The Techniques That Gave AKIRA Its Unprecedented Quality
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Katsuhiro Ôtomo’s 1988 sci-fi classic Akira reaches unprecedented levels of quality, made possible by an economic boom in Japan during the 1980s. Ôtomo’s massive vision and attention to detail resulted in a celebrated movie that brought the dynamic artistry of Japanese animation to the West. What’s interesting is that much of Akira was actually inspired by New Hollywood movies and Western animation-releasing to the world a style that embraces an idea of ‘borderless’ creativity.
Written by Tyler Knudsen & Sophie Lasken
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Every frame of animation EXPLODES with the psychic powers of overworked and dedicated artists.
One minor note: while the film is projected at 24 fps, it is a myth that the animation was entirely animated at 24 drawings per second (or animating on ones). Akira uses a healthy mix of 24, 12, and even 8 frames per second on certain movements. Most of the smoke animations are moving at 12 drawings per second, because 24 fps would jitter like crazy and ruin the effect of billowing smoke.
EDIT: I just saw other comments talking about the frame rate issue, so sorry to belabor the point! Over all though this is an exceptionally well researched and well made video.
Thanks so much for the great explanation!
Exactly. That's the thing with hand-drawn animation. When it's masterfully done, as it is the case here, every stroke, every color has intention in it, meaning, and you can subconsciously feel the sweat and passion of the artists working on it. (As opposed to CG)
When you say the smoke is moving at 12 frames per second does this mean that any scene with smoke is 12 fps even if it has other elements, like characters or vehicles? I ask because there are a lot of instances of smoke in this movie that coincide with other things.
@@cbalan777 No every scene is different. Fast moving smoke is generally done on one's, whereas the instances when the smoke is reeeeealllly slow moving, it's probably on twos. For character animation, there's also what's called "held poses", which could be a pose that's held for several seconds without moving. So say a character moves at 12 fps in a shot, then pauses for 1 second before moving again, that's a full 24 frames of single drawing exposed. In other words, for that one second the character is paused, he's technically animated at1 frame per second! There's a ton going on behind the mechanics of motion. There's almost always something moving in Akira, like if a character's body was still for a moment, the hair might be blowing in the wind on its own layer to keep the body feeling alive.
@@MicahBuzanANIMATION Okay, so different elements are on different layers. So a character might be on one, and effects on another and they can both be animated at a different fps?
Almost 40 years later and it still looks more mind blowing than majority of animation today
Barely 30 not almost 40...
Don't forget about the soundtrack,
Which was completed before the film had started production, the inspiration for the music came from the musician reading the finished script.
*cluctches chest*
Yes thank you for making me feel my age. 😂
This one and the hokuto no ken movie
Felt like 10 to 20 years ago.
I'm lucky enough to have 60+ original animation cels from this movie I've collected over the years. Each piece is a masterpiece IMO.
Wow!
Whoa
I'm jealous
Make a video of them
I wonder how much an original cell from near the end of "the slide" would go for these days?
That has to rank among the most iconic (and culturally influential) scenes from the film.
a small art theater in the east village of manhattan had the film for sunday afternoon back in 1989, i was 12… at the end of the film, the projectionist came out and told us he was going to run it again and if anyone wanted to stay we could. no one left.
no one talked either, we collectively couldn’t get our jaws off the floor until after the second view and then everyone became an incoherent babbling loon. everyone there had their mind blown, animation never looked that good before.
I watched this in 92 when I was 12, it had the same impact, it will forever be one of my favorite Anime.
Thats amazing. I was no longer a child when I was introduced to it in 92? I immediately rewound the vhs and watched it at least 2 more times, agape the entirety. Hearing your story makes me wish I was there.
Myself and my friends went to see this movie in a small cinema three times in the first week.
can so relate.
Or since!
1990's feature anime was a world ahead beyond. Akira, Ghost in the Shell, Memories, Steampunk, Studio Ghibli, and Satoshi Kon's masterpieces Perfect Blue, Millenium Actress, Tokyo Godfathers, Paprika... What a generation of great anime directors.
My uncle got himself a bootleg version of Akira back in the late 80's. I was about 11 or 12 when I got the privilege to watch it. It was mind blowing to me them and still to this day.
