Akira Great Animation for its Time but a story that falls flat!

Rating: 6/10 (16 December 2008)

The Plot: Childhood friends Tetsuo and Kaneda's motorcycle gang encounters a military operation to retrieve an escaped experimental subject. The military captures Tetsuo and conducts experiments on him that unleash his latent psychic ability, but when these new powers rage out of control, Tetsuo lashes out at the world that has oppressed him! My Spiel: I have to say I enjoyed watching Akira for the visuals. But as for the overall story line for some reason didn't appeal to me as much as it did to many others. Granted I love the motorcycle and the animation scenes with the bike and when Tetsuo goes off against Kaneda & the army. This coming from a artist perspective its nothing short of awesome in what they did in 1988. But to be fair I am reviewing movies how I watch them and how they are, and I just think the story was average. But for visuals this is a must see for any fan of animation obviously.
Review: 6/10