Darth Waller
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Big time Akira Fan!
A poster I did years ago
Now that is bad ass!
Big time Akira Fan!
A poster I did years ago
Big time Akira Fan!
A poster I did years ago
Yea quite possibly one of the best anime movies to ever be released.
I have yet to read the manga it's based on but it's a priority of mine. I've heard the film omits much of the manga and that Tetsuo's assault near the end is much more violent and large-scale.
Outside of the f'd up visuals and mood, there's very little good about the anime adaptation.
They've tried to cram a lot of character development and story into one film and it didn't really work.
Yes, it was "groundbreaking" at the time but it didn't age that well.
The film does benefit from the additional context of reading the manga. On it's own I think it's stunning but for many people the ending becomes a very 2001 "what does it mean?" experience. Lots of films today are spectacular but shallow, people now have a lower tolerance for a story where there's ambiguity.
I love the film but the story told within the manga is on another level. The manga also makes the film more comprehendible.
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