I've been watching this movie for so long that - despite having branched off into a lot of different kinds of anime, and raising a son who pondered both subs and dubs and eventually came down mostly on the side of subs - I still watch this movie not only with the English dub, but the original late-80s dub featuring Cam Clarke. It's a bit of a guilty pleasure for me.
@@TheSchaef47 Dub just works better for English speakers I think. Because the North American actor's dubs are always a bit off with the Japanese anime characters actions. It adds to the charm and aesthetic of anime
Your uncle is a bad bad man my dude
@@El-Chad for reals, I was definitely lucky to have him as an uncle. He let me watch cool shit back then like Heavy Metal, Wizards, vampire hunter d, stuff my parents wouldn't allow me but my uncle was cool just let me enjoy it with him. Also stuff that scarred me but I love to this day like The Exorcist, Evil dead, Alien.
@@joseangelhernandez5274 your uncle was the man. I'll do my best to be an uncle like that.
The ending of this film produces a very unique feeling that can't really be explained or compared to anything else out there. A true masterpiece.
2001
You should read the manga because it gets even more crazy
End of Evangelion
I love Akira, 2001 and Evangelion - I think those are all interesting points of comparison.
James and the Giant Peach has the most epic mind blowing ending of any movie
Here's the thing...ALL of Akira was shot at 24 frames a second. It was projected at 24 frames a second. That doesn't mean that there 24 *drawings* per second throughout the film - there aren't. A close inspection of the film reveals that the rate of drawings per second is variable. Some shots ARE shot with 24 drawings per second, however, others are clearly shot with less. This is done to provide varying degrees of impact in scenes and even with shots.
yep! the youtuber APLattanzi made a video about this. its called AKIRA: The 24 Frames-Per-Second Myth.
Fewer frame rates can have a unique quality. Just look at a lot of Into The Spider-Verse.
@@klauskillski3881 came here to say this. APLattanzi is so deeply underrated and the Akira video was my first encounter with the channel. The frame-by-frame analysis and breakdown of what it actually means to “animate on ones / twos / threes” is the most accessible and well-presented I’ve ever seen.
TL;DR has nothing to do with frame rate. The frame rate of the film is 24fps. The smooth motion result is whether there are 24 tween drawings in those 24 frames (“ones”), 12 drawings that are repeated 2 frames apiece (“twos”), or 8 drawings repeated 3 frames apiece (“threes”).
All film is captured at 24 frames, because that's the film projector speed (I know people have been experimenting with 48 frames recently; not the point).
I think people say things like this as unintentionally-inaccurate shorthand for saying they animated "on the ones". And no, Akira is not wall-to-wall on the ones. But it animated more segments than most of its contemporaries, and especially the scenes that they wanted to "pop".
It's the fact that those most memorable scenes are drawn on the ones is the reason they ascended to icon status and the film as a whole became a modern classic. So I don't think the description is intended to be deceptive, just condensed for the lay person and/or misunderstood in the finer details.
@@davidw.2791 What's interesting about Spiderverse is that it kind of brings attention to the fact that most computer animation is rendered at a full 24fps. It's not something we really think about - in the same way we don't think about traditional animation being largely done on the twos - because they are entirely different styles of animation and our brains kind of acclimated to each one independently of the other.
Spiderverse, in switching and blending its frame rates, gave it that kind of choppiness that reminds our brains of traditional animation and/or comic stills, but the important part is that they looked at what worked and what didn't and used the best aspects of each. By contrast, the first season of Dragon Prince animated basically everything on the twos, and while it was an interesting visual design, it actually detracted from the final product because certain segments felt *too* choppy in contrast to the way our brains have consumed computer animation for 25 years. The way I understand it, they used a more blended technique in later seasons to clean up the look.
I remember going to a friend's house after school one day. It was 1995 and I was 13. He showed me two movies of something called "Japanimation:" Akira and Ghost in the Shell. My mind was blown. I'd never seen anything before with such a high level of detail, realism, grit, violence, science fiction, and scope as far thematic elements, philosophy, etc. Almost thirty years later and I still love anime. And Akira still reigns as my #1 favorite. Thank you Kyle.
