*AKIRA* was breathtaking (First time watching reaction)
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Hello, nice dudes! For today's reaction, Chris and Altaf watch Akira for the first time! Directed by Katsuhiro Otomo, this is an animated classic we've been wanting to watch for a long time and our amazing patrons voted for it in our latest poll!
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I had a meistro. Taught me opera. . . I used to sing rote. Sounds. Other than knowlqdge. He said how can you sing it you don't know what your singing. He's was right. Now I learned 5 languages passably well. Nut since I'm Danish ans I speak English sorta well and French cause lived in Canada German cause had a good teacher it a itallian cause opera
*A tisk-tisk for whoever told you two to view the subtitled version.* This movie has so much going on in it, that you -literally- need to listen to the dialogue. Now you're talking and looking at the grand visuals and... _reading._
youll be more confuse when you read the manga
@@tahnadana5435 *Of course, it's in Japanese.*
dudes, watch Children of Men please, thanks
the saddest part for me is when Kaori gets crushed, and Tetsuo screams out her name in pain because he cant save her, even though he wants to.
Very sad for Kaori. Not so sad for Tetsuo in the Manga where he absolutely abuses the hell out her. Saying her name in the last minutes before he kills her is such and F you moment.
For me its around that same part when he bloating up and he says "kaneda...help me"
@@deezmusic2062 wow glad the movie changed it
My uncle sat me in front of the TV to watch this when I was A KID, and I assure you that the last moment of the movie is carved in my brain.
It's definitely one of those that sticks with you. Especially if you're just a kid!
Ey! I had the same experience with my uncle when I was a kid! We watched a new movie every day for a month and this was one of them
My uncle did the same ! In about 1991 and I had recurring nightmares for years. Years later I forgot where those images were coming from. Only with the dawn of dvd's did I find out it was a movie ! Absolutely love it now, have a whole Akira collection in the toy room.
My stepdad showed me ninja scroll at like age 8, no idea wtf he was thinking, I wouldn't even show ninja scroll to my girlfriend 😂
One thing that's basically lost on American viewers is that Akira is the most common male name in Japan, so rather than sounding ominous, it's about the most innocuous name they could have used...think a shot of a giant crater with the name "Billy" or something similarly common over it; once upon a time, Akira was just a normal kid before he was turned into a weapon (Akira caused the explosion seen at the start-the date, by the way, was the date the film first premiered in Japan-and it was believed to be an attack, so World War III was started basically over a misunderstanding, hence the Colonel's terror at the thought of Akira coming back).
And yes, Stranger Things took a huge amount of inspiration from this film.
Uh, I think Stranger Things was more influenced by Stephen King joints like Carrie, Firestarter and The Mist. Psychic and Telekinetic powers are pretty common in fiction.
@@TomVCunninghamStranger things very clearly takes inspiration from all kinds of media around a specific time period. Not just Stephen King properties. Akira came out in the west during that era.
@@TomVCunningham I think it's impossible that Stranger Things didn't take from Akira as well, it's one of the most influential pieces of media made in the last century especially since Stranger Things takes heavily from the 80s
@@TomVCunningham Telekinesis, yes, but something as specific as a bunch of kids with psychic powers resulting from government experiments with numbers tattooed on their wrists/hands isn't likely to be a coincidence.
Akira, Ghost In The Shell and Ninja Scroll were like the R-rated anime film starter-pack back in the 90s.
Yes I think they would love ninja scroll, would love for them to watch vampire hunter d 1 and 2 also
All movies I saw and owned back in the Late 80's EARLY 90's when Anime was still "Underground" except those who were in the know. All Classics.
Its another reason why Traditional animation is still the best for me. CG is ok for technical stuff but nothing can replace cel -drawn perfection and movements like Akira, and early Disney. Not CG movies (THere are some that I do like, but I dont consider them animation) please dont throw stones.. just my humble opinion ;)
Came here to say this. The Holy Trinity of Anime films.
Akira and GiTS (both the mangas and anime) ruined me for any other serious anime and manga in the 90s. The only other thing that's come close for me in scope is I Am A Hero.
I remember when I was a kid. The cartoon I was watching always played the following animes during the holidays : Macross Plus the 4 episodes, ninja scrolls, The wings of horigami and another that I have forgotten the title. I had a blast watching those and it was my favourite part of the year because of that.
When watching this movie you can see all the other properties that have taken direct inspiration (if not just copied) many of the scenes or concepts. Akira is historical.
I'm sure there are plenty of videos that break down all the influences that came from this movie!
