Great

Rating: Null/10 (31 December 1999)

Akira is definately one of the greatest animes of all time, and it is also the one which showed uninitiated people that there was more to anime than just 'demon rape', ie. Legend of the Overfiend. Something that tends to get mentioned in previous comments on this website is that Akira is 'bloodthirsty'. This is simply not true, espescially when you compare it to countless others in its genre. It does however have the fairly obligatory nudity, but the scene only lasts a few seconds and we're all used to that by now anyway. The only flaw I can think of in Akira is that it may be a bit too complicated. This would be because the creators tried to sqeeze such a complex story into two hours, but they did do a good job - you will understand the many intricasies and finer points upon second or third viewing(much like Ghost in the Shell). To wrap up this review I will just say that Akira is a wholey remarkable movie compared to anything out there - and if you find it boring, as someone stated in their review, you must not be intelligent enough to appreciate it anyway.