That's a real lofty introduction. I can't imagine one's first exposure to anime being those films back-to-back. My brain would've melted.
@@collinbeal yeah that would have spoiled me lol. That's like your first ever movies being The Godfather I and II. They're just in a league of their own
Japanese subscriber here.
My sister introduced me to Akira. She had the complete manga set. Soon we were both obsessed with Otomo’s works and saw his other films and read his other mangas (in real time during the 80s/90s).
This video really helped me understand what made his work stand out and why we were so into it. Thanks for the great content!
Glad you liked it! Thanks for watching!
Any other works of his you would recommend checking out?
@@dokols You might already know this one, but Memories is a must see. Also, his work on Meikyu Monogatari (I searched and the English title is Neo Tokyo) is pretty good too. As for his manga, any of his short story anthology stuff is good.
@@mrsleakyshit Those two are on my list, thanks!
Akira is such a great movie. I wouldn't classify myself as an Anime fan but I do appreciate a good movie no matter what style it is made in.
I agree with you 100 % Akira is more that simple anime......
As bizarre as the movie is, I have always respected Akira for being such a magnificent work of art.
It transcends mediums!
@@thotslayer9914 I got lots of favorite anime
@@thotslayer9914 there are a lot of great works out there but they don't match akira in animation, sure if you look the the best animation from those other anime it has it's moments but just like the dude in the video said they cut corners they only have really great animation for brief moments
I've never seen a more technically and artistically superior animated movie than Akira.
Agreed
pretty much the only thing that comes close is redline, spider-verse, arcane, and anything by hiroyuki imaishi, satoshi kon, and masaaki yuasa
@@up-set1451 Meaning zero disrespect to the Akira Committee, Spiderverse might be the single biggest leap forward in the medium in the last 20+ years. The mind almost cannot conceive a product that is wonderfully written, smoothly animated, *but also* shot with a visual design and attention to detail that you could freeze the movie at literally any point in the story and you'd be looking at a top-shelf *comic book still* image. I've played that last game a few times and never had a spot where I paused the movie without thinking "that would be a great panel"
And to Vic's point, Akira is another movie of its time: lovingly produced, made anime A Thing (tm) in the West, basically cemented neo-tokyo cyberpunk as a genre, and inspired countless ripoffs and homages to its best shots (there's a video somewhere that shows Kaneda's bike skid in a billion different other animated stories).
Disney during the golden age was also very good. Pinocchio is a very good example of this. That movie basically sets the idea of every frame is a painting. It’s honestly disney best film animation wise. Sleeping beauty is a close second to that idea. I highly suggest you guys go back and watch those movies because those are absolutely spectacular visually
@@crestofhonor2349 I have to agree, some aspects are problematic now, specifically race. But their merits are still clear as day. I was only talking with my wife yesterday about how powerful the dumbo feather metaphor is, and so beautifully portraid.
Good one Tyler. It surprises me that AKIRA doesn't make it onto many horror "best of" lists. It has unsettling moments that rival anything that's been done in live action.
Still being new to Japanimation, I went into the likes of AKIRA and NGE not really expecting anything in particular. Afterwards, it made me fundamentally reconsider everything I've known up to this point when it comes to the horror genre and the toolboxes that are at one's disposal. You can definitely learn something from animation that you just can't anywhere else.
wake up babe, new CinemaTyler
Great video man! Akira still stands as one of my favorite movies ever.
Thanks!
My favorite part of this film is how much love is put into it. You can tell that this is Otomo's magnum opus. 35 years on, it's still the best animated film I've ever experienced, and I'm not even an Anime/Japan guy!
to this day the only anime I still rewatch regularly. absolutely spellbinding. no other has blown me away like Akira.
It took me forever to finally watch Akira, and out of all the movies I regrettably waiting a long time to see, this one is #1. There's so much inspiration and influence I feel this movie could've had for me growing up. But I am happy I finally gave it a chance.
I’m glad the exaggerated comedy of Akira is touched on in this essay! Something I noticed that I don’t feel I’ve seen tackled is how /funny/ Akira is, even in its most intense moments. Brings levity and humanity to what could have risked being an only dark film. The humor in Akira and its impact on the overall film been brimming in my head as one of those “if I were a video essayist” ideas. Hope someone tackles it someday!
