| I have just finished this film and I really don't understand why it's so critically acclaimed. I understand that it took a completely different direction to the manga, and it is very obvious. There were a multitude of characters that served no purpose being there (Kaori, Kei, Ryu) and others who should have had way more explanation like Akira. This film may have been ahead of it's time in terms of animation and sound quality, but it is absurdly uninformative about what is actually happening throughout. It also feels like it just ends.. and that's it. It doesn't explain at all what happened, and just leaves you to assume. The powers that characters had were never given any reason either, they just "awakened" and were suddenly able to do whatever. I'm just looking to see what anyone else thinks makes this film worth it's reputation. |
| "Equivalent exchange. I'll give half of my life to you, if you give half of your life to me." |
| Blame the people who made it. They condensed like half of the manga in order to make it fit into a movie, which came at the cost of a bunch of exposition and information being left out, not to mention subplots that were just scrapped. The way the movie handled Akira himself always bugged me since he had a lot more screen-time in the manga, but was given a much smaller role in the movie as a deus ex machina basically, yet the movie was still named after him lol. As you can probably tell, I've never loved the movie although the manga was great. |
MR-GOD said: I have just finished this film and I really don't understand why it's so critically acclaimed. I understand that it took a completely different direction to the manga, and it is very obvious. There were a multitude of characters that served no purpose being there (Kaori, Kei, Ryu) and others who should have had way more explanation like Akira. This film may have been ahead of it's time in terms of animation and sound quality, but it is absurdly uninformative about what is actually happening throughout. It also feels like it just ends.. and that's it. It doesn't explain at all what happened, and just leaves you to assume. The powers that characters had were never given any reason either, they just "awakened" and were suddenly able to do whatever. I'm just looking to see what anyone else thinks makes this film worth it's reputation. Your favourites says it all i mean you like simple things it's just not for you |
Tefashi said: Based on your favourite it seems like “creativity” is the most important thing for you, I wouldn’t class that as an objectively important quality for a show. It’s not really something that should affect your rating of a show if your rating aren’t completely based off of personal taste. I’d say that Akira fits into that same “Avantgarde” category.MR-GOD said: I have just finished this film and I really don't understand why it's so critically acclaimed. I understand that it took a completely different direction to the manga, and it is very obvious. There were a multitude of characters that served no purpose being there (Kaori, Kei, Ryu) and others who should have had way more explanation like Akira. This film may have been ahead of it's time in terms of animation and sound quality, but it is absurdly uninformative about what is actually happening throughout. It also feels like it just ends.. and that's it. It doesn't explain at all what happened, and just leaves you to assume. The powers that characters had were never given any reason either, they just "awakened" and were suddenly able to do whatever. I'm just looking to see what anyone else thinks makes this film worth it's reputation. Your favourites says it all i mean you like simple things it's just not for you |
| "Equivalent exchange. I'll give half of my life to you, if you give half of your life to me." |
MR-GOD said: I have just finished this film and I really don't understand why it's so critically acclaimed. I understand that it took a completely different direction to the manga, and it is very obvious. There were a multitude of characters that served no purpose being there (Kaori, Kei, Ryu) and others who should have had way more explanation like Akira. This film may have been ahead of it's time in terms of animation and sound quality, but it is absurdly uninformative about what is actually happening throughout. It also feels like it just ends.. and that's it. It doesn't explain at all what happened, and just leaves you to assume. The powers that characters had were never given any reason either, they just "awakened" and were suddenly able to do whatever. I'm just looking to see what anyone else thinks makes this film worth it's reputation. I just witnessed a war happen, but I'll tell you anyways: I say read the mangas to get the full experience as the creator of Akira took part of the making of the film while the mangas we're still in production thus explaining why some parts of the movie aren't explained. I guess that could be a turn off for people and I understand. It can get Batshit at times I'll admit that. The movie is still revolutionary for it's time and is responsible for popularizing anime in the western and inspired other movies like Ghost in the Shell. I also appreciate it for it's art, the aesthetic, characters are developed and likable enough, Tetsuo is a great villain, and it kept me entertained. |
| I recommend trying the manga; I read it prior to watching the film and had a much better albeit still not complete understanding of the plot. |
Some of you never watched Bakugan Battle Brawlers on TeleToon in 2008 and it shows. |
| I watched this movie a couple of weeks ago and I also think it's overrated. Their opinions are probably nostalgia biased, like how people say Dragon Ball is the best shonen ever. The animation was pretty good for its time, but that's all. |
| I don't understand its appeal either. I found it pretty boring. then again I guess all this popularity and love it gets comes mostly from when it first released. not sure about now but people Alive back then might've found it impressive or something. |
| Now that high quality media isnt so rare,u wont feel much,but at the time it came out,it twisted the world of media. |
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Just saying the director literally wrote the manga And? The movie diverged from the source material many times regardless when it came to certain storylines and characters for obvious reasons like the story needing to be cut short, and the fact that Otomo hadn't finished the manga yet. That doesn't change what I said about the manga though - it is vastly superior since it includes the entire story that the movie wasn't able to adapt fully, and it gives better development for its characters. |
| i didn't like this movie at all. it just isn't something for me. near the end, i had no idea what was going on either and u was just bored for the majority of it |
