact it's far from good, but you can't hold that against a film that wasn't made to be in English. The story is innovative at times, but seems like a mish-mash of New Age "I am in control of my universe" sayings etc. at other times. Overall, it's a lot more original than what we've been seeing lately, and it creates a great blend of action, science fiction, and psychological thriller. See it. If you like Anime, see it NOW.