Great Anime

Rating: 10/10 (4 June 2008)

Akira is a great film, beautifully animated, complexly plotted and aimed for adults. This was the film that gave that put Japanese Animation on a global stage, and Japan does produce some of the best animation and some of the best films generally. The basic plot of the film is that it is set 30-years after World War 3 and the film starts in 1988 and you see Tokyo getting nuked. In Neo-Tokyo, built on the ruins of old Tokyo, Japan is suffering an economic crisis and the city is infested with teenage gangs, similar to A Clockwork Orange. During a gang battle one gang member clashes his bike into a strange, green skinned child. He is captured and studied by the government and he starts to develop psychic powers.
Akira is complex and has made plot strains going on at the same time and I don't want to ruin it for you. It is great if you love sci-fi, animation, anime/manga or just all things Japanese. The animation is also very good from a technical level and all the little details are just great. This is a film aimed for teens and adult, not one for children, but this is just an example that animation is not just for children. Akria is worth watching, and watch it in Japanese with subtitles.