@NiceDudeMovieNight For sure. Glad you nice dudes enjoyed it! Always a mind blowing watch.
There's a video on TH-cam of all the different media that has recreated the famous slide. it's hilarious.
The latest reference i can think of is the space laser in Invincible.
Katsuhiro Otomo is the freaking GOAT. Anything made by him is just a feast for the eyes.
If you get the chance, go read the 6 volume graphic novel. 2000+ pages, but so many side stories and little things you guys were wondering about get much deeper play in the story. I still pull it out once in a while and just look at the panels that have no dialogue, in awe of the detail of what's being presented.
AKIRA definitely changed things in animation, especially around character movement and directing decisions (no more "speed racer" mouth movements, for one). It was also made while the manga was still going, so if some things seem a bit rushed or confusing, the manga fills it in nicely (like those side-characters you wondered about). Still a wild ride regardless.
Dunno how many full-feature anime you've indulged in, but I gotta recommend Osamu Tezuka's "Metropolis" from 2000 and "Steamboy" (by Katsuhiro Otomo as well). The action is amazing in both (and of course the destruction--hee hee).
Agree on Steamboy!
Animator here: Typically animation is shot on the 2s, meaning the motion happens every 2 frames. Akira was shot on the 1s, so every single frame is hand drawn. That gives everything a really smooth look but it's double the work.
Not just that, but some parts were animated on 2's but off by 1 frame, look at the iconic bike light trails in Kaneda's gang's first ride, half the bikes are on one 2-beat the other bikes are on a different 2
This is a complete myth. Akira has a lot of shots on 1's, but only a portion of the movie. Animating on 1's, 2's, or 3's is not respective of time or budget or effort but a technique used to convey motion differently in different situations. You can prove this easily by looking at any given scene from the movie and counting the frames, but there's also a great video on youtube breaking down why this is untrue. th-cam.com/video/YtYpif-dLjI/w-d-xo.html
I wonder how much a cell from "the slide" would sell for?
19:10 Stranger Things actually took a lot from other things, for example, FireStarter (1984) based on a Stephen King book. If you watch that movie, the similarities are undeniable. Akira does influence countless other things like Matrix though.
Stranger Things doesn't have an original bone in its derivative body. It stole everything it was from greater works, which is why it sucks ass.
isn't that the case with literally every fucking thing ever written?@@Kainlarsen
Can’t wait until you guys check out Ghost in the shell
My dudes... My Nice Dudes... You have GOT to read the manga!
It's absolutely incredible, and while I 100% love the anime for everything that it is, once you read the manga it'll make you wish that they would go back and make a full-on series that covers the entire manga, which is MUCH better at answering the questions and fleshing out the story, world, and characters. In fact it's practically a different story altogether!
Anyway, great video as always, nice to see a film that's so close to my heart.
them saying it looks like something, when most of these are direct inspirations or literal copies of this is so interesting
I love how this movie doesn’t hold your hand. we need more of this type of thing where you have to work out what’s going on.
An interesting take, that I read back in my college days, was that Akira is one of many pieces of Japanese art that tries to tackle the idea of having been victims of a nuclear strike. There is something existentially frightening and almost religious about having experienced being so close (both in terms of vicinity and time) to a destructive force of that magnitude that you start thinking about existence in a very different way. It has been theorized that this is why so much manga/anime and Japanese games are about these world defining and cataclysmic events, and trying to save a world on the verge of destruction. The word/name "Akira", which (as someone else in the comments pointed out) is predominately a very common male name (although it can be unisex), means "light, "brightness", "prosper", "morning" (and a number of other things), and it almost shows that this concept of this incredible force is not just seen as immense or powerful and destructive, but also as a beacon of hope for the future, and that's why the military and the scientists so eagerly seeks to control it. You could say that Tetsuo (meaning "iron") represents Japan's poor self-esteem in the context of geopolitics, where the country has in recent history been bossed around by the US and China, as opposed to in the past where it was a fiercely dominant aggressor and force to be recogned with. After WWII Japan has been constitutionally bound to only being allowed to have a defensive army, and it's almost like Japan - much like Tetsuo - wish for the ability to break the shackles and be able to be recognized for its own strength and agency.
An interesting sidenote is that the name "Kaneda" is a surname means something along the lines of "money/gold + field", which could be the name of a well off family of farmers. Likely, a family of some stature in the area back in feudal Japan. A different way of looking at the name would be as someone who is well off, as in he is established, well-esteemed, and has a high status within the group (he is the leader of the gang and is the movie's protagonist).