The level of details in this anime never stops impressing me!
It really is amazing that otomo pitched his akira vision during economic zenith of their country.
I just saw it last week for the first time in almost 30 years it’s better than I remember. Akira is an absolute masterpiece. Not only one of the best animated films ever made but one of the best films I’ve ever seen.
Legit almost 40 years old, and STILL unparalleled in terms of animation quality! Absolute PEAK anime.
Akira wasn’t shot on 70mm. That would be way too expensive, even for an Akira level production. It was shot on 35mm and given 70mm blowups. Not sure where the common belief of it being shot on 70 comes from.
This is true.
And easily checked.
Yeah seeing this and the 24fps myth persist is annoying
I am fairly certain it started in the hour long production report that was released on VHS. It has a lot of strange claims. Like how using the Synclavier II synth made it possible to do a surround sound soundtrack. Something that should not need a Synclavier. In there there's also mentioned that they used film of higher clarity than usual... They never specify how that higher clarity eould be achieved. No mention of film width.
The VHS Production Report is dubbed to english. So my guess is that the dubbers had no clue what the original source said throughout. I have tried in vain for years to find out what they actually meant.
I have a pet theory as the 70mm claim can't be confirmed as far as I know. That theory is that they may have used a local version of VistaVision. There have been a few anime films shot in that format but Akira is not mentioned among them.
The more probable origin of the statement may be more down to earth. Lower budget animation (especially for TV) at the time used to be shot on 16mm and be blown up to 35mm for theatrical release. You can get remarkably clear images from 16mm especially if you can expose the negative for half a second for a finegrained low ASA stock. The statement may have been in reference to that. That even for the film stock no expense were spared, that they went for full 35mm and not the cheaper 16mm option.
What makes things harder to research this, is that even if there were sections shot in 8 perf VistaVision, these shots would be downscaled to regular 4 perf by the time it reaches the interpositive and internegative stage in processing.. so even the restorers may not know what the original negative was made with.
But that's my rambling reasoning as to why I think it was indeed 35mm and why people claim otherwise.
@@JAYCEEDOUBLE what 24fps myth?
@@bobdylan1968 That the motions were actually drawn and animated at 24 (separate, different, individual) frames per second.
God bless the 90’s sci-fi channel, Saturday mornings gave us so much, still enjoy Akira and Iria.
its crazy how fluid this movie is. Its animation stands the test of time,one can not help but appreciate the time and effort that was placed in it's production,it is truly a wonder of the flim and animation realm
Thank you. Akira had gone to a nameless corner in my memory.
The difference in quality was obvious even watching it as a kid. I’m going to watch it again.
AKIRA is such a masterpiece of animation.
A project so grand that it's likeness had never been seen before, and blew so many budgets and deadlines that it will never happen again.
Having read the manga, I wish they had stretched out the storyline over two movies, as long as they could have maintained the same level of quality.
The manga however, is just a bit too long.
But I love them both for their shortcomings.
Because, how can less be more? More is more!
this film changed my life! it deserves every second of appreciation, every ounce of hype that it gets.
To this day even after nearly 30 years It still absolutely has not been topped
It's cray that with ALL the time and money this film got, there were STILL time and budget restrictions and even with that this is still the best looking animation of all time. Just imagine what could be done with unlimited time and budget it would be incredible truly
A work like Akira, given all the time and resources available, would be considered a true masterpiece of humanity.
It's a shame we'll never get an animation to reach this level of perfection.
@@AlexanderPR2 Well Redline is close to it. And did you see Across the spider verse? Just because we get new technology that makes it easier on the artists doesn't mean it's less of a joy to experience the creativity they put in. Gotta appreciate perfection in all its forms
I just dont think anything could ever top Akira, not just the animation but the sound effects, design and soundtrack are insane. That stand out creepy "Toys and Milk" scene has never left my memory.
