The Impact of Akira: The Film that Changed Everything

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  • Опубликовано: 4 май 2018
  • 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.
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Комментарии • 9 тыс.

  • @supereyepatchwolf3007
    @supereyepatchwolf3007  6 лет назад +5000

    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

    • @pilotamurorei
      @pilotamurorei 6 лет назад +28

      It's mobile suit ZETA Gundam. The Zeta comes first. How the hell you dont know that baffles the fucking mind dude.

    • @Mrsupermatt2172
      @Mrsupermatt2172 6 лет назад +34

      Will be making a presentation thursday on my animation class about 80's anime and just rewatched your video about Akira taking tons of notes. Besides giving a context about 80's Japanese animation I will also be talking especifically about the original Dragon Ball, Akira and Angel's Egg. A lot of your work is serving as a main source for my research so I wanted to thank you for that. Also, any chance we can get a video on Angel's Egg? I found out about it in this video and I'm currently obsessed by it.

    • @vankesselable
      @vankesselable 6 лет назад +12

      When was Ghost in the shell ?

    • @Helghast73
      @Helghast73 6 лет назад +6

      95

    • @Helghast73
      @Helghast73 6 лет назад +20

      No Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind on your list?

  • @aswinr936
    @aswinr936 4 года назад +5965

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

    • @aswinr936
      @aswinr936 4 года назад +167

      @Han Boetes what's wrong with the bikes? They ain't shooting lasers or. Bullets, normal asf.

    • @arcinino8509
      @arcinino8509 4 года назад +871

      it predicted the cancellation of tokyo olimpics in 2020 too

    • @aswinr936
      @aswinr936 4 года назад +115

      @@arcinino8509 damn, that's true

    • @grubbybum3614
      @grubbybum3614 4 года назад +170

      @@aswinr936 the film did have those hover-mobiles, though. Like when they got chased through the sewers...

    • @iliveinsideyourhouse3943
      @iliveinsideyourhouse3943 4 года назад +62

      Well in the manga there are some flying hover bikes.

  • @faded9521
    @faded9521 4 года назад +7269

    watching akira with my dad and then driving through the city streets at night to get some late night popeyes will always be one of my greatest memories. thx akira

    • @Allplussomeminus
      @Allplussomeminus 3 года назад +296

      This sounds pure and beautiful as heck.

    • @cass5710
      @cass5710 3 года назад +163

      I watched Akira with my dad at the cinema a few weeks ago, before taking McDonald's at night, all that before me leaving for a few months and not seeing him, which makes it a great memory to me. Your comment really made me smile!

    • @faded9521
      @faded9521 3 года назад +55

      @@cass5710 yours too! Watching akira alone just isnt as good to me anyway

    • @deadhomelessbum
      @deadhomelessbum 3 года назад +15

      Wholesome

    • @ssjwes
      @ssjwes 3 года назад +19

      You mean thanks dad?

  • @kianhess1577
    @kianhess1577 Год назад +1786

    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.

    • @soldatheero
      @soldatheero Год назад +41

      well put. which also makes for great rewatches

    • @vadimnimarov8796
      @vadimnimarov8796 Год назад

      This movie IS an overrated pile of crap. Only the animations and the soundtracks are worthy. The story telling is absolute garbage, i dont care what you say but THAT IS A FACT not my opinion. The way the story explains everything and what happens is beyond dumb. Only the fan fags will tell you this is the best crap. Dont bother watching if you care about storywriting and plot. This CARTOON is like watching a super sick CGI movie but the writing and plot is just thrown out the window. 5/10

    • @chaz200711
      @chaz200711 Год назад +25

      Right! It leaves room for interpretation. You can come to your own conclusions about what you think the movie is tryna say.

    • @warzoneidiot881
      @warzoneidiot881 Год назад +7

      Questions after questions. Loved everything about AKIRA

    • @Nakedmole
      @Nakedmole Год назад +17

      The lack of context you experienced was simply a result of how the story is trunkated in the AKIRA anime. The manga however has the whole story.

  • @BeansLacking
    @BeansLacking 2 года назад +676

    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.

    • @heavyribs1563
      @heavyribs1563 Год назад +15

      The movie is about a third / a half of the manga books. If you enjoyed the movie the books are really worth picking up.

    • @BeansLacking
      @BeansLacking Год назад +1

      @@heavyribs1563 Yeah, heard that the ending of the manga was somewhat inspired by the movie, since it did came before the other half of the original story was finished. I actually might, probably after a movie rewatch

    • @vadimnimarov8796
      @vadimnimarov8796 Год назад

      This movie IS an overrated pile of crap. Only the animations and the soundtracks are worthy. The story telling is absolute garbage, i dont care what you say but THAT IS A FACT not my opinion. The way the story explains everything and what happens is beyond dumb. Only the fan fags will tell you this is the best crap. Dont bother watching if you care about storywriting and plot. This CARTOON is like watching a super sick CGI movie but the writing and plot is just thrown out the window. 5/10

    • @vadimnimarov8796
      @vadimnimarov8796 Год назад

      @@heavyribs1563 if the movie was shite story why read the mange?

    • @rimut230
      @rimut230 Год назад +16

      @@vadimnimarov8796 because manga might be different and actually be better?

  • @jussafineface4364
    @jussafineface4364 4 года назад +5056

    man just wish tetsuo's forehead didnt look like a front porch

    • @kmcw8507
      @kmcw8507 4 года назад +202

      Tetsuo is vegeta!

    • @glipk
      @glipk 4 года назад +52

      Vegeta

    • @parrygodpvpstomper999
      @parrygodpvpstomper999 4 года назад +114

      Vegetable

    • @berntz
      @berntz 4 года назад +79

      Code Lyoko characters: *quickly puts on bucket*

    • @user-kk2dw1eh5q
      @user-kk2dw1eh5q 4 года назад +107

      He's psychic he got a big brain

  • @garrytalaroc
    @garrytalaroc 4 года назад +2385

    Akira was light-years ahead of its time.

    • @blackstatic161
      @blackstatic161 4 года назад +105

      Light years are still not used for time my dude

    • @cheddar2648
      @cheddar2648 4 года назад +135

      well at one tenth of superluminal speed heading for Proxima Centauri, he would mean they were 40 years ahead of time. The purpose of language is to convey meaning, and I know what he meant.

    • @lew0013
      @lew0013 4 года назад +32

      @@cheddar2648 hahahaha comeback of the day

    • @YG-us6tl
      @YG-us6tl 4 года назад +3

      Still is :)

    • @ysdnsingh
      @ysdnsingh 4 года назад +1

      Garry Superales Like The Matrix and Tron

  • @carbilicon
    @carbilicon Год назад +343

    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.

    • @Jeff_Biden
      @Jeff_Biden 7 месяцев назад

      all the characters look so ugly bro Akira sucks

  • @SynGirl32
    @SynGirl32 Год назад +238

    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.

    • @jred5153
      @jred5153 7 месяцев назад +2

      With all of it’s cheesyness aside, and there is a ton of it, Castaway was, for me, one of those mainstream Hollywood films that grabs that parallel. My useless 0.02…

    • @dbrowdy
      @dbrowdy 7 месяцев назад +2

      The original English dub was also effectively gibberish half the time, so it really needed to connect without words. And it absolutely did.

  • @Magerquark
    @Magerquark 5 лет назад +8287

    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..

    • @leahparsuidualc666
      @leahparsuidualc666 4 года назад +361

      The reaction was either a) ignoring it exists, because it is too truthfully depicting what humans are, or b) "Well, that was my brain. I'm done. And now i'm reborn." - Simpl az dat, nuttin ta menshen et ol ...

    • @thatsoneinterestingpfpyago2521
      @thatsoneinterestingpfpyago2521 4 года назад +74

      Sam Brown “i HaTe tHiS nEw GeNeRaTiOn”
      - Basically your comment

    • @AbsoluteSkycaptain
      @AbsoluteSkycaptain 4 года назад +356

      @@thatsoneinterestingpfpyago2521 He's right though.
      You just don't see much animation like this anymore, most studios don't want to invest the time or money when everyone else is pumping out CG on the cheap.

    • @AbsoluteSkycaptain
      @AbsoluteSkycaptain 4 года назад +206

      @@thatsoneinterestingpfpyago2521 Nope, there's plenty of modern animation I enjoy, I'm also looking forward to seeing where animators take CG once we get better at integrating it into 2D art.
      But very little is hand drawn with this attention to detail and that's just a fact.