There's so much to unpack in Akira, and I feel like my viewings of the movie as a young teen to the times I've seen it as an adult (both at home and in movie theatres) always leave me with more questions. The story is relatively simple, but the devil's in the details. And if anything, it offers a tale of a very advanced nation with an existential crisis, more than some deep and intricate self-contained action plot.
From what I understand, Tetsuo became so powerful that he became a new universe. Which is absolutely insane.
theres 6 books of Akira manga, and anime is just took place in 1-3. so its not the end
The manga is fantastic.
It was amazing in the theater. I saw it on opening day in Hollywood and the intro was unreal. There had never been anything like it up to that point. This movie opened the doors for all of the rest of them.
I can only imagine... I got a bootleg VHS from a friend in middle school... this basically defined 8th grade for me and my friends.
Another piece of influential anime is Macross: Do you remember Love. It is based on the show Super Dimensional Fortress Macross. Also known as Robotech here in the states. The movie is all hand drawn and incredibly detailed. When it premiered in japan it had longer lines than Empire Strikes Back. It takes place about after the 3rd-4th episode of the show. If you watch it you will understand the influence on scifi and pop cultural. Make sure you watch the original Japanese subtitled cut. It makes more sense and the Japanese voice actors are top notch.
DYRL is a good film, but nowhere near as good as the actual series it condenses and retells. There are some pretty significant differences between the story the series tells and DYRL. Also, you could have mentioned that Robotech is a heavily bastardized version similar to how power rangers recut a bunch of different shows into something different than the source material.
@Bobbias Bastardized? Are you talking about the difference between Robotech series and Macross series.? I recently went through the Macross series, and there is not a difference in the main story arch and personal stories comparison to Robotech. The Robotech has awful delivery and has voice acting that as an adult makes my skin craw. But the stories are a match beat for beat. As for the movie DYRL it's a great movie with spectacular and detailed animation. That rivals Akira. For the time frame, it's mind-boggling. Nothing really wrong with it being condensed...just need to watch the first 3 episodes of Macross. That's all is really needed.
This movie was an absolute gamechanger in animation, for sure. It opened the eyes of the rest of the world to anime. The level of detail in everything is borderline masochistic to behold.
One thing about this movie i love is how smooth the animation is, most animation is 12 frames a second but the creator wanted it to be more like a movie so they drew 24 frames per second. So they basically did twice the work of any other animated movie.
Paid off in spades.
This one aspect I found so amazing myself. So smooth so well done
SOME scenes are at 24 fps, but not all of them by any means...go through it frame-by-frame and you'll see plenty of repeated ones.
@@Corn_Pone_Flicks they animate on 1s for the action scenes or important scenes but for stuff like backgrounds or panning shots they animate on 2s or 3s (12 and 8 fps) because obviously there's no reason to animate those things at such a high framerate. It's impressive because of just how much they animate on 1s in comparison to other animated works from the time period and today
So, one of the important things contextually is that this film builds really heavily off of the era of the global Vietnam War protests and the sociopolitical environment in Japan at the time. At the core of America's involvement in Japan and early intense antagonism with Russia was how America was involved with pardoning Japanese warcrimes involving human experimentation during WWII in exchange for information, followed by the Japanese feeling as though they had become America's test subjects in the wake of the atomic bombings, but were now under the purview of a foreign power that they couldn't resist. Post-WWII, the sudden Reverse Course Policy by America allowed a lot of the old Imperial Japanese infrastructure to remain because that right wing militaristic government was more advantageous for the US in opposing Communism and incentivizing military action in south east Asia.
What this meant is that the anti-war left wing got heavily persecuted and pushed underground by the government during Red Scare. This is how they radicalized and ended up joining forces with the Yakuza against the police & establishment which caused a LOT of open violent conflict. This was true even before the college age demographic globally started heavily protesting America's war in Vietnam and made this sentiment more of a global event, Japan still struggled with anti-war, anti-government radicalism.
This is why the main setting features so many student protesters, biker gangs of school-age kids getting busted by the cops, overly controlling and incompetent government, hardline military officers intervening, a deeply organized underground resistance group, and sealed off secrets about human experimentation in a former Tokyo - as those were all big components of Japan historically and this was a VERY believably apocalyptic future setting.
This movie was made in 1988. Communism was all but collapsed. The wall had fallen, and the Soviet Union disintegrated. Vietnam protests ended in the early 70s.
Japan was heading straight into a recession, buy the early 90s it was waist deep in it. A new generation was emerging and new tech/sciences along with it. This caused concerns of the older generation and political players.
