Akira
AKIRA
#140 Most Rated#18 Most Popular
It's the year 2019, thirty-one years have passed since the start of World War III. A top-secret child with amazing powers of the mind breaks free from custody and accidentally gets a motorcycle gang involved in the project. This incident triggers psychic powers within one of the gang members, Tetsuo, and he is taken by the army to be experimented on. His mind has been altered and is now on the path of war, seeking revenge on the society that once called him weak.
(Source: FUNimation)
Still a state of the art adventure three decades after its release
- 100
Self-destruction as a means of escape from decay.
- 100
An essential part of the cyberpunk genre, and a masterpiece of animation, not just anime.
- 100
Even to this day Akira is amazing, here is why
Akira: Entre o Aceleracionismo e a Obsolescência Programada.
- 98
Every Frame is A Work of Art.
Amazing art, animation and soundtrack. The story can be confusing and too slow for some, but imho it's a masterpiece.
- 96
The film is confusing to grasp at first, but when you take the time to rewatch,its true colors show time and time again
Why Akira is one of the most confusing, brilliant, and one-of-a-kind media forms of all time.
- 95
A visual and narrative masterpiece that feels so embedded in the past but so far ahead of where we may ever reach again