    • @AbsoluteSkycaptain
      @AbsoluteSkycaptain 4 года назад +210

      @@thatsoneinterestingpfpyago2521 2/10 disappointing troll

  • @ridewiththemob5194
    @ridewiththemob5194 4 года назад +1571

    80's anime is ages like fine wine

    • @marlona6642
      @marlona6642 3 года назад +29

      Yes it is such age wine

    • @eldavid8774
      @eldavid8774 3 года назад +5

      You clearly havent seen golgo 13 or Nora

    • @omnianti0
      @omnianti0 3 года назад +6

      all anim i watched on the 1980 until now was crap else akira

    • @fedreck89
      @fedreck89 3 года назад +12

      @@omnianti0 what kind of anime did you watched lmao

    • @omnianti0
      @omnianti0 3 года назад

      @@fedreck89 goldorak

  • @dacoup5955
    @dacoup5955 Год назад +66

    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.

  • @vinyfiny
    @vinyfiny Год назад +48

    I saw Akira when I was in elementary school and it shaped my entire perspective on the world. I watch it today at almost 40 years old and the effect is exactly the same. Probably my favorite movie of all time.

  • @VGMFan20XX
    @VGMFan20XX 5 лет назад +3111

    Hand drawn will forever be king.

    • @UNSCPILOT
      @UNSCPILOT 5 лет назад +306

      Expensive as heck, but utterly jaw-dropping

    • @psxcsomething6114
      @psxcsomething6114 5 лет назад +61

      @@UNSCPILOT can't argue with that

    • @WaterKirby1994
      @WaterKirby1994 5 лет назад +63

      Even though I never could bring myself to like Akira, I agree that Hand drawn anime was always far better than the computerized animation. All the anime from prior to the 21st Century was hand drawn. Jungle Emperor Leo (Kimba the White Lion) looked amazing, same for DBZ & several other series that were drawn by hand.

    • @MrDestroyedSoulx
      @MrDestroyedSoulx 5 лет назад +64

      Hand drawn anime is still a thing... It's just not done on paper as much as before. It's done on computers. But it IS still hand drawn if you consider drawing on a tablet with a digital pen to be hand drawn, which I do. I don't know if you meant hand drawn as in CGI is the only form of movie animation we tend to see outside of Japan or not. Hell, even CGI is still technically often hand drawn since it's also drawn on a graphics tablet in some way. It's not that CGI animation is bad though. It's just that Japanese CGI animation is still in its infancy and poorly used most of the time. CGI animation can be beautiful if done right. Land Of The Lustrous is the perfect example of CGI anime done right.
      RWBY is another great example of CGI anime taking full advantage of the medium and using its strengths properly instead of just using it to save money and nothing else. (I don't care if people don't consider RWBY anime, I personally do. At the very least it's American anime. But I'm not trying to get into a debate about it in this comment). Besides, hand-drawn animation is only as good as the people who work on it. Plenty of GARBAGE hand-drawn animation also exists. Even Disney tried to cut costs with reusing shit in multiple movies. 2D animation by its very nature tends to lead to cut corners whether in America or Japan.

    • @MrDestroyedSoulx
      @MrDestroyedSoulx 5 лет назад +6

      @Laguna Mudembei Yeah, clearly. I mean, even something like Pixar CGI animation is still drawn. It's just drawn with polygons in a computer program like Maya. (I assume they probably use it since it's the industry standard for movie CGI) they can probably get away with only drawing key frames and let the computer animate the inbetweens now, but they still gotta animate the characters. Though with CGI models it's just a matter of rigging and then moving a contraint joint and animating key frames with motion. But anime isn't CGI, generally. It's done in a computer, yes. But it's not a 3D model so it's still drawn. They still use inbetweens. I think they might even still draw on paper and then scan it into the computer for at least some anime though I don't know for sure. Digital artwork is still artwork. Programs just make animating things a bit easier and they can do stuff in it that you couldn't do as easily without computer graphics. I do sorta miss things like hand drawn vehicles, sometimes. But the CGI ones are okay. I personally prefer CGI anime backgrounds though. They're just WAYYY more detailed than a painting background tends to be. And can even have animated things in the background whereas a static painting can't.

  • @Eeveeteevee
    @Eeveeteevee 4 года назад +3112

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

    • @sirwilliams5532
      @sirwilliams5532 4 года назад +159

      11 billion dollars and a dream shared with many others

    • @PrimetimeYsl45
      @PrimetimeYsl45 4 года назад +291

      Sir Williams u mean 1.1 billion japanese yen

    • @sirwilliams5532
      @sirwilliams5532 4 года назад +60

      Gōdon Gurando *proceeds to put fake fake news on my sandwich

    • @machina188
      @machina188 4 года назад +81

      @@sirwilliams5532 Eating your own shit I see lol

    • @luckykennedy7364
      @luckykennedy7364 4 года назад +17

      Because he doesn't work for Modern Marvel

  • @DrOwn-hq9ot
    @DrOwn-hq9ot Год назад +137

    The Akira manga is definitely worth the read. The single massive void-obliterations are terrifying enough, but at the point in the manga where Akira triggers another one, and there's just page, after page, after page, of terrible, terrible destruction of such an immense and unholy capacity with such a terrible silence from the lack of dialog -honestly one of the most memorable and awesomely disturbing points in any manga ever.

    • @KafkaDatura
      @KafkaDatura Месяц назад

      Read it back when I was 12, those double-page arts absolutely smashed my brain. They had all the volumes at my local library I sat there for entire afternoons reading them over and over. They actually were banned from borrowing (only one copy) so the kids just rotated with each other passing the books around. We were absolutely blown away.

  • @rob-fb3ph
    @rob-fb3ph Год назад +21

    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!

  • @alexlee2581
    @alexlee2581 5 лет назад +1929

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

    • @TheQuashingoftheTub
      @TheQuashingoftheTub 5 лет назад +117

      It still is.

    • @bjornstromberg4481
      @bjornstromberg4481 5 лет назад +21

      The framerate was before it's time if anything

    • @MultiSersho
      @MultiSersho 5 лет назад +20

      We still haven't catch up lol

    • @jaxteller1606
      @jaxteller1606 5 лет назад +28

      Alex Lee it‘s still better than todays anime in my opinion. 80‘s and 90‘s anime all are

    • @sollertiskhan3254
      @sollertiskhan3254 5 лет назад +1

      but the story and narrative was terrible?

  • @sufyanqureshi7247
    @sufyanqureshi7247 5 лет назад +3431

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

    • @user-pv9pv4xf9c
      @user-pv9pv4xf9c 5 лет назад +145

      I was just thinking that. Honestly man I think some crazy shit is about to go down soon too. A lot of times fiction can somewhat predict the future.
      Escape from New York had a scene where a hijacked airplane was heading towards the world trade centers.
      I've been talking with other people and doing a lot of praying to God, and I feel as though some major world changing event is about to take place. It's a good idea to get right with Jesus now.

    • @limechecksout
      @limechecksout 5 лет назад +44

      July 16 2019 is gonna be fun

    • @chupasaurus
      @chupasaurus 5 лет назад +82

      Nah, that's not. What *actually* crazy is that Akira action was in year prior to Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Guess where would be the next one?

    • @limechecksout
      @limechecksout 5 лет назад +12

      @@chupasaurus The next one after tokyo is paris 2024, then LA 2028

    • @click_noice7661
      @click_noice7661 5 лет назад +2

      I just watched it last week too

  • @stormbreaker6630
    @stormbreaker6630 2 года назад +68

    most of the clips you showed are INSANELY better than modern animation

    • @AlekseyMaksimovichPeshkov
      @AlekseyMaksimovichPeshkov Год назад +1

      Is it possible to make realistic, detailed traditional 2d animation? Like hair for example? And I don’t mean a single shape representing hair, I mean individual hairs

    • @olliek8235
      @olliek8235 2 месяца назад

      why does it matter ? why does realism have to be held up as the pinnacle of art ? like, yeah, with insane time and dedication, someone could probably render by hand a 2d animated photorealistic head of hair flying in the wind. but like, why. we have video cameras for that.

    • @Syndiate__
      @Syndiate__ 2 месяца назад

      @@olliek8235 Why are you making the fringe "counterargument" against the commenter's opinion about realism not mattering the most in art? Does Akira, the basis of the commenter's statement, try to look like the most realistic cartoon ever?

    • @olliek8235
      @olliek8235 2 месяца назад

      @@Syndiate__ i was trying to reply to that alesky person in this reply chain. for some reason youtube didn't put their username as an @ in my comment when i replied

  • @SpinningTurtle66
    @SpinningTurtle66 Год назад +65

    Knowing that the movie basically had to summarise 2/3 of the story in its second act really explains a lot, I assumed that Akira was just hard to understand but that obviously seems like a byproduct of this approach to adapting the manga. This was a great video!

  • @gameforge7035
    @gameforge7035 5 лет назад +2598

    its almost 2019, wheres my akira bike

    • @Felipeezo
      @Felipeezo 5 лет назад +129

      I think that you want Kaneda's bike... Akira doens't have a bike. ^^ And as Kaneda has said: "Do you like it? steal one for you."