I'm not sure where you got your facts. But they are drastically different than what was happening at the time.
@@0PsychosisMedia0 …I'm aware that it was made in 1988, which is why I talked about the previous historical context that influenced _the FICTIONAL SETTING OF THE FILM,_ *which is not the same as contemporary events happening at that time in Japan when the film was made.* (Exercise reading comprehension before attempting to make a counter argument next time).
That long historical background that I broke down primarily covers the immediate post-war period into the Vietnam era, because those elements are what most significantly shape Japan's post-apocalyptic megacity settings in ways that make them notably different from Western or American ones like *Escape from New York* or *Escape from LA* especially with the details about the particular sociopolitical groups and how they're alignments weave into one another.
This history is deeply embedded in TONS of Japanese fiction and you can see elements of that influence in other works around the same time as *_AKIRA_* like throughout Mamoru Oshii's *_Kerberos_* saga which started in 1987. This is because the authors often grew up in the midst of those events coming to a head with their college-age generation, and thus they heavily influenced how they did their fictional world-building.
Even if you jump a full decade later to 1997 when *_Final Fantasy VII_* was made, it still features an extremist left wing terrorist underground resistance movement against a militarized authoritarian corporate government that's involved in human experimentation, and its main character is showcased fighting on a motorcycles. So, even though those events had long passed, and Japan was within the middle of the Lost Decade triggered by the asset price collapse and the economic stagnation - it didn't stop those previous historical elements from being pivotal components of the story decades later.
This is also because those earlier works like *AKIRA* continue to influence titles that came after, just as they were influenced by earlier post-apocalyptic Japanese societal collapse manga like *Devilman* & *Violence Jack* that were released in the early 1970s. Fiction is a continuum of influence that stacks upon itself across various works that become a part of the cultural landscape.
Once again, just because something has already happened in the real world doesn't mean that fictional settings made later suddenly stop utilizing those influences. Case in point: the thirty different *_Godzilla_* films made across the last 70 years still contain a focus on the effects of the atomic bombings & nuclear testing even though those things weren't still ongoing the entire time. The fears associated with that event are just as present in *AKIRA* in 1988 as they were in *Godzilla* in 1954 or *Godzilla Minus One* in 2023.
If you're still skeptical about any of the facts I've listed, go ahead and name something specific you think requires a verified source that isn't just basic history knowledge or media plot summary. - If you're gonna do that though, make sure you think through your argument why that matters this time, and don't go attacking a strawman again, so that maybe you'll have something of value to contribute.
@PierceArner yeah..you seem to be a fan fiction person. Putting your ideas/feels into a movie compared to what it really is and what's happening.
@cosesu8929 And so was I. Reality is the Manga and Anime was never based on the subject matter that was assumed and fan fiction in the post here. More importantly 0 relation to the Vietnam War and protests...that was specifically in the States. Nice try but you may need to sit back on the bench...
@@0PsychosisMedia0 My guy, if you're going to be Mr. Correcty-Corrector, use facts. The wall (as in Berlin) came down in 1989. The USSR dissolved in 1991. And as others have pointed out, the manga predates the anime. Lastly, the OP was writing about tone which was influenced by a period of time in history, not necessarily contemporary time (though it was pretty close).
I was lucky enough to see Akira in the cinema, the year it was released in Spain (1992). I still remember the moment: I went with a friend to the 10pm session in the town where we spent the summer holidays and we went out together. two of us hallucinating with the images and knowing that we had understood the entire movie.
Awesome!!
I like how they spent half the movie trying to figure out who the antagonist is.
Keep an eye on your local theaters, every couple years, you'll see screenings of Akira pop up and it's SO worth it to see it as it was intended!
As much as I can appreciate how influential and gorgeous this film is now, I first saw Akira when I was 12. Not a good idea. I had no idea what was going on, didn't help I was watching the infamous original English dub. The ending still freaks me the heck out!
How ws the english dub infamous? That's the only one I've seen.
@@Aeroldoth3 the Japanese character names are pronounced incorrectly and some of the exposition scenes don't explain things very well due to translation issues
@@fenixdown22Ok thanks.
Inflection and rhythm was ridiculous too. I was so psyched to get it on DVD in the 2000s until I discovered it was re-dubbed. Absolutely ruined it for me!