I didn't get to see the masterpiece until around 2001 but since then ive always owned a copy. I'll rewatch every few months and get blown away each time. it's amazing what can be made when an artist has such freedom to create.
and what a great point you made. all the characters look Japanese which is a great detail to the realism of the film. one of the best dystopian films ever.
Having recently purchased Akira in 4k. My now 6th copy of this film. I'm still finding new and interesting things all these years later. It's impressive how well the animation hold up so well.
Well of course it does. Much of the best animation came out of the cel era. Disney’s highest quality animation mostly came out of its gold and silver eras, far surpassing what was done in the renaissance when they transitioned to digital.
Which verison looks the best?
My introduction to this film (and anime in general) was through Fist of the North Star, I was so impressed with that that I rented Akira a couple of days later and it totally blew me away.... and still does.
As an Akira fan I will watch any analysis that RUclips feeds me. And I appreciate you shining more light on such a masterpiece. But I hope you use the feedback from this video (everything has been said in the comments) to improve your research/facts on future ones. Perhaps reviewing your video/script with an animator when talking about how animation works could be useful.
I saw this in late 1989 before there was even an English dub because of a friend who was a Japanese foreign exchange student. I grew up with Macross and Mazinger Z and I knew Akira was drastically different but was too young to understand how or why. It still amazes me that I was lucky enough to get exposed to it so early.
Lol Robotech and Tranzor Z
I've always appreciated the work you did on your Stalker and Kubrick videos; so happy to see you're taking a look at this film as well. Never knew Otomo was inspired by new cinema, but it makes total sense!
This movie still gives me chills. I wonder if animation will ever be this good agian
Don't count on it. Especially in this climate
Akira 2? Imagine if they did it well
I remember watching this for the first time and being amazed at the quality of detail each frame has, it's almost as if every frame is a painting of it's own. I had to pause quite a few scenes on my second watch just to appreciate the level of details the production studio put in to the film. A friend lent me his bootleg japanese dub copy of Akira and it alone made me interested in all of the works of Katsuhiro Otomo. Akira is a nice introduction to non anime matured fans, the only downside to watching the movie is it leaves you wanting more back story about the environment and it's characters. Luckily the manga explains everything enough and it's gives you that satisfaction of knowing all the details. It's better if you watch the film then read the manga afterwards. Lastly great content as always CinemaTyler, keep it up!
its a masterpiece that with stands the test of time to this day. In cgi fantasy and AI art, akira still broke the mold somehow.
A wonderful examination of this film.
In particular, the section on AKIRA's color grading is well done. It's probably one of the most misunderstood aspects of the film. The heavy reliance on green and strange brown/orange highlights have been a problem for colorists and transfer artists for a long time.
A bunch of the home video releases have had the incorrect color timing and it's nice to see it discussed here.
07:15 Grave of the Fireflies also featured prescoring, and it was released a few months prior to Akira. Anyway, this technique was used by a small handful of anime movies other than Akira and Isaho Takahata's works. It never became the norm in Japanese productions.
Amazing movie, watched it for the first time on VHS. Blew my mind and became my favourite movie instantly. Then I read the Manga and was blown away again.
This film is a masterpiece, i have an altar at my home dedicated to memorabilia from Akira and i pray everyday to it, that´s how great of a film it is, thank you for this insightful essay Tyler, you rock as always!
Some classic miss conceptions here, and juicy infos missed.
Firstly juicy infos on animation:
-Otomo did animated some scenes himself (hopital’s scanner ones), and it truly shows his devotion to complexe volume.
-Inoue said the anime was not considered classic at the time but since most animators that worked on it became very good, they start calling it a classic.
-Yoshinori kanada (a legendary animator if not the anime master) scene looks quite... weird, not because of him, but the in-between animators didn’t got trained proprely. (Which is the scene tetsuo’s body swallow ppl and growth)
-Lots of’the animators worked at production IG later, so they did Ghost in the Shell (1995).
Innacuratte things:
-it was revolutionnary for its time... maybe from U.S point of view, but in fact in 1884 anime just got a boom in quality, miyazaki’s movies, gainax creation, kanada doing his own oav, project a-ko, venus war.... it’s just one of it’s era.
-24fps thing... at least he didn’t said 60 like others, but while it’s true that it’s the frame rate (and the one of most if not all anime), but frame rate modulation is there in the movie. (And that’s a good thing).