    • @pineapplenector4425
      @pineapplenector4425 5 лет назад +30

      Jambock “YOU WANNA RIDE IT, TETSUO!?!” But seriously. I love Kanedas bike but what is even better is Tetsuo on it. Hahaha

    • @WindiChilliwack
      @WindiChilliwack 5 лет назад +27

      You'll find it at "Neo" Tokyo.

    • @gameforge7035
      @gameforge7035 5 лет назад +15

      @@Felipeezo that's my bad, but I think I meant to say it like "the bike in Akira" or something like that

    • @davidhong1934
      @davidhong1934 5 лет назад +11

      It is 2019. Where's my bike?

  • @ms.pirate
    @ms.pirate 3 года назад +2279

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

    • @cabnbeeschurgr6440
      @cabnbeeschurgr6440 3 года назад +54

      Honestly, I love the older stuff like robotech where the attention to detail is insanely good

    • @bean181
      @bean181 2 года назад +13

      Omg I love robotech my dad showed it to me and i wish I could forget it so I could see it again

    • @phuckilljoy7191
      @phuckilljoy7191 2 года назад +9

      Yeah they put alot of effort

    • @golemraven7765
      @golemraven7765 2 года назад +10

      in 1990 Akira got a Award Oscar academy...

    • @highdefinition450
      @highdefinition450 2 года назад +8

      Not that hidden

  • @bluny8392
    @bluny8392 Год назад +124

    You did an amazing job of showing how impactful this movie really was, even decades later this movie is still amazing in every possible way, the animation is incredibly beautiful and the story is so well made. Akira is astonishing.

  • @RyanLBrown9396
    @RyanLBrown9396 2 года назад +56

    Those of us who grew up on Toonami owe Akira a gigantic thank you

  • @Imgema
    @Imgema 5 лет назад +1341

    "It doesn't look like modern anime, it doesn't move like modern anime, it doesn't feel like modern anime"
    GOOD.

    • @WalterLiddy
      @WalterLiddy 5 лет назад +39

      Well, it kind of calls into question his assertion that Akira is so influential. It's SO influential that stuff that followed doesn't look, move, or feel like it?

    • @jacobottesen5279
      @jacobottesen5279 5 лет назад +78

      @@WalterLiddy Supereyepatch Wolf is referring to how Akira impacted the Western World's view on Japanese Anime. It was one of the biggest lynchpins to introducing the medium to the west as a niche thing, which evolved into the globalized industry it is today.

    • @WaterKirby1994
      @WaterKirby1994 5 лет назад +12

      To be fair Akira is the main reason why anyone from Generation X in the west would like anime. They weren't raised on anime as children like later generations would be. Akira wasn't even all that popular in The States, it's always been a cult film. 4kids ironically contributed more to anime taking hold in The States than Akira thanks to Pokemon & Yugioh. Toonami & Studio Ghibli paved the way for anime here far more than Akira ever did.
      As for Akira being influential, all I can think of it's influence are psychic powers like Akira had becoming way more mainstream & as a longshot Yugioh 5Ds 1st Season. I can't think of any other things influenced by it, unless Akira was influential as an example of what not to do. Really Akira shouldn't be considered as modern anime. All it was is an R-rated movie that didn't change the anime industry all that much unless it caused guidelines to be placed because of how controversial the movie was.

    • @WaterKirby1994
      @WaterKirby1994 5 лет назад +7

      @Deku The Hero Using the soulless anime of today (2018 & 2019) as a comparison just isn't fair. I could go into detail for why said anime of today feel soulless, however I would prefer to start by saying there were a few handdrawn masterpieces that looked better than Akira.
      While the only 90's example I can think of for where the handdrawn animation clearly surpassed Akira in quality was Gundam Wing, the 2010s series Gundam Unicorn & Fate Zero greatly surpass Akira as well. I admit Akira had a lot of work put into it's animation for its time, although really it feels like wasted effort considering the movie's content itself. I mean Akira wasn't made for people who want to consume artwork, it was made for an insanely violent part of Gen X.
      I mean you can tell the movie had themes to reignite strong AntiAmerican feelings that existed from the postwar era. The video itself even suggests it was made to be enjoyed by those who are wrathful based on the commentary. What I'm saying is they didn't want impressive framerate or high quality animation, the audience just wanted blood & destruction. All to sync up with their stored up rage.

    • @WaterKirby1994
      @WaterKirby1994 5 лет назад +2

      @Laguna Mudembei Have you seen Season 3B of My Hero Academia & how awful it was? I mean it's like a repeat of Bleach after Aizen if All Might was Ichigo & keep in mind this is still relatively early series for MHA. Season 3 killed whatever potential that series had.
      Then we have Black Clover which was always an inferior Naruto Clone. Which leaves us with the need for obscure short series to satisfy ourselves with, although then we have the problem of finding 1 of those that stands out as being good out of literally dozens.
      Boruto series had promise, although it's kind of in a complicated place right now where it can either recover or sink further. Only time can tell & I'm deliberately trying to avoid talking about One Piece for the same reason as Pokemon in that it's a series that will just go on forever regardless of quality. Although to be fair Pokemon itself pretty much lost its footing completely starting Gen7.
      Yeah the quality of Japanese products has decreased in recent years for some reason & it's not exclusive to anime as videogames & even Yugioh's card game have suffered. Part of me worries that Japan may be westernizing & losing their sense of craftsmanship they had for centuries.

  • @preciisiionxx
    @preciisiionxx 3 года назад +1894

    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

    • @bheemareddy5699
      @bheemareddy5699 3 года назад +53

      Duude,saame.I went from laughing to “😶😶oh damn”

  • @nathanielmoody3656
    @nathanielmoody3656 Год назад +18

    I SOOOOO appreciate you making this Akira tribute. In the early 90s, Akira had this mythical aura around it, as it was talked about in simultaneously excited and hushed tones. I ended up buying the VHS when I was probably around 16, and watched it alongside my brother and cousins. We were completely transfixed and blown away. I entered art school to study animation BECAUSE of this film, and still hold a reverence for it to this day.

  • @andrewhoneycutt7427
    @andrewhoneycutt7427 2 года назад +10

    Akira sparked my love for anime when I first saw it as a teenager in the mid 90s. This video is an extremely well researched, introspective and insightful breakdown. Thank you and keep up the good work sir.

  • @mikeymegamega
    @mikeymegamega 6 лет назад +4289

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

    • @Th0tSlAyErIII
      @Th0tSlAyErIII 6 лет назад +4

      mikeymegamega I LOVE your channel. Your drawing videos helped me SO much.

    • @akileaves2669
      @akileaves2669 6 лет назад +74

      I think if you've watched enough anime, akira shouldn't be that much of an alienating movie

    • @Irisverse
      @Irisverse 6 лет назад +72

      Hell, I've heard of people who got into anime WITH Akira.

    • @SKULLKR3W
      @SKULLKR3W 6 лет назад +68

      its super easy to get into wtf are you talking about like you just put the movie in and within ten minutes people are getting shot and beaten to death that will grab most people instantly if anything the manga is way harder to get into due to its length and the fact most places dont carry physical copies

    • @Frellyouall
      @Frellyouall 6 лет назад

      I did

  • @Kraluth
    @Kraluth 5 лет назад +3592

    1980's "Before weebs ruined anime," got it.

    • @aelfycarcini3992
      @aelfycarcini3992 5 лет назад +28

      I'm a proud otaku generation :D

    • @EmptyHand49
      @EmptyHand49 5 лет назад +368

      Can't fully blame the weebs. It's also the studios who cash in on fanservice.

    • @fortnitejonesey2258
      @fortnitejonesey2258 5 лет назад +49

      no one has really ruined anime lol

    • @thatlonelygiraffeinc.6989
      @thatlonelygiraffeinc.6989 5 лет назад +77

      @@illegalalien6542 overly political people just get annoying after a while
      There edited out the oittle 12 year old sjw rant, you guys happy now?

    • @blazebuscus9894
      @blazebuscus9894 5 лет назад +19

      @@thatlonelygiraffeinc.6989 triggered lol

  • @guttercruiser
    @guttercruiser Год назад +13

    I watched Akira last year for the very first time and fell in love with it. Everytime I get the chance to show it someone else, by god I'll take it. It's an unforgettable masterpiece!

  • @tekknojunkie
    @tekknojunkie Год назад +8

    This is far and away the best Akira review I have ever seen, it's fully encompassing, well summarized and articulated, amazing, thank you.

  • @core1986
    @core1986 3 года назад +2355

    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.

    • @calvinjohnstone2664
      @calvinjohnstone2664 3 года назад +24

      Read the Comic if you can mate👍🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 to truly appreciate the scale of it.
      And the artwork.