80's / 90's anime simply hit different. i like to recommend Ghost in the Shell and Jin Ro :)
Spring of 92 had just got off the bus and was walking home from high school...My 1/2 Japanese 1/2 German friend from the neighborhood and another friend pulled into my driveway like dude get in...We got back to his place he breaks out this VHS...and I was blown away!
His dad would get a lot of imports etc from Japan and I have never been moved by animation like when I saw this the first time.
"KANEEEEDAAAAAAA!!!!!!"
Akira is very famous for being one of the first movies to prove that animation can also be for adult audiences because at the time, an animated movie would´ve been automatically classified as a "Kid´s movie"
It was also so boundary pushing with it´s use of colors, lighting and cel animation that other animated movies can´t afford to replicate it on that same scale.
What is not necessarily clear on the first time watch is that Akira actually caused the big explosion in the beginning due to him losing control of his powers because of the many tests that were run on him and because he didn´t wanted to be used as a weapon, Akira fled from the physical realm by becoming a being of pure energy
And for your question how much has been copied from this movie over the years: one famous example is that whenever a character is sliding away on a bike from under the camera, it is called an "Akira slide" and the third act of the movie "Chronicle" from 2012 was heavily inspired by it
Well, one of the first animated movies seen in the US that wasn't for kids. There were plenty of others in Japan before that.
"Nope" did that slide, as well...its influence extends to the present day.
TEETTTTSUOOOOOOOOO
"Heavy Metal" came out almost a decade before "Akira" and was clearly intended (and marketed) for adults.
Many of the stories told would be classified in the same genre as "Akira" (cyberpunk, psychological horror, body horror, etc.).
Fun thing about bladerunner, akira and so on. yeah there was a lot of influence going round. A lot of "that is cool we can do too."
Anime and Manga was influenced by the west equally as the west was influenced by some of the movies, like Akira.
I saw AKIRA in IMAX at BFI Waterloo a couple of years ago which is the biggest screen in the uk. I’d seen it many times before and it was already one of my favourite pieces of media (combining the manga and anime) but that experience was one of the greatest cinema moments of my life so far. I had goosebumps during the whole intro with the bike gangs riding through the city and the music going. I’ll never forget it!
Awesome reaction of my favorite superhero movie!!!!😊😊😊😊
I'm so glad you guys watched it with the 'proper' soundtrack 😍
I was a bit surprised they didn't comment on the soundtrack. It's legitimately worth listening to on its own merits.
the end is basically the half way point in the manga. there are a few other main characters that are teased here that play a major roll in the manga. its less confusing but it loses something of the mystery in my opinion. both are amazing works of art.
And the latter three volumes are each practically as long as the entire former half, all the while the artwork of Otomo grew ever more impossibly meticulous in its breathtaking detail. Impressive don't cut it. In terms of artistic craft, one would be hard pressed to argue that Akira is anything less than an unequivocal masterpiece.
About that 25-year-old cop: People in general nowadays both look and act younger than they used to. Things like healthcare, diet, exercise and so on, have all gotten better, and society's expectations about what you should be doing are shifting.
It takes longer for young people to become adults nowadays, both physically and mentally (as in "before the cares of the world break you", so enjoy the hell out of your youth!).
Yeah imagine seeing this at 12 or 13 years old absolutely blew my mind I've watched it so many times and love it every time.
"The Hallway Scene" is so infamous and Iconic that it's been spoofed in several shows
The first few times I watched Akira back in the early 90s I only just got a bit of the story, but mostly sat there tripped out - on the movie, that is: nothing recreational was used! Then came the early internet, and I managed over the years to get to know the story, and the one thing I can assure you of is that you'll never put this movie on just as moving wallpaper - and the more times you see it, the better it gets!
This movie was well known for the crazy amount of detail, it's so amazing still
Basically the ending shows Tetsuo becoming a god of a new universe. The 3 children took him away to stop him from destroying our own.
That's my theory anyway after like... 8 watches over the years
did you ever read the original manga btw? they tried to condense a ton of stuff to a short movie there
@drachior I know but I didn't read no
Akira was originally a comic made in 1982 if I'm correct. Akira is one of my favorite animated films. Tetsuo isn't dead but in a new universe.
The film to this day still wows me. I would say more but there's too many things to add on.
It is, more than a thousand pages collected in 6 volumes. A great read and not as confusing as the movie, as all 6 volumes are crammed into the movie.
@@MrTuubster yup. My local comic book shop sold the original sealed copies. Last I checked just one book was over $50.
