Movie
1988
Akira is a 1988 Japanese animated cyberpunk action film directed by Katsuhiro Otomo, produced by Ryōhei Suzuki and Shunzō Katō, and written by Otomo and Izo Hashimoto, based on Otomo's 1982 manga Akira. Set in a dystopian 2019, it follows Shōtarō Kaneda, the leader of a biker gang whose childhood friend, Tetsuo Shima, acquires powerful telekinetic abilities after colliding with a child esper in a motorcycle…
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Hello, cinema fans. Today I'm going to talk about one of the best animated films I've ever seen in my life. A film that revolutionized both the science fiction genre and the anime and film industry of the last century. Its popularity and influence are so great that I can't help but mention it in this special feature. Based on the manga of the same name, this animated adaptation was directed by its creator, Katsuhiro…More
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A cult classic of Japanese animation Un clásico de culto de la animación japonesa A week ago, I published a review of _Ghost in the Shell_, one of the classics of Japanese manga and animated cinema, and I highlighted its quality and influence on the world of cinema. As I said at the time, I'm not a huge anime fan, but I know how to appreciate a good film regardless of the format or origin, and thanks to MUBI, I was…More
Source >It is difficult for me to give an honest opinion about a film as important as "Akira" because although I must admit that I was not able to enjoy it too much, at the same time it is undeniable that it is one of the most important cinematographic pieces of popular culture, guilty part of the proliferation that anime had in the West and the source of inspiration for countless television series, movies and even…More
ALERTA DE ESPOILERS Introducción Hecha en los ‘80, ubicada en un 2019 después de una tercera guerra mundial, Akira muestra crudamente un mundo distópico no muy alejado en ciertas cosas del actual 2022: tecnología muy avanzada compartiendo espacio con graves problemas sociales en una sociedad muy estamental pues la tecnología está utilizada de modo muy heterogéneo; hay una atmósfera nihilista y de desolación existenc…More
This is a movie I remember watching as a kid for the first time, couldn't have been older than 12 and re-watching it today made me understand that it might have been a bit inappropriate at the time. Its a pretty graphic movie, being an anime and not that popular outside of Japan, I can understand that not many parents may have realized its content. Its not like I got scarred from it, but it sure had some influence o…More