    • @rorybmcconnachie6701
      @rorybmcconnachie6701 3 года назад +3

      did the exact same thing at the biggest cinema in england it was truely stunning

    • @seishinIsAnxiousAgain
      @seishinIsAnxiousAgain 2 года назад +3

      I love this comment

    • @core1986
      @core1986 2 года назад +3

      @@calvinjohnstone2664 The manga is better for sure :)

    • @nathanb5579
      @nathanb5579 2 года назад +8

      It's cool you could get your dad to watch that with you. Only a few anime films have gotten my dads interest as he saw me watching it enough for him to sit down and watch it

  • @specialnewb9821
    @specialnewb9821 4 года назад +1175

    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.

    • @kalexis6484
      @kalexis6484 4 года назад +48

      SpecialNewb sadly a live action may be on the way - don’t have faith in it sadly

    • @jeijei3255
      @jeijei3255 4 года назад +22

      I have read that Taika Waititi is adapting it, and will be basing it on the manga. But i think it got delayed or canceled not sure

    • @iliveinsideyourhouse3943
      @iliveinsideyourhouse3943 4 года назад +21

      I'm very hype for the Akira anime. Maybe it won't top the animation in the original film but the story will be 10x improved.

    • @Ratchet2431
      @Ratchet2431 3 года назад +9

      @@jeijei3255 It was delayed indefinitely but I honestly hope it gets canceled.

    • @ibrahimsohail423
      @ibrahimsohail423 3 года назад

      you should watch perfect blue its such a classic unbelievably level good

  • @imbird9984
    @imbird9984 Год назад +27

    5 years later: LEAVE ME ALONE. [ding] AHHH. [ding] AHHH(akira)HHH(akira)HHHH.

  • @jacksonstichter1123
    @jacksonstichter1123 Год назад +22

    The editing at the beginning of this video is too good. I’ve watched it dozens of times, looping it. I come back to it every few months since it came out. It got me into the genre that music. It set the music theme for the next 2 years of my life.

    • @Ash-Bun
      @Ash-Bun Год назад

      Scandroid is freaking amazing. Such a fun artist.
      The particular song playing is Neo-Tokyo (Dance with the Dead remix)

  • @cguvgvvhjv1348
    @cguvgvvhjv1348 4 года назад +579

    Producer: "Explosion, then a second explosion"
    Co producer: "how about another explosion after the second explosion"
    Pro: "great idea "

    • @fokkusuh4425
      @fokkusuh4425 4 года назад +21

      Michael Bay: WRITE THAT DOWN! WRITE THAT DOWN!

    • @PeterKoperdan
      @PeterKoperdan 3 года назад +4

      Spot on :-D The amount of hand-drawn explosions, smoke and steam in this movie is crazy!

  • @vday16
    @vday16 4 года назад +863

    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

    • @Narglar
      @Narglar 3 года назад +33

      Tomorrow, the first public viewing of Akira (4k) in Finland since 1992. I've got ticket and am beyond excited!

    • @deadhomelessbum
      @deadhomelessbum 3 года назад +7

      Seeing in IMAX this Friday - I am stoked

    • @condorX2
      @condorX2 3 года назад +2

      Not interested in any of those animes. The reasons are: To much talking, this mean reading subtitles if you aren't Japanese.
      To many things happened on the screen that get very confusing.
      Avater the last air bender is the only anime that I enjoyed watching because they have a great story that's easy to follow and I love their characters build up.

    • @TheWutangclan1995
      @TheWutangclan1995 3 года назад +4

      I just saw this at the local theaters and it goes to show why you can’t just stream it on your tv and expect the same outcome. Spending the money to see it was worth the experience. I wasn’t born when Akira came out and seeing this for the first time made me feel like I was part of it.

    • @tayk-47usa41
      @tayk-47usa41 3 года назад +10

      condorX2 is.... is this satire?

  • @tbxvividos
    @tbxvividos Год назад +15

    I can unironically say that seeing Akira for the first time, on scifi channels Saturday Anime block, changed my life.
    And as much as I still love anime to this day, there really is something special about late 80s/early 90s anime that we will never see again. Both in their aesthetic hard drawn beauty, as well as their tone.

  • @codiserville593
    @codiserville593 2 года назад +1

    Oh my got dude, I need to get acquainted with so much of these films you are showing clips from

  • @TheSwartz
    @TheSwartz 3 года назад +1250

    Akira is when Anime became serious.
    However, nowadays, I believe we take all this for granted.

    • @kakashihatake8277
      @kakashihatake8277 3 года назад +27

      We really do

    • @peetsaman8889
      @peetsaman8889 3 года назад +35

      Fr. Watch Devilman Crybaby it’s a great return to form for that brutal era

    • @barrygol7146
      @barrygol7146 3 года назад +2

      it was a shitty movie back then, and it still is

    • @ChooChooTrainny
      @ChooChooTrainny 3 года назад +76

      @@barrygol7146 you sound like you have really good opinions

    • @donaldtusk2678
      @donaldtusk2678 2 года назад +9

      @@peetsaman8889 ironically the main characters called akira

  • @Ron322
    @Ron322 5 лет назад +872

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

    • @labratiam1
      @labratiam1 5 лет назад +107

      Such as turning into a gaint testicle

    • @cfalcon8342
      @cfalcon8342 5 лет назад +50

      Such as turning into a giant testicle

    • @omegasupreme5527
      @omegasupreme5527 5 лет назад +51

      Of course but nobody does cell anymore. It's all CGI now even in Japan. There was like a big argument over it at the time. A lot of animators considered cell to be more traditional and wanted to keep doing it but that was a long time ago now.

    • @MrGamelover23
      @MrGamelover23 5 лет назад +17

      Well? At least give an example. Or two. Or several. Just one at least?

    • @gabrielgaranas
      @gabrielgaranas 5 лет назад +36

      When there are seven organisations pooling their resources into one project, even scratching the surface of the output is difficult.

  • @vridrich99
    @vridrich99 Год назад +13

    When I had finished watching Akira for the first time, I was stunned and overwhelmed, because I had seen something which I had ever seen or even imagined before. An incredible feat!

  • @KarlMagnusBlindheim
    @KarlMagnusBlindheim Год назад +2

    Brilliant production, mate! Akira was my first as well, back in 1989. I used to collect the colorized manga albums from Dark Horse and I still have a large inlay poster from a triple album box set hanging on my wall, thirty years later. Thanks for some excellent musings around our favourite anime/manga, you bring up some very interesting points and new perspectives. Here’s a sub with bells on, well deserved.

  • @JustinY.
    @JustinY. 6 лет назад +3289

    The artstyle is impeccable as well. The hand drawn aesthetic really differs from the digital animation nowadays, and it is leagues better than how CGI is *normally* used in anime.

    • @christnn9020
      @christnn9020 6 лет назад +70

      stop following me

    • @MamiK00
      @MamiK00 6 лет назад +141

      Justin Y. You are comparing a fucking movie to tv anime.

    • @inbetweensharks
      @inbetweensharks 6 лет назад +3

      I agree Justin

    • @zefile
      @zefile 6 лет назад +3

      i'd love to but i can't get into old-looking anime :/
      it's a shame

    • @SnowAnayathatweirdgirl
      @SnowAnayathatweirdgirl 6 лет назад +39

      I swear to god. Wherever I comment there you are. Justin Y. tell me... Are you an actual Ninja.
      Tell me your secrets. How did you master being everywhere, but nowhere?

  • @arenkai
    @arenkai 6 лет назад +219

    BEST.
    INTRO.
    EVER.

    • @theinkslicer
      @theinkslicer 6 лет назад

      0utta S1TE he has a list in the description

    • @Saxhen
      @Saxhen 6 лет назад +2

      This might just be my fan-self talking, but I highly recommend buying or at least listening to all of Dance With The Dead's songs btw-- especially if you like synthrock. The replay value of their albums is super high too haha!

    • @Lordidude
      @Lordidude 6 лет назад

      0utta S1TE he bought it?

  • @Clarenred
    @Clarenred Год назад +1

    This was very well executed. Superb. I learned several things I didn't know, and I first saw Akira in 1995. Thank you !

  • @tiriaqstreasures650
    @tiriaqstreasures650 Год назад +1

    Man, you're telling skills are so good. Never a boring minute, wow...

  • @geminijemini7976
    @geminijemini7976 4 года назад +1384

    Meanwhile, in the West, we got Boss Baby, a garbage movie that got the nomination for Best Animated Feature in the Oscars but a masterpiece like Koe No Katachi(A Silent Voice) didn't.

    • @Bugingas
      @Bugingas 4 года назад +206

      Gemini Jemini bro he’s a boss and a baby, a boss baby how cool is that boss baby dude epic boss baby

    • @huh5007
      @huh5007 4 года назад +106

      I mean, we also got Coco....