@@MrTuubster it's like 2000 pages or something iirc
@@Dell-ol6hb Well... That appears to be "more" than a thousand 😑
I'm not an anime fan but Akira and Fist of the North Star are both great films
"Man, this movie is no-holds-barred violence" Me: Oh my sweet summer child...just wait....
finally i get to find out if you guys are subbed or dubbed. good choice, a lot of early anime is dubbed with less vocal seriousness than its characters are clearly portraying.
Akira is amazing as a movie but the manga is a masterpiece. Everything that is so condensed and confusing in the film is given space to breathe. Things that are only touched on in the movie end up being very important plot points in the manga. Read the manga while listening to the soundtrack.
I just realized that the pig portrait on your wall is the exact same as one that is in the lobby of the pediatric office I work at!
We're gonna need to talk to that office and have them sued 😂
06:14 fun fact: the sound that came with the titlecard and the audio from the english syncro from this part: "you know, we aren´t meant to exist in the outside world" has been sampled and appeared in the 1994 trance/dance hymn "sunbeam - outside world"
I looooove your reactions but i was surprised you did not react to Evolution (2001, with David Duchovny) yet. I think you'll love that one!
Okay, now that you've seen Akira, you have to start watching the amazing Studio Ghibli films. I recommend starting with My Neighbor Totoro, which is a film of pure joy, innocence, and beauty. Then Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke, Howl's Moving Castle, Castle in the Sky, and The Castle of Cagliostro. They are all absolute masterpieces of anime filmmaking. Then you can move on to other non-Ghibli films like Paprika, Ghost in the Shell, Perfect Blue, and Tokyo Godfathers. There are many wonderful anime films that no one knows about. Just some friendly suggestions. Cheers mates.
This is basically the first volume (and a bit) of the (I think) 6 part manga. There is more! And all the confusing faction stuff is because he could only do one movie, so he had to cram as much in as he could.
Also, if you like this, perhaps check out the original Ghost in the Shell.
Tetsuo's voice in the first English dub was a friend of mine, the late Jan Rabson, who also did a lot of additional voices in Pixar films, like the sushi chef from Monster's Inc. and Spark the robot from Toy Story 3.
Akira is a masterpiece, it deserves one of the top 3 spots for best animated films of all time.
bro sat there calling the the protagonist Akira like links zelda
This was my second anime ever aside stock stuff shown on American tv. After Robot Carnival. A friend insisted. Oh I was blown away. It would be almost impossible to summarize both every thing happen in the film and it's outward inspiration on anime, but animation and cinema itself period. I had at some point read all of the manga volumes. I'm not normally the one that says "Oh you need to read/see this" and I probably have not seen much more of anything popular than yourselves, I missed a lot working and travelling. But that if you loved this I absolutely suggest. If they could have animated the rest of the story just like this it would have been epic.
Robot Carnival is a gem. I even managed to find a DVD copy of it at a convention a couple years back.
This was my 2nd anime and watched it when I was 10. The first was Patlabor, which is completely different in every way. I love both though
I'm Canadian and I saw this when it first came out, never saw a Japanese full length film, blew my mind. Still a notable film years later it seems.
so here's one thing about this movie: when the author of manga (Otomo) got to make this movie, he wasn't really done writing it so as crazy and trippy and dense as this is, this is only like 35% of what he actually wrote
First time I saw this, I caught the last fifteen minutes of this movie and had to stay up till 1AM to watch the whole thing.
Props for watching the subtitled version
Akira had hundreds of animators drawing it, and was the most detailed animation ever released. The guy who made it actually had like 2 dozen sketch books he filled with ideas and the majority of them weren't even used in the final movie.
Stephen Spielberg said that the movie was "unmarketable in the west" but it went on to be the most critically acclaimed animation ever made globally.
Funnily enough it only cost them $15 million to make it which would be $40 million today. Which is about a quarter to a sixth of the budget that Disney spends on it's animated films :D
OH COOL! One of my favorite movies of all time reviewed by the Dudes! Great New Year's prezzie!
12:55 THERE IT IS! IT'S THE MEME!
I adore this film and really enjoyed you watching this going in blind. Great video.
A lot of the art design was inspired by French artist Jean Giraud, professionally known as Moebius, who may well have been the artistic inception for what we perceive the cyberpunk genre to look like
Y'all should watch Wizards from Ralph Bakshi. It is one of my favorite animated movies and is a good post apocalyptic fantasy movie with extremely unique animation. Came out around the same time as Star Wars from Fox as well and Ralph and Lucas worked together a little to help each other out so Mark Hamill appears in the film as a favor from Lucas to Ralph for Ralph changing the title of his film for Lucas.