(And the whole ”the more fps, the better” narative is really like saying ”tri-chromatics are better than mono-chromatics because more colors”)
-slowmotion shoot... well for animation it’s not that technical, it was just clever to use it in animation the way he did. (And yeah it’s a bit hard because it require good on-modeling).
-i think it’s otsuka in ”joy in motion” clearly state that doing cute girls was easy and should be avoided. Tenshi no tamago (1984) also took this approach, Logh (1988) and honneamise no tsubasa (1987) to.
I think where akira shine is not being a one trick poney. Backgrounds are high quality, animation is, colors to. So a lot of non-animator (and cinephiles) could see theses qualities clearly.
Gainax in the 80s, Royal Space Force, man...
@@thewindthatblows yes i used the japanese name in my comment.
@@shizu2345 Yeah, I'm referring to the fact that, man, that was one gorgeous movie with detail and animation on par with Akira
@@thewindthatblows Yeah ofc, but maybe i'd arg while betterly detailed and animated, it looked maybe more amateur.
Interesting! Thanks for the info and corrections!
Just brought the 4K UHD limited edition. Excited.
Still holds up today. Watch it in Japanese with subtitles. You get a better emotional impact with the original voice actors even if you don’t speak Japanese. The English dub isn’t terrible, but it doesn’t do the movie justice.
I first saw Akira on a pirated VHS tape from Hong Kong with fan made English subtitles. I might still have the tape somewhere.
the first time i saw it i was really high. so all that detail i really appreciated. i always liked their drawing above all and never knew why.
Was very lucky to get the 25th anniversary edition of this for $5 at Walmart, and it looks so spectacular. It's actually hard to watch the characters sometimes because I can't stop looking at the backgrounds. It's how I notice little things like the scene where the Colonel gets out of a leather chair and see the animators took the time to actually animate the chair subtly inflating itself after his weight was removed- little things that are nothing special in a live action movie but are mind blowing when you think of the attention to detail the artists had.
great video tyler! thanks for sharing :)
Very interesting seeing you tackle animation, I learned a lot, keep up the incredible work Tyler!
This is a truly incredible video, first of all. Another thing, though, is that I grew up watching Akira repeatedly and only just realized that I’ve never watched it with subtitles. The copy I kept for so long had Cam Clarke-who voiced Leonardo in the old Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles-providing the voice of Kaneda. It’s a stellar dub. As someone who insists on subtitles over dubbed versions, I’m now realizing I need to revisit Akira in its original glory.
When I was 15, I watched Akira and Ghost in the Shell on the same day. That was the day I decided to become an animator.
I remember seeing this in the late 80s, it blew me away at the time and is still better than most animated movies today. A unique jewel in animation.
So yeah, after sleeping on this all my life I finally watched it a few days ago. Had to sign up for a Hulu free trial.....needless to say, you already know where this is going. Absolutely incredible movie that indeed is as good if not better than most modern equivalents. It's so anime.
If you have the opportunity, watch it in a movie theater :) *mind blown*
Tubi has it too for free of you don't mind the ads
I saw this film in a tiny Vancouver art house cinema in 1991. It blew me away. An instant amine classic.
A lot of Japanese 90's anime movies had awesome animation. Look at Macross Do You Remember Love? Gorgeous animation.
I still have my VHS copy of M:DYRL.
Compared to what we, in the U.S. were seeing at the time, it was, and still is, amazing.
A real masterpiece. I still rewatch it from time to time. At least twice a year 😁
A Yank here.
This is my first introduction to anime. I'm really glad you posted this video, I never knew any of this information. My memories of Akira were thinking in some ways this reminds me of Battle of the planets or what is commonly referred to as Gatchuman.
One of my all-time favorite films. Great in-depth video!!
Very interesting dive into the making of, thanks for this!
This is such a well made video. I love it. Thank you, Tyler.
Very good insight, thx a lot for this vid!
There is nothing quite like good animation. Whether it is 1 second or an entire movie of it you can tell instantly there is a master doing their work. So satisfying.