    • @jd7507
      @jd7507 4 года назад +11

      Primal came out recently, might want to check it out.

    • @gracelu5210
      @gracelu5210 4 года назад +30

      Boss baby was created by Satan to spite humanity

    • @PowerK1
      @PowerK1 4 года назад +1

      Gemini Jemini are you even American??

  • @bokchoiman
    @bokchoiman 4 года назад +616

    My god I didn't even realize how beautiful the animation was in the 80s. The transitions were slower but the detail contained within was enormous!

    • @Lipbuzz
      @Lipbuzz 4 года назад +26

      FelineHYPER animation has completely gone to shit in modern times. Even looney tunes looks amazing compared to the shit we get today.

    • @GenyaArikado
      @GenyaArikado 4 года назад +8

      Faster transitions just makes an excuse for lazy animation work nowadays.

    • @Video-Games-Are-Fun
      @Video-Games-Are-Fun 4 года назад +16

      look at when the bridge blows up and you see each brick by brick coming apart...

    • @GenyaArikado
      @GenyaArikado 3 года назад +2

      @@Video-Games-Are-Fun i will notice that when i see the movie again

    • @victuz
      @victuz 3 года назад +5

      I'm not putting up an excuse here people, but don't movies generally receive a much higher budget than a TV show? Like with Dragon Ball Super for example, the movies and the TV show.

  • @kikkpod5887
    @kikkpod5887 Год назад

    Wonderful, I'm glad this popped up in my feed when I was curious what the akira motorcycle trick was

  • @AnyMotoUSA
    @AnyMotoUSA Год назад +30

    This film got me into bikes 20 years ago. I've been riding ever since, and the core message of the film stuck with me. That brotherhood is bittersweet and we are all responsible for each other, and that there is still mystery and awe in this world. That we are to be careful with the power we are given, and must confront those we love when they go wrong. Also be like Kaneda, he's pretty cool. Oh yeah, and bikes. Mostly bikes.

    • @fourmoyle
      @fourmoyle Год назад +2

      Well said.

    • @Oriol-oo7jl
      @Oriol-oo7jl Год назад +4

      30 years later, i'm still waiting for scientists to invent those supercool persistent-trace lights
      that was mind blowing

    • @fire.smok3
      @fire.smok3 Год назад +1

      Haha the film also made me love motorcycles, and even red leather jackets lol

    • @marcjustinpascasio9955
      @marcjustinpascasio9955 10 месяцев назад +2

      I honestly watched the movie since I saw a clip of the iconic bike slide on youtube. And boy was I given more than I asked for.

  • @brandonsanoguet1709
    @brandonsanoguet1709 4 года назад +697

    "DISCIPLINE! *slap*, DISCIPLINE! *slap*, DISCIPLINE! *slap*, DISCIPLIIIINE!!! *big slap*, DIIIIIIISMISSED!!!!!"

    • @elizavetafortova3415
      @elizavetafortova3415 4 года назад +5

      OMG YES

    • @nfspbarrister5681
      @nfspbarrister5681 4 года назад +6

      Summary of my grade/grammar school in those days. Corporal punishment are all over education systems. Not it was all bad. But sonetimes, it went too far.

    • @boiledelephant
      @boiledelephant 4 года назад +13

      @@nfspbarrister5681 There's a sociological argument to be made for it having far-reaching damaging effects on family life, in that kids disciplined with the cane might internalize the idea of violence as a means to stability and order, resulting in more domestic violence, fear, intimidation and coercive dynamics in relationships and parenting styles of the time.

    • @obear6767
      @obear6767 3 года назад +2

      ThANK You VEry MUCH SIrrrrr...

    • @cyberdelicxp9125
      @cyberdelicxp9125 3 года назад +2

      In the version I saw he was yelling SHUT UP! SHIT UP! SHUT UP! As he hit the kids

  • @MicahBuzanANIMATION
    @MicahBuzanANIMATION 6 лет назад +747

    Every frame explodes with detail. Feverish, creepy, weird, mind-bending detail.

    • @The__Creeper
      @The__Creeper 6 лет назад +7

      And every line of dialogue makes you want to explode your brains to end the mind numbing tedium.
      Just watch Redline. Much better animation with a GASP! coherent story.

    • @joxerrrrr
      @joxerrrrr 6 лет назад +22

      Much better animation? Really dude?

    • @The__Creeper
      @The__Creeper 6 лет назад +1

      ruclips.net/video/oBSz0EEi5I0/видео.html
      Yeah, you're right. Much better animation doesn't capture how much better it is compared to Akira. Spectacularly better animation. Superbly better animation. Amazingly better animation. Awesomely better animation.
      My point is that Akira sucks and only an idiot would praise it.

    • @joxerrrrr
      @joxerrrrr 6 лет назад +30

      Did Akira killed your family or something?I can understand not believing is the best shit ever especially talking about the plot but about the fucking animation? So because its shiny and more ''beautiful'' redline is better? Dont get me wrong still a very very well animated movie that is a shame people forget about but Akira has insane work and polish in its animation people should see and copy that shit not forgetting it.

    • @The__Creeper
      @The__Creeper 6 лет назад

      Or maybe I just hate that people act like it's the best movie ever made when it's a truly awful movie with only a few interesting shots worth looking at. Redline is far superior in both story and aesthetics.
      Also, if you want to talk about "insane work and polish" then Redline destroys Akira in that resepct as well. Redline took 7 years of work and every frame is pouring with the creators' love for something amazing.

  • @rdalybread
    @rdalybread Год назад +25

    Akira will always be timeless IMO.

  • @mikevega07
    @mikevega07 2 года назад +6

    The beginning gave me goosebumps and brought tears of joy. akira is truly a classic gem. It's what started my journey as an artist.

  • @tarushsingh1108
    @tarushsingh1108 5 лет назад +410

    That intro.... That intro man and the line that "Then there was Akira" is soo perfect as Akira is like the start of anime coming to the world.

    • @Ellimist000
      @Ellimist000 4 года назад +5

      "May Lord Akira return once again and with a burning fire cleanse us of our sins!" XD

    • @TheLexiconDevils
      @TheLexiconDevils 4 года назад +2

      Well ... kind of. We had anime Saturday morning cartoons (cut and dubbed) in the early 80s so the style of Akira wasn’t completely foreign to us. Just the execution of the concept

    • @drdoofenstock5559
      @drdoofenstock5559 4 года назад +1

      Fr fits the vibe so well

  • @ShinoSarna
    @ShinoSarna 5 лет назад +710

    While the manga didn't have as big of an impact, it's a veritable masterpiece of sequential art, and everyone - and I mean everyone - who is interested in comics and/or manga - should read it. Several times.

    • @spacesailor8701
      @spacesailor8701 5 лет назад +1

      Who Am I to desagree?

    • @iliveinsideyourhouse1367
      @iliveinsideyourhouse1367 5 лет назад +6

      I read hell alots of manga but still didnt read akira yet.

    • @MrRikeazevedo
      @MrRikeazevedo 5 лет назад +9

      Perfect statement. For me tha manga is one of the great pieces of arte of all time.

    • @user-kg4li5ge1c
      @user-kg4li5ge1c 5 лет назад +7

      I have all 6 volumes of the manga. They are a treasure to me =)

    • @Severian1
      @Severian1 4 года назад +15

      The manga is fucking mind blowing! The pacing, characters, philosophy, analyses of consciousness, and sheer massive scale... absolutely fantastic!

  • @soyanchd5439
    @soyanchd5439 11 месяцев назад +1

    Every now and then I get back to this wonderful video

  • @BladeITguy
    @BladeITguy Год назад

    I just discovered your channel and im enthralled,
    I have no idea why the youtube algorithm doesnt present me with this goodness until 2023,
    but you are now my streaming service for the next week, Thanks Super Eyepatch Wolf!

  • @Jack_Woods
    @Jack_Woods 2 года назад +857

    I love the absolute SCALE of this film, it's persistent all throughout and it doesn't hold back to show massive detail on every small piece of rubble and every element at play colliding with the environment

    • @AlekseyMaksimovichPeshkov
      @AlekseyMaksimovichPeshkov Год назад +4

      So it is possible to make realistic, detailed traditional 2d animation?

    • @Jack_Woods
      @Jack_Woods Год назад +14

      @@AlekseyMaksimovichPeshkov Is is, but it's so costly and tedious it's really unpractical unless you REALLY REALLY love the project and don't mind it not returning its budget in sales, which thankfully it did

    • @AlekseyMaksimovichPeshkov
      @AlekseyMaksimovichPeshkov Год назад +4

      @@Jack_Woods I want to do that; maybe become the next “Kane Pyxis” on RUclips (I’m sixteen right now and have no experience…)

    • @AlekseyMaksimovichPeshkov
      @AlekseyMaksimovichPeshkov Год назад +2

      @@Jack_Woods why? Do you have any experience with animation and drawings?

