Akira 4K

well how are they going to have the olympics now

adambolt

"The future is not a straight line. It is filled with many crossroads. There must be a future that we can choose for ourselves." Akira is one of the most important Japanese animated films of all time, and not simply because of the technical landmark it achieved in…

ScreeningNotes

that finale is still one of the most terrifying things i've ever seen in my life

karen h.

I really just didn’t know what was going on 90% of the time.

Chadwin

take a shot every time kaneda says “tetsuo” + every time tetsuo says “kaneda”

rai

what the hell

oleff

94/100 An aggressive tour de force of influential animation, tangible world-building, inferiority complexes, biker gangs, giant teddy bears, and overwhelming sequences of violence. It stays burrowed in your psyche, ruining a certain, seemingly simple nerve and, in the…

SilentDawn

Probably the most galvanic and visceral example of a nation's collective psychic fallout since Honda's GODZILLA. Simultaneously dreading and anticipating a return to power.

matt lynch

Akira is one of those films that I appreciate more than I like. The animation is very good and several of the messages it wants to convey are solid, but I wasn't completely connected to its characters and although entertaining it wasn't completely emotionally satisfying for…

Romario De la Rosa