Man films like this are always a blast to watch. I hope you have more of the same type of films.
Fist Of The North Star would be a fun one to see you two watch.
Fist of the North Star is great however it is just a collection of scenes from the massive, long running series stitched together, done well though but the series is much better.
I remember watching this movie as a child and having the most horrific nightmare whereby all my family members were being eaten up by that huge ball of flesh (Tetsuo turns into) at the end, I vividly remember seeing my brothers hand disappearance into the massy flesh. The teddy scene...Absolutely shat myself. It was freakin' awesome!! Hands down one of my favourite movies. Check out Ninja Scroll (1993). Cheers for the video lads! 🙏
Yeah some of the scenes in this movie are definitely made for nightmares 😂
+1 for Ninja Scroll - its the natural evolution
Ninja Scroll is great but nooooooooooo way could they do it on TH-cam
@@Holgast Oh yes I forgot about the 'spice' scene... 😂🤣🤔🤫
I agree maybe on your own or a patreon exclusive cuz I can't see TH-cam allowing much of ninja scroll to be aired
Keep your eye out on local independant theatres, I was very lucky to be able to catch Akira in one near me last year, and even a movie I already loved it was something special
It’s still held in high regard for a REASON
Honestly if you guys are looking for more dystopian films to check out, I heavily recommend checking out Brazil (1985). Its basically 1984 but put through the lens of a Monty Python skit, with many of the same people behind Monty Python also writing and directing Brazil.
Okay, now here is the second comment I wanted to make:
To be real now, this movie does talk about a lot in terms of themes, social commentary, and even just reflections of history as well. The obvious one is that the movie is entirely based around the conflicts and damages of the 1945 Hiroshima and Nagasaki, with the country having been devastated from the impacts of such a terrible act of humanity. The film is able to show the devastation and chaos of the bombs' legacy with the implosion of Akira that decimated Tokyo, Japan which resulted in the face of World War 3, where the world has impacted everyone negatively in living conditions, morality, manipulation, experimentation, pollution, corruption in governments and society, and most of all, the need for power and stability over others, which is much more apparent through the telekinetic powers of the three children, Akira, and Tetsuo. We are able to see how with the children, they have a sense and aura of innocence in the world because they have not been taught or have learned a sense of culture for themselves in the world around them as they have stayed the same age and understood what the General was trying to do. The General isn't a saint, but he is someone that really reflects those in power that wish to do ultimate good and keep things in order, but also makes mistakes and get affiliated with the worst in the crowd, especially with the politicians in the political section of the movie that are concerned more about power and leverage, rather than the safety and wellbeing of citizens in the city of Neo-Tokyo. The General is someone who doesn't want to have people killed or necessarily hurt, wanting to see a better future than the present he is living in now, but also doesn't make the best moral decisions with experimentation and killing certain people. In fact, you can tell even more on how the government doesn't even about well-being through the very sites of Old Tokyo that were impacted by the Akira explosion. With Tetsuo being influenced by Akira, it is of course in the sense of wanting power and recognition, not fully knowing at what cost may come to get such a degree of such prize. Tetsuo reflects more the corruption of humankind with autonomy and selfishness in how he uses his powers more for showing off such strength and little weakness that he doesn't understand or even care about the lives that are in danger or killed because of his actions. In fact, you could even say that after a whole lifetime of being ridiculed and bullied, this is the tipping point to where it leads to a result that never needed to happen. You can attribute to this many global issues right now, most specifically with the lives of many civilians being put into possible death and genocide in recent wars, with many citizens not asking for war or violence, yet the political or religious parties and people at power of the warring countries wish to play around with their false sense of control and power that they have, making decisions that ultimately lead to the conclusions of all conflict where parties and people in charge finally sit down and talk, after so many people and children have been killed. It's really big stuff that the movie really talks about that is still relevant today that it's one of the big reasons the movie is still well-known and praised. It's even something that as someone who has recently identified and lives a life being transfeminine I see this movie highly in the sense of how the highest powers or parties in the world, as well as some people, react to different new things/conflicts/cultures that they do not understand or wish to have control of, resulting in damages of human life, history, and even Earthly natures with things like the climate crisis. It's a lot to really think about and compare to how the world is right now or certain parts of the world, whilst still being very entertaining and thought-provoking.