    • @boomtaylor8297
      @boomtaylor8297 Год назад +4

      I thought that that fact they animated the pipes and electrical wires in the rubble or when they made a hole in the ground it's a nice touch that grounds you in the scene

  • @NarraJoker12
    @NarraJoker12 6 лет назад +277

    Watches Akira at 9
    *Doesn't get perpetual PTSD*

    • @mushfek
      @mushfek 5 лет назад +1

      12 high-five!

    • @megakidz13
      @megakidz13 5 лет назад +4

      I saw the texas chainsaw remake at 8

    • @Izzatrising
      @Izzatrising 5 лет назад

      What is PTSD?

    • @megakidz13
      @megakidz13 5 лет назад

      @@Izzatrising post traumatic stress disorder

    • @KattKratz
      @KattKratz 5 лет назад +3

      Watches Akira at 17
      *Does get it*

  • @RayMak
    @RayMak Год назад +4

    I remember this was a really amazing film

  • @traviolisupreme
    @traviolisupreme Год назад +2

    Such an iconic film… for some reason my nickname even became Tetsuo for 15 years as a kid & teen haha so nostalgic watching this… Thanks so much for making this narration. Legend.

  • @Em-xq7kx
    @Em-xq7kx 3 года назад +455

    When I read akira I was like damn now I know where stranger things got their ideas

    • @liberpolo5540
      @liberpolo5540 3 года назад +79

      Shamone, Stranger Things is a rip-off of literally every successful thing in hollywood ... no disrespect to the show itself, ofc, it pulls it off in a way it made itself successful.

    • @zachcarter3186
      @zachcarter3186 3 года назад +45

      @@liberpolo5540
      Almost every 80s hit plays part in stranger things. Especially goonies lol

    • @baronobeefdip1119
      @baronobeefdip1119 3 года назад +7

      if anything, stranger things ripped off elfen leid

    • @denj4s
      @denj4s 3 года назад +1

      Fate/Zero definitely is heavily "inspirated"

    • @milomessina9742
      @milomessina9742 2 года назад +6

      @@baronobeefdip1119 i think they just used the old concept of the psionic, instead of ripping off some anime

  • @OpenSourceLowTech
    @OpenSourceLowTech 2 года назад +243

    I saw this when it came out, on the big screen, at age ten.
    Everything since has borne the marks of that.

    • @frogdog3600
      @frogdog3600 2 года назад +6

      Maybe, but the fact is that Akira is nothing compared to the Taco Bell Fry Force commercial.

    • @Noba46688
      @Noba46688 2 года назад +1

      Are you 43 years old, then?

    • @MetalizedButt
      @MetalizedButt 2 года назад +5

      If you watched this at 10 you definitely didn’t understand what the hell was going on lmao this film is convoluted af.

    • @Ostnizdasht206
      @Ostnizdasht206 2 года назад

      That's awesome. I was literally a baby when it came out so I wouldn't see it until a couple of decades later.

    • @eveningwind2023
      @eveningwind2023 2 года назад

      I feel the inspirations many things share in this too. I just watched it for the first time and the notes that resonated with me were the similarities to Final Fantasy 7. The moogle playground slide, the sewers, the tank where Jenova was held....all very similar in art design.

  • @JesterCerberusGaming
    @JesterCerberusGaming Год назад +56

    Akira was the 1st anime movie I watched with my dad when I was 7. This is what started my path on anime and I tell everyone you need to watch this work of art! It was not until I was 24 did I realize I was missing so much with the manga which is incredible! Akira stands as an amazing piece of work that people stop talking about because of time.

    • @CC3GROUNDZERO
      @CC3GROUNDZERO 6 месяцев назад

      7 is waaaay too young for Akira though. That film is genuinely scary.

    • @JesterCerberusGaming
      @JesterCerberusGaming 6 месяцев назад

      Haha I mean now I relize I was way to young. But 7 year ikd ne was blown away with what a cartoon could be. That shapped me for anime as I got older and what pushed me into the unknown to give everything and anything a try.@@CC3GROUNDZERO

  • @QuantumElectricians
    @QuantumElectricians 2 года назад +28

    The film is a watered down version of the comic - which tells you how great and detailed the comic is. The film is fantastic on its own, but would be at least 6 hours long if it was true to the comic. I would definitely recommend reading the manga as a companion to the film. There is SO. Much. More. So much. Also, I know the newer B&W volumes are popular now but the original, full color manga is wonderful.

    • @cantbanme8971
      @cantbanme8971 9 месяцев назад

      By the same token though there is so much more to what makes the film great than the story. The atmosphere, the soundtrack, the quality of the animation etc

  • @philyates7670
    @philyates7670 2 года назад +708

    The detail in the animation, particularly the camera movement in the bike chase is absolutely stunning, particularly given that this was pre-CGI.

    • @StarSalt
      @StarSalt Год назад +7

      @@SnailHatan Huh? They say right there, it's stunning. Especially since it was pre-CGI.

    • @AlekseyMaksimovichPeshkov
      @AlekseyMaksimovichPeshkov Год назад +10

      Is it possible to make realistic, detailed traditional 2d animation? Like hair for example? And I don’t mean a single shape representing hair I mean individual hairs…

    • @darkbustergt8085
      @darkbustergt8085 Год назад

      @@AlekseyMaksimovichPeshkov no

    • @AlekseyMaksimovichPeshkov
      @AlekseyMaksimovichPeshkov Год назад

      @@darkbustergt8085 damn it. How do you know?

    • @nemou4985
      @nemou4985 Год назад +2

      @@AlekseyMaksimovichPeshkov The human eye doesn't even perceive individual hairs in a real-world scenario so animating hair strands looks more "realistic" than animating individual hairs...

  • @rakaipikatan8922
    @rakaipikatan8922 4 года назад +570

    Funfact: The percussion that used throughout the soundtrack are not Japanese traditional instruments. It was in fact Indonesian bronze instruments called gamelan, which you can hear carefully by the sound of metallic thumps it generates.
    Amazing video nonetheless

    • @B__SYAHRULMUBAROK
      @B__SYAHRULMUBAROK 4 года назад +5

      Yeah i also think it was gamelan. You have source for that info ?

    • @rakaipikatan8922
      @rakaipikatan8922 4 года назад +12

      @@B__SYAHRULMUBAROK Here's my dude garage.vice.com/en_us/article/paw5bg/akira-30th-anniversary-anime-metrograph-kanye-approved

    • @B__SYAHRULMUBAROK
      @B__SYAHRULMUBAROK 4 года назад +2

      @@rakaipikatan8922 thank you

    • @rafinasrullah8533
      @rafinasrullah8533 4 года назад

      Thanks fyi

    • @or6144
      @or6144 4 года назад +19

      Well if you watched the video there's a clip showing Indonesians playing the gamelan. They definitely were not Japanese maybe Javanese hehe!

  • @KarimAktouf
    @KarimAktouf Год назад

    What a masterful analysis and what a trip back into memory lane; thank you mate !

  • @verussadap
    @verussadap Год назад +1

    Awesome analysis! I remember when I first saw this movie I was immediately sold on anime for practically most of the reasons (and more) you mentioned in this video. Great work!

  • @gregkiepal7682
    @gregkiepal7682 3 года назад +1137

    Akira needs a whole series to better reflect the full story of the manga, all with the same quality of the film. That would be excellent :)

    • @anthonydelarosa
      @anthonydelarosa 2 года назад +54

      There’s a series coming from sunrise the people who made Cowboy Bebop.

    • @TheAnomaly00
      @TheAnomaly00 2 года назад +18

      @@anthonydelarosa You mean Studio Bones? Because Sunrise no longer exists, but basically the entire staff founded Bones

    • @ahnafahmed4951
      @ahnafahmed4951 2 года назад +1

      @@TheAnomaly00 wdym studio wunrise doesn't exist? They are the mecha studio right? That created gundam. They are still around bro

    • @TheAnomaly00
      @TheAnomaly00 2 года назад +17

      @@ahnafahmed4951 So we are both kind of right. Sunrise Studio went bankrupt in the early 2000s and got scooped up by Bandai Namco. The staff of studio 2 who made Bebop specifically then left and formed Studio Bones.

    • @ayonbasu1632
      @ayonbasu1632 2 года назад +7

      Akira with a 5+ season anime would be insane fr

  • @phylarious4352
    @phylarious4352 4 года назад +670

    I watched a slime tutorial and it brought me back here.

    • @abdullahceka3613
      @abdullahceka3613 4 года назад +22

      Phylarious lmaoo same, watched the whole 2 hours

    • @fluffyssj2693
      @fluffyssj2693 4 года назад +5

      @@abdullahceka3613 lol i watched the whole thing on hulu witch i pay for and then found the slime tutorial and was like wtf?!