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MR-GOD said: I have just finished this film and I really don't understand why it's so critically acclaimed. I understand that it took a completely different direction to the manga, and it is very obvious. There were a multitude of characters that served no purpose being there (Kaori, Kei, Ryu) and others who should have had way more explanation like Akira. This film may have been ahead of it's time in terms of animation and sound quality, but it is absurdly uninformative about what is actually happening throughout. It also feels like it just ends.. and that's it. It doesn't explain at all what happened, and just leaves you to assume. The powers that characters had were never given any reason either, they just "awakened" and were suddenly able to do whatever. I'm just looking to see what anyone else thinks makes this film worth it's reputation. this is literally the main problem people have criticising anime: people don't agree on what parts of a show make it 'good' in the first place. many value aesthetics, or music, or emotional response over character writing, for example, and there's no reason to say these are invalid reasons to enjoy media. (personally, i am just a sucker for characters who are written in a way that makes them feel truly human.) with that in mind, in my view the akira film really isn't that well written—at least, it's abundantly clear to me that the writing isn't what makes it so widely acclaimed. most of the characters are very forgettable aside from a couple good character designs inherited from the manga, but none have a depth or personality worth feeling invested in. the movie doesn't bring much to the table besides audiovisual catastrophe. for me, akira was the equivalent of saying 'because we animate with a great deal of ambition, because we express things on a large scale, and because the manga has provided us with plenty of great designs, this film is worth watching.' but ultimately i didn't particularly enjoy it, precisely because it didn't feel like there was much there besides excellent animation, solid worldbuilding and a good soundtrack. so it's a bit of an 'each to their own' thing, i think. |
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| This needed to be an anime with 12 episodes as opposed to a movie. I read the manga before watching the film and I can say that the manga is better(though both endings sucked). There was just a lot of backstory that was cut out in the movie and some things were better handled in the manga. |
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fekkucu said: Read my edited post you genius I made it much better to respond to your nonsense. And no matter how much you want to deny it your ratings show you are an edgelord. huh? my highest ratings are a mixed bag, but probably the most consistent theme is yuri, what's so edgelord about that XD to address your edited post, fekkucu said: You are so full of yourself you don't even understand my point and change my words according to your whim, I said ""t does not have enough time to develop a lot of characters" whereas you make it as if I said "it doesn't have time to develop the characters" "There is a shit load of difference in meaning. i am full of myself? holy shit i had no idea, ty for the insight :3 actually, i find a great deal of pleasure in being myself and trying to understand myself, so of course i'm deeply self-interested. people who desperately deny that they are make me worried. anyway, i didn't mean to misrepresent you, i thought it was obvious as fuck that i was paraphrasing. anyone could literally just move their eyeballs up a little and see the exact words you used if they wanted to, so if i could be bothered to quote you directly, i would have. i just mistakenly didn't assume you'd make a fuss about it. however, i can admit i misinterpreted what you were trying to say. tbh, the idea that akira as a film has good character writing — meaning, as far as i understand it, characters who make interesting characters practically regardless of context — was just kinda unbelievable to me, so i gave you the benefit of the doubt that that wasn't what you meant. especially since you were saying you were "accepting it's flaws" (paraphrasing) after all, failing to do the near-impossible (develop the majority of a massive cast) within a very limited runtime isn't really a flaw, lol. in any case, my stated perspective stands that akira really doesn't give it's characters much in the way of depth or subtle character writing whatsoever. it's an action film with great worldbuilding, but the characters are very forgettable, especially if you only watch the film. i can't think of a single time i felt the characters had meaningfully complex motivations and character traits beneath those which were simply necessary to drive the story. if you think otherwise, we can agree to disagree, but i think my criticism remains a meaningful one. Sure there are movies develop "most" of their characters but their cast it never as big as Akira's yeah, i wasn't talking about this. i was talking about quality of character depth/character writing, you were talking about quantity of characters with depth. Do you understand now or you are just too much of a simple person with limited capacity? does it make you meaningfully happy that you're the kind of person to become aggressive at others online for your own mildly-sadistic temporary reprieve? does it make you happy that you want me to make a mistake, say something obviously wrong and stupid, and let you bask in the glory of having won the argument for all to see? i only responded to you because you were being high and mighty in the first place, but i don't think i've ever belittled you in a way intended to hurt your feelings or something. i just wanted you to realise how it makes you look bad when you put yourself above others in a manner that betrays how your thought processes function — like "naturally if you watch simple shows you wont understand my refined taste" etc (paraphrasing, i know you didn't literally say those exact words lmfao) like, i try really hard to make sure everyone knows i'm arrogant and self-obsessed, so that they know i don't harbour resentment for them even in my arrogance. so you could at least put in some effort to be less obvious that you do, right? |
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| There are some positives , like aesthetic value , but yeah , i was expecting more too |
Before talking check my favourites they are not outdated please watch more anime |
| You answered your own question. It was way ahead of its time in animation. It also helped that it was dark and gritty in an era where that wasn’t really the norm. Akira hasn’t aged well, but the appeal for it is due to the impact it left on the medium and the legacy it’s left behind. |
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EggMann said: nobody watching dem shows no more brother plus i got a life i ain't watching anime all day Neither me i have a ps5 and I play a lot |
EggMann said: nobody watching dem shows no more brother plus i got a life i ain't watching anime all day Me neither i have a ps5 and i play a lot |
| I think that nowadays, for people who didn't see the movie before, the appeal is mainly the animation and the setting. In the beginning it looked like I'd give it an 8/10 but I gave it a 6/10 in the end, I might put it even lower later on. The animation and setting were great, the music was good but the characters were as bland as an average isekai protagonist's design and the story was- what was the story? Also, what's the purpose of the promotional poster? It makes it look like the movie is about a cyberpunk biker gangster. |
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