The Impact of Akira: The Film that Changed Everything

CORRECTION:
The music in Akira is not “Traditional Japanese music” it is a mix of world music but primarily Gamelan from Indonesia, Indonesia having had some… colonization issues with Japan, so that’s a pretty bad mistake to make. I Apologize for the mistake, and to anyone who was offended.

Hey. Akira’s a pretty good movie. Kind of changed the history of anime. Gonna talk about it now.

Regular Eyepatch Wolf:

Akira: Story Behind the Film:

Akira fan Poster

Akira colours:

Making of Akira (Dvd Extra)

Variety Review:

Lets Fight a Boss Podcast:

Song List:

Scandroid - Neo Tokyo (Dance with the Dead Remix)
Dance with the Dead - Nightdrive
C418- Septic Shock
Hotline Miami 2 - Around
Nikey 9 - Exhausted Divinity
Edamame - Ochre
Makeup and Vanity set - Standing on the edge of a moment
Akira OST - Requiem

[supereyepatchwolf]

List of Anime that appears in the 80s section in order of appearance (Going to make a thread about this in my twitter if you stillcant find what you need):

GunBuster
Mobile suit Gundam Zeta
Patlabour
Gunbuster (Again)
Urusei Yatsura Beautiful Dreamer
Mobile Suit Gundam
Fist of the North Star movie
Royal Space Force
Ranma 1/2
3x3 Eyes
Devilman OAV (Guy in car with glasses)
Project Ako
My Neighbor Totoro
Patlabour (Again)
Urusei Yatsura Beautiful Dreamer
Project Ako 2
Uriotoskudoji
(cant actually place this next mecha shot)
Urusei Yatsura Beautiful Dreamer
Dirty pair flash (girls in car)
Urusei Yatsura Beautiful Dreamer
Angels Egg
Wicked City
Angels Egg
My Neighbor Totoro
Angels Egg
Grave of the Fireflys
My Neighbor Totoro
Gunbuster
Wicked City
urutosuki
Wicked City
3x3 eyes (guy getting impaled by mosnter)
Ogre
urutosuki
Wicked City (Spider Woman) (next one)
Dirty Pair Flash
Akira

[aswinr]

Akira predicted the best description of 2019 .Never showed any flying cars, telportation. Like back to the future.

[Magerquark]

It's honestly incredible that this came out 31 years ago in 1988 and STILL looks better than most films these days
Just imagine the reaction this got back then..

[kianhess]

One of the reasons i love akira (the movie) so much, is its lack of context. You don’t really have time to think and you just sit there seeing all these things happen only slightly realizing the references to real life. And its only after the movie, that you just sit there with your mind slowly comprehending what just happened and starts to connect certain story plots. That is the only way i can describe how watching akira for the first time felt.

[BeansLacking]

I just finished this movie today. Absolutely a visual masterpiece - despite the somewhat vague and confusing plot, it manages to create a powerful atmosphere, one that sticks with the viewer for a long time.

[Eeveeteevee]

how does ONE guy draw, write, AND direct all so elaborately well?

[garrytalaroc]

Akira was light-years ahead of its time.

[alexlee]

The frame rate, art and lighting was ahead of its time

[carbilicon]

Akira is required viewing for important films and not just for animation and anime. It's seminal.
And it was shocking. To see such a vibrant dystopia in an animated film... in the west, we were enjoying Ren & Stimpy, the western cartoon that changed animation forever. It showed us that cartoons can be anything. Akira showed us that, too.

[SufyEzeditz]

That's crazy that Akira takes place in 2019 and its 2019 now wow!!!

[preciisiionxx]

When Kaneda pops out of the water and spits it out it had that goofy, cartoonish vibe to it but a literal second later the guy behind him gets half his face blown off in a brutal animation. Just a small moment that made my jaw drop

[SynGirl]

Your mention of the manga's silent moments makes me think of one of the movie's most underrated assets, that being its sound design, or rather, the lack of it. It's probably one of the few movies (along with 2001: A Space Odyssey) to truly master the art of silence in filmaking, using complete or near-complete silence so many times to great effect. It makes the emotional moments hit so hard, it allows us to connect to the world by reflecting real-life silence, and also makes the music better too by concentrating it on key moments that really matter.

[Mrs.Jekyll]

I love 80s to 90s anime, their animation is something really special, like a hidden gem, a mystery

[specialnewb]

The biggest sign as to how incredible the film is, is that no one has ever adapted it again. Because you can't top it. well supposedly a more faithful adaptation is coming. But we'll see.

[dacoup]

Akira, Ninja Scroll, Wicked City, Vampire D, Ghost in the Shell, Hellsing, Evangelion, Gundam ... This was my childhood growing up, going to blockbusters with my parents on a Friday night to pick out a movie and some cheeseburgers as a family will always be special to me, i always darted towards the anime section as soon as we walked in ... The tone has changed since then but the classics remain classics.

[mikeymegamega]

Not the easiest to get into, but one of the most important titles out there!

[core]

I went to see Akira in 4K in the theatre with my dad a couple of days ago, we both came out of the cinema in awe of the animation, themes and violence and sheer creativity of Akira even though he hasn't even seen an anime before. We talked about it all night and he was genuanely interested in it, it goes to show how well made and culturally signifigant Akira was and still is.

[vday]

I've watched Akira several times at home but saw it for the first time on the big screen at Prince Charles Cinema in London. Let me tell you its an entirely different experience where you really get to fully appreciate the highly detailed animation and overall production value. I can only imagine how mind blowing it must have been for audiences back in 1988

[rob-fbph]

There is no shortcut in Akira. From frame one to the end, it's anime masterpiece. Every detail, every movement combined with cinematography that could surpassed movies, and gut wrenching, brutal story line. Great narration btw!

[Ron]

There are techniques Akira uses that most anime still do not even come close to scratching.