After more than 30 years the movie still holds up as a bastion of storytelling and incredible animation and there are a lot of things in pop culture that wouldn t exist if akira hadn t existed first.

Anime akira city. Akira was the first anime film to use pre scoring and to have fully detailed japanese lip sync. 10 things that didn t age well in akira more than in any other space anime has been most affected by akira and it shows in. A level of detail unlike any other anime by hand painting each individual light source in the film the animators brought the 2d city to life. Both akira and godzilla show the influence of world war ii the nuclear age and the us occupation.

Akira is important for anime both in the west and in japan. In fact nearly 30 years later akira s influence is still felt today. Akira is one of the most influential anime of all time. An explosion caused by a young boy with psychic powers tears through the city of tokyo and ignites the fuse that leads to world war iii.

In order to prevent any further destruction he is captured and taken into custody never to be. Akira was created in 24 fps is mostly animated on 1s and totals 160 000 animation cels. When akira hit theaters viewers noticed that this anime was unlike any other that had previously come out of japan. The date the apocalyptic science fiction film was set.

See more ideas about akira akira anime katsuhiro otomo. In order to prevent any further destruction he is captured and taken into custody never. In many ways akira epitomizes the cyberpunk genre the city of neo tokyo is highly mechanized impersonal managed by a corrupt authoritarian government and populated by cynical people for whom life is cheap and nothing really matters. Akira s final budget was 10 million 1 1 billion making it the most expensive japanese animated film before studio ghibli s spirited away released in 2001.

Otomo really outdid himself in crafting the feel and general aesthetic of a world which is at once nightmarish but at the same strangely appealing and. Find out more with myanimelist the world s most active online anime and manga community and database. An explosion caused by a young boy with psychic powers tears through the city of tokyo and ignites the fuse that leads to world war iii. Rather akira is the child of godzilla.

The real city of tokyo and the imagined neo tokyo of the 1988 anime film akira are nearly indistinguishable. Looking for information on the anime akira. So what does the teen angst of akira have to do with the giant city smashing godzilla.

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