It's funny how many people say that "woke" ruins movies or what not with the idea that movies about uncomfortable source materials and reflecting upon historical politics, even discussing remnants in modern politics around the world like Barbie does successfully in my opinion with talks of feminism and patriarchy, this movie talks and discusses and expresses a lot about the politics and the cultures of a pseudo-modern society of an alternate 2019, which most of which reflects the modern issues and modern politics of today's world with war, corruption in the government and history and banning important materials and discussions within education, the anti-LGBTQ and transgender hatred from many religions or governments around the world, r*cism of course, and so much more that the movie may not have talked about or discussed, but with the execution of the film with its topics and themes, many of what the film does can of course be attributed to today and showcase more the relevancy of what I call a cinematic achievement, as well as an animation achievement with this movie's animation honestly not having been topped since.
Anyways, I'm going to end the big comment here, but really this is one of my favorite movies of all time, the best animated feature film of all time, and just probably one of the biggest influential movies of all time with the Akira slide and the Akira universe that it established. It truly is lightning in a bottle with how great this movie is and how it still holds up today! Thank you for reading if you find this! I hoped you enjoyed some of the facts and analysis moments of this comment, and stay nice dudes!! Bye!
Banger. Love you fellas. Gonna grab one of those sweaters at the end of the month, too. 👌
Thank you so much! This is the last month to grab them too 😊
@@NiceDudeMovieNight I think that's called a deadline ex machina. 😄 No, good to know. Thank you.
"don't know what else could be happening now... yeah what else is left !?" Hah, haha, ahahah. Yes.
"Now I'm just wondering how much Stranger Things took from Akira." All of it. Lol. Filmmakers have been "borrowing" from it since the second it premiered.
OMG Fricking love you guys on this one! Akira! One of the greatest movies ever let alone animated!
Somehow my older brother convinced our father to take us to see this when it came out. My father fell asleep in the theater while the movie blew my 9-year-old brain to shreds.
Cyberpunk started in the 80's basicly out of two books, "Neuromancer" (by William Gibbs) and "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" (by Phillip K. Dick). Also lots of other short stories like "Monalisa Overdrive".
One of the best movies in the cyberpunk genre!
I'm pretty sure that this is only half the story, I've been told that the manga it's based on goes much further into what Akira is and theres a whole aftermath of Tetsuo's actions.
I saw this movie on sci-fi channel when I was 12 and it absolutely blew my mind. still one of my favorite movies ever
1988 anime gave us this, _My Neighbor Totoro,_ and _Grave of the Fireflies._
This is the anime that made America fall in love with anime. The Manga is an epic masterpiece. ❤️
Fun fact: Kanye west’s song “stronger” music video is heavily influenced by this movie and you’ll see a lot of scenes from the movie used in the video :)
I still have to talk to my friend, but I thought it's be cool to get matching Akira tattoos of his different organs, but lo and behold, he now lives in a different county.
Maybe if I go to Japan and extend an invite to him...
I whole-heartedly encourage everyone; go and buy the Akira manga! whatever format you like, just go and get it - it's thousands of pages, it - is - wild! It's similar to the movie in spirit, but so much deeper!
Behold its majesty. idk if you guys ever played Overwatch, but several of the sprays are based on scenes from this movie, particularly Moira's.
And that´s why pop culture is defined as before and after akira. TETSUUUUUUUOOOOOO!
You really should do more anime, perhaps Ghost in the Shell next?
"KANEDA!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"TETSUO!!!"
all you need to know. The rest is just a wild ride.
A classic!
love the commentary "that's the weirdest thing I ever saw, no that's the weirdest thing I ever saw, no that's the weirdest thing I ever saw ..."
Your reaction was the same as my first time watching,
Great job nice dudes 😂❤
I also just watched it for the first time and "happy confused" is how I feel as well
This is not a movie, this is a feeling, a movement. Like Blade Runner, or even Star Wars.
AKIRA" is a treasure for us Japanese.
Thank you for taking it up!
28:57 - "I had no idea it was gonna go the direction it went."
...hold tight, bud. It's about to get bumpy.
A lot of good anime around this era of Manga Entertainment. Battle angel alita, Wicked city, Doom metropolis, Vampire D, The Professional, Ninja scroll. and so many more to mention.
Subtitled version! 👌
Always!
The original english dub from the 80's is on point. I cant watch this movie without it.
Ya'll should watch the anime BLAME! and I always recommend Raze and Everly.
He's like stranger things NO stranger things is like this.
The story is amazing, but what's surprising is that it's all made with 150,000 hand-drawn cels.
16:25 118 kelvin is -247 Fahrenheit. I don't think those coats are going to do much.
Nice Dude: I didn't except it to be so graphic!
Tetsuo: Hold my beer.