    • @abdullahceka3613
      @abdullahceka3613 4 года назад +2

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    • @fluffyssj2693
      @fluffyssj2693 4 года назад +2

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    • @abdullahceka3613
      @abdullahceka3613 4 года назад

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      subbed anime if u don’t mind

  • @c0Y0te78
    @c0Y0te78 7 месяцев назад

    ThanQ and well done..! 5 years ltr and i still enjoy content about the Birth of Manga and Anime in the west. we all knew the Destruction and the impact this Movie would be like as what has happened waaaaaay in the past. U sure have an eye for detail and dept into things that are out there and you see what it all is connected with to look beyond.
    Thnq once more Super Eyepatch Wolf for charing this and the effort you have putt in to this Documentation... well say'd
    Live long and prosper,

  • @anabolic_red
    @anabolic_red 2 года назад

    This channel encouraged me to watch anime for the very first time at 28 years of age. I'm now so grateful for super eyepatch wolf's existence as I've now experienced some of the most enchanting and incredible animated films and television series ever created and I can't get enough of it!

  • @lukesweeneytv3970
    @lukesweeneytv3970 3 года назад +738

    I started reading Akira when I was 13. While I was in awe of what I was reading, my interest for some reason kind of declined by around volume 4. I just recently turned 17, and made it my duty to continue where I left off and hopefully finish it. Turning the final page of volume 6 was a bittersweet moment. It didn't feel real. Here I was, after finishing a story that kept feeling longer and longer the more and more I put it off. To put it in short, Akira is a once in a lifetime read. I took for granted how lucky I was to live in a world where something like Akira existed. If you take anything from this, get out there, and buy yourself the 35th anniversary box-set. You won't regret it.

    • @jjcoola998
      @jjcoola998 2 года назад +20

      Wholesome kid here folks there is hope

    • @nazzalafk8668
      @nazzalafk8668 Год назад

      @@jjcoola998 YESS

    • @los__unicos2777
      @los__unicos2777 Год назад +2

      I’m not really into films but I spend a lot of time listening to music i remember kayne saying this was his favorite anime I watched it a couple days ago and plan on rewatching in a little bit but really I’m glad I watched this before I really went into anime as a whole

    • @anydaynow01
      @anydaynow01 Год назад +1

      @IONIZE That's cheaper than it was in the '90s for a good copy. I remember saving up for it and gave up and just bought a bunch of MtG cards instead! I'm still kicking myself for getting rid of the Kaneda figure I had with the laser rifle from back then because and ex said it was childish. Turns out those original figures are worth an insane amount these days!

  • @Movie_Games
    @Movie_Games 3 года назад +1550

    Watched for the first time the other day. I wish I knew the characters were more general and part of the narrative. I don't know why. Maybe the box art? I kept waiting for Kaneda get into a crazy boss battle fight with Tetuso using his bike.

    • @heberrodriguez3310
      @heberrodriguez3310 3 года назад +52

      Read the manga/comic

    • @condorX2
      @condorX2 3 года назад +8

      Not interested in any of those animes. The reasons are: To much talking, this mean reading subtitles if you aren't Japanese.
      To many things happened on the screen that get very confusing.
      Avater the last air bender is the only anime that I enjoyed watching because they have a great story that's easy to follow and I love their characters build up.

    • @RobertSchley
      @RobertSchley 3 года назад +109

      @@condorX2 avatar isn't technically anime. It's VERY well done which is it of the confusion. Anime is technically Japanese explicitly; or was. I think the lines are being blurred.
      Avatar is American made, I think. Just like WakFu is good but French. Not technically anime by definition but it is by style.
      Short version: watch what you want and don't worry about classifying it or apologizing for liking/disliking anything. I can read faster than I listen and watch subtitles on english film just because. I like more literal subtitles that don't try to americanize the meaning of characters words. It makes a difference in nuanced stuff like the Kenshin OAV. You feel differently. All good. 😁

    • @condorX2
      @condorX2 3 года назад +3

      @@RobertSchley 😘👍

    • @eliahaj6503
      @eliahaj6503 3 года назад +83

      @@condorX2 hehe an american uncomfortable with subtitles,you should see how foreigners watch american movies with no disturbance what so ever from substitles.

  • @kennan10101
    @kennan10101 6 месяцев назад +7

    Princess Mononoke was my Akira. Watched it at my childhood best friends' house when we were 9 or 10 and it rocked my world. Something about anime's devastating depiction of brutal reality mixed with simple humanity, mind-bending strangeness, and a reverent twist on Lovecraftian spiritual beings... the shit is insane (in a good way of course).
    It's no wonder it's taken over the world. Even today, it's rare to see a Western movie or show that can convey that kind of intensity. I'm sure there's more out there than I'm aware of, but all I can think of is Annihilation and The Matrix (at least when The Matrix first came out).

  • @batjr.jr.5272
    @batjr.jr.5272 Год назад

    I watch this video all the time!.. I can't say thank you enough for making this!.. its actually special to me.

  • @rstrange633
    @rstrange633 6 лет назад +698

    As a young man, I dismissed all anime as childish until one of my stoner buddies said "no, you need to watch Akira and Wicked City and then get back to me once you've scraped your jaw off the floor."
    He neglected to offer me a spatula--which would have been useful when I was scraping my jaw off the floor.

    • @AlterFunKtion
      @AlterFunKtion 5 лет назад +7

      ROLF!!!

    • @gaiusjuliuspleaser
      @gaiusjuliuspleaser 5 лет назад +23

      Two words: Ninja Scroll. Show that to anyone who says anime is for babies, and there's a 66.6% chance they'll ask you to recommend more stuff.

    • @kyle-9203
      @kyle-9203 5 лет назад +7

      Anime now is just upskirts and softcore pettie porn then theres a few gory one but they are meh akira is untouched its pretty much a new born america

    • @philliparnesen4493
      @philliparnesen4493 5 лет назад +5

      IMO Hellsing Ultimate is one of the best introductions to anime to non anime fans to prove they can be adult themed. Excellent animation quality, with a classic mostly historical depiction of vampires following a narrative most of the western audience is familiar with (van hellsing). Additionally, english voice actors (as in England), set in England instead of Japan with VERY adult themes.

    • @colonelcat8639
      @colonelcat8639 5 лет назад +1

      Kyle - that’s how I saw anime until I saw AKIRA.

  • @ChaohsiangChen
    @ChaohsiangChen 5 лет назад +222

    Just saw Akira yesterday and my mind is totally blown. And I have watched anime for many, many years.

    • @mee091000
      @mee091000 5 лет назад +4

      ChaohsiangChen It's been four months so I am not sure if that have seen it. But if you want to watch another trippy anime check out Serial Experiment Lain.

    • @celebvids12
      @celebvids12 4 года назад

      Same i just saw it today

    • @larsrodriguez9404
      @larsrodriguez9404 4 года назад +7

      Visuals were good but the story was meh.

    • @floofydoofy5524
      @floofydoofy5524 4 года назад +2

      @@larsrodriguez9404 so true. I don't get why everybody loves this so much. I mean, it looks AMAZING, and the world and characters are pretty cool, but the story is so....bad. I thought most put the story ahead of visuals a lot of the time.

    • @rogsu2281
      @rogsu2281 4 года назад

      @@Surteronarto I already read the manga and the story is not that masterpiece. Its good, but not the best thing of the world that leaves all modern animes in a trashcan.

  • @LtSarge
    @LtSarge Год назад

    I come back to this video over and over, just to hear and watch the first 20 secs in the opening. Such good editing.

  • @yesterdayschunda1760
    @yesterdayschunda1760 2 года назад +10

    God the art in this film is amazing, first time viewing it today and i was blown away by not only the art but the freaking story, jesus this is one of if not the best movie i have watched in over a decade.

  • @vicenteortegarubilar9418
    @vicenteortegarubilar9418 6 лет назад +1636

    I was wondering why this channel never made a video essay about Akira.
    I really appreciate everything about this essay.

    • @adventuringwolf8517
      @adventuringwolf8517 6 лет назад +6

      Vicente Ortega Rubilar You don't have to call it an essay you know. Its a video with a script.

    • @seratonous
      @seratonous 6 лет назад +1

      What, that Wolf's takeaway doesn't read into the deeper narrative at all? This has to have the most surface-level, ambiguous fucking thesis in any analysis I've seen. Calling it an essay is an insult to essays. You're probably still in high school, huh? Newsflash: this isn't how professional critics interpret art, because he's not trying at all. This video's much more probing about anime in the west than anything to do with Akira

    • @PeterKnagge
      @PeterKnagge 6 лет назад +3

      lol, millennials and their interpretation of the 80's. It's like what going out used to be like before the internet and you get 1001 camera phones stuck in your face. This magical mythical world where imagination runs wild. You can tell the commentator hasn't the foggiest clue what he's talking about, and going off second and third hand information. He left out what it was really like to live in the 80's, the political impact of the Cold War, and Western animation movies like 1981's Heavy Metal.
      But while he's interpretation is completely inaccurate it's all good, he's having fun!