Truly blessed with an upload in these dark times 🙌
Thanks for this. AKIRA is one of my favorite anime movies of all time. I rewatch it once a year, or at least try to. I have it on DVD.
Akira is truly timeless and this was a great info-packed video about it. Thanks 🏍
There was everything else and then there was Akira. Nothing made to this day touches Akira
Wow greaat video…very interesting techniques and love put into this i never knew…I have a huge appreciation for this movie now and have to go back and watch it
Sensational work CinemaTyler. Thank you.
This video was waaaay too short! I need more!
John Romita Jr. (the Marvel Comics artist) actually gave me a bootleg copy of Akira back in the day. I had met him by chance through my Grandmother, who knew his wife through a real estate showing.
Yep! Another great job. I'll have to rewatch Akira and study the background now.
This movie was ahead of it’s time.
Akira will always be a classic. And that reminds me that I need to watch it again...
This was great. Thanks!
great video. now i wanna watch akira again
excellent as always!
Every time I watch this movie my eyes just FEAST
Ever since watching Akira I've been searching for something with a similar style and at least somewhat close to the same quality. I've had basically no luck and am sadly convinced Akira is a one of a kind miracle of animation cinema. I'm hopping to get proven wrong on that though one day
Steamboy? It's directed by Otomo...
Perfect Blue. I promise you'll love it. Also Metropolis is a great anime movie that comes close to the quality of Akira.
Ghost in the Shell is a good comparison due to its detailed cityscapes.
@@collinbeal detailed backgrounds=/=realistic animation
A sub has been earned. Amazing video well done! I love Akira and the manga. Thanks for making this
Thanks!
It's an absolute masterpiece. It was my introduction to anime in the 90's, and still one of my favorites.
loved this movie since I was like 9. Crazy how much it's impacted my life!
what a great video. Akira changed my life as a fan of animation
I literally just watched Akira for the first time and you immediately post a vid on it, this is a certified hash brown moment
it seems like every few years I learn new crazy details about Akira
I still can’t believe Akria came out in 1988 I first saw it in 1997 I was 17 and thought it came out in the early 90’s a testament to its time
It is still amazing all these years later AKIRA has never been matched. It is truly one of a kind
''Along with Ghost in the Shell, Akira is responsible for introducing anime to the west.'' I would say yes and no rather, maybe, re-introduce anime to the west. We must not forget all the anime at the end of the 70's and 80's such as captain Herlock, UFO robot grandizer, Astro Boy, etc... . I'm from Montreal, Canada and I watched all these anime and more in my youth, in french, without knowing it was japanese at the time. Then around '91 or something, I saw Akira at my friend's house for the first time and it was jaw dropping. Here's how I remember it: the roaring of his beautiful/awesome red power bike, KABOOM, KABOOM, EXPLOSION, MORE EXPLOSIONs...KANEDA, TETSUO, KANEDA, TETSUO...big monster ...Akira-kun...boku wa Tetsuo(I am Tetsuo) and rolling credits. Me: what did just happen, here??? Don't get me wrong, it's a great movie and it brought me back to the anime world and learned that my childhood favs tv's cartoon were japanese in the first place. By the way, nice review.
I remember seeing Akira at the cinema-maybe 1992/'93?-it was the first international re-release, iirc. It was an absolutely stunning experience.
4k Akira.... I'm seeing a little details I've never seen in my life!!!!
I've watched this movie at least a hundred times growing up.
It's great to see the art at 100%
Good stuff man. Subbed, liked, subscribed. Also adds at the end is legendary.
Good watch! always loved this movie, never fully understood why it stands out so much, now i do! thankyou!
Your channel is an absolute pleasure.
This is amazing 😍
Fascinating video. Will have to rewatch Akira and some other classics now. I haven't watched anime in years since I had seen all the good stuff and anything new felt formulaic and predictable. Now it seems the classics might draw me back.
Thank you for doing this video. For me it was like watching a magic trick explained out but without ruining it. Also there is so much story in the books that for me the film was hard to follow and figure out.
Awesome ❤️❤️❤️
Nice tech explanation of the finest manga I've ever seen. The art and story line are the best in the business.
Akira was definitely ahead of it’s time.Freaking adore this movie.