    • @AkiraSchwartz
      @AkiraSchwartz 6 лет назад

      Yeah

    • @jon-paulfilkins7820
      @jon-paulfilkins7820 6 лет назад +7

      I'm 50 this year, UK based, got into anime in the late 80's via interest being grabbed at a sci-fi convention screening. I'm also a 3rd Gen Sci-fi buff and a table top gamer (at the Time of Akira, Mostly Runequest, Traveller and Twilight 2000! We almost never play D&D in our group, then or now!).
      To be honest, Heavy Metal was the other end of the 80's and a whole generation earlier. Its high certification and lack of video release meant I never got to see it in it's glory. I was old enough to be aware of it, not old enough to see it. After Heavy Metal, nothing. Before that? Ralph Bashki seems to be the lightning rod, but most of his output was visually interesting, but suffered from usually puerile writing (see Wizards, in my opinion, 6th form f*nw@#k wraped round an over long pun). The Whole idea of Animation for adults in the west just died under a sea of Transformers/GI Joe/He-Man product placement for the rest of the 80's.
      There was a near complete dearth of Sci-Fi to watch then as well. That is why I got into Sci-Fi. Star Trek next Gen had started, but it was not to everyone's taste. Other than a couple of failed series (Space above and Beyond) there was nothing. What was a 3rd gen Sci-Fi Fan to do?
      I latched onto Anime for that pulpy sci-fi action adventure fix. Robotech was the starting point (still love Macross to this day) but then there was Dirty Pair, Gundam, Patlabour, Dominion Tank Police etc.
      Yes we had the niggling fear of the bomb/cold war, we paid as much attention to it as most people pay to Global Warming a decade ago, that being not a great deal. Note that was before the youtube/facebook echochamber histrionics took hold, but yeah, we are still all going to die! It's almost like Mankind can't live without that feeling!
      I was one of the lucky ones who saw it at the Scala.
      Akira made adult animation mainstream again.
      Akira was a BIG DEAL.
      Then they followed it up with Fist of the effing North Star! And sent Adult Animation into the ghetto of being a cult genre again.
      DOH!

  • @DeviantDeveloper
    @DeviantDeveloper 3 года назад +936

    A dystopian Tokyo still often looks nicer and cleaner than most other cities at their best.

    • @ytyoungrichnhigh
      @ytyoungrichnhigh 2 года назад +21

      after watching Akira, I became mildly disappointed with downtown Houston, Texas, because of how pathetic it looks compared to New Tokyo.
      Houston, Texas is top 5 largest cities in the US lmfao.

    • @j_eezus_christ_bro_chill
      @j_eezus_christ_bro_chill 2 года назад +3

      "looks" "cleaner"

    • @jjcoola998
      @jjcoola998 2 года назад

      Right

    • @Mainz_1901
      @Mainz_1901 2 года назад +5

      @@ytyoungrichnhigh Houston is known for having a pretty small metro area, maybe better comparisons are Chicago or New York in the US

    • @ytyoungrichnhigh
      @ytyoungrichnhigh 2 года назад +3

      @@Mainz_1901 yep.. did a bit more research after seeing Akira like 2 - 3 years ago and I concur New York and Tokyo are literal life-size comparisons of New Tokyo.
      And yeah Houston’s downtown may be compact but our Uptown is massive. I hop on South Post Oak road taking the ramp and going left at the fork, and Tanglewood’s entire scene is right there

  • @heartandmindovercome3214
    @heartandmindovercome3214 Год назад

    Dude, awesome analysis. Awesome channel 👍

  • @theindiegamedude
    @theindiegamedude Год назад +12

    I know I'm late to the party. But, this is a great overview of both the manga set and the movie. And, how it sort of brought anime to the west.
    Akira was also the very first movie I watched as a child, at around 7 or 8 years old. It's still easily in my top 3. The anniversary set of the manga set is really nice too.
    Japanese Animation is certainly not afraid to push the boundaries. And, highlight so many things. From the far out Sci-Fi like FLCL, to the human experience like Kino's Journey, and then over to psychological thrillers like Psycho-Pass.
    From dark to light topics. Light and heavy topics. Covering a huge range of story genres.

  • @NicoB
    @NicoB 6 лет назад +1117

    Okay, I can't stop laughing at that intro.
    "There was everything else...
    And then there was Akira."
    BOOOM!!

    • @memecrusader5824
      @memecrusader5824 6 лет назад

      perhaps

    • @mambaregime
      @mambaregime 6 лет назад +4

      Coulda sworn Harmageddon and Venus Wars were looong before Akira...but lets let this 20 year old kid lie to you all and sound like he knows anime.

    • @BathoryQueen
      @BathoryQueen 6 лет назад +3

      DAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH

    • @loconnolly7474
      @loconnolly7474 6 лет назад +7

      Oh nico!!!! I love your videos!!

    • @pat5467
      @pat5467 6 лет назад +2

      HELLLO NICo what are you doing here??? Picky Penguin here lol

  • @grendelum
    @grendelum 6 лет назад +121

    I was 12 years old when I saw *Akira* at a small art house theater in the east village... it was only meant to be shown the one time there but at the end the projectionist came out and asked if we wanted to watch it again and of course we did, two more times. It was a seriously magical day that really did change the course of my life.

    • @boydebrook
      @boydebrook 5 лет назад +2

      Hmm, was it the FIlm Forum? Actually they were able to extend the showtimes, luckily, so I was able to catch it after school. :-)

  • @chrisnwilson
    @chrisnwilson Год назад

    What a great overview and perspective. Great job!

  • @THG3
    @THG3 4 года назад +79

    One of my favorite parts is when the colonel and scientists goes to verify Akira is still stable, the frozen doors and it even shows their breath. Most people don’t even remember the part but it shows how incredible the movie is. Such detail. I rarely see breathes in cold scenes in live movies.

  • @CaptainTitforce
    @CaptainTitforce 3 года назад +213

    Just saw Akira for the first time in a 4K remastered theater version. It was an amazing experience and the sound design was so good.

  • @sultanalzahrani3402
    @sultanalzahrani3402 2 года назад +7

    I finished it a few days ago.
    Man, what an eye treat.
    I think I'll read the manga to get the full picture of the story.

  • @farazhuq5568
    @farazhuq5568 Год назад +11

    A movie rarely holds my full attention as I believe I have some form of ADHD. Only 3 movies have had me completely engrossed to the point I only saw the screen and nothing else, one of them being Akira. It is breathtakingly beautiful. Along with the visuals, another aspect of the film I feel doesn’t get the attention it deserves is the soundtrack. It is bone-chilling and unnerving and played at exactly the right moments. The writing as well, absolutely brilliant. Can’t say enough good things about this classic.

  • @classicmetal101
    @classicmetal101 6 лет назад +115

    I saw this early one Saturday morning on Sci-Fi Channel as a kid of seven or eight years old.
    I thought it was a hallucination for years.

    • @LG-vc2ln
      @LG-vc2ln 6 лет назад +7

      I know exactly what you mean. I watched it with my sibling at a young age and to this day I am still terrified of it. I had to close my eyes and scroll down to the comments so I could watch the video!

    • @SuzakuX
      @SuzakuX 6 лет назад +7

      Yep, the Sci Fi Channel's Saturday Morning Anime is what turned me on to anime in the early 90s when I was just a wee lad. I still vividly remember the lipsynching in Akira blowing me away. I had never seen animation like that before.

    • @The__Creeper
      @The__Creeper 6 лет назад +3

      I thought it was terribly made garbage that made Sailor Moon look amazing by comparison.

  • @twosetz239
    @twosetz239 5 лет назад +1054

    The real question is, why is tetsuo's forehead so big?
    Like I'm genuinely curious.

    • @SirAnthony214
      @SirAnthony214 5 лет назад +312

      Two Setz it’s cos he needs big thoughts for big thots.

    • @jonahromero7476
      @jonahromero7476 5 лет назад +127

      Brutha was born that way, don't make him feel bad!

    • @adlerdrahms758
      @adlerdrahms758 5 лет назад +251

      Big brain energy

    • @dirkdiggler8093
      @dirkdiggler8093 5 лет назад +96

      Psychics have more space in their brains to contain their powers

    • @sjh5465
      @sjh5465 5 лет назад +59

      because he's Jacksfilms

  • @kingstoney29
    @kingstoney29 Год назад

    As someone just getting into anime finding your channel was a blessing

  • @seafree7851
    @seafree7851 2 года назад

    the way this video start just hits and grabs anyone attention so well. this was my introduction of akira too and glad that it was.