Anyone seen this anime?

I just did, and, well... It's strange. As I understand the main idea here is that the universe is a loop. Or something. Some consider this to be *the* anime. A classic. Also, they had titties in it, so I can't say it was a waste of time.

its amazing, but it seems to be the only anime I enjoy, regardless of the many many naked chinese cartoon girls

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It was fun movie, didn't have enough explosions and Tetsuo owning though.

And the soundtrack > f***ing everything

Quite good. Although I don't think it was as good as I was expecting considering how it's held in such a high regard.

Everyone said it was amazing anid really good, but I saw it and I really didn't like it :/

Metropolis > Akira

That whole blob part was just... no.

Eurgh, Akira.

I've yet to find some sort of Anime that interests me though.

Akira is great. The manga follows a different track (the "clown boss" is on Kaneda's side for instance) and is very good too.

"Tetsuo!!!!!!!" *explodes

"Regardless"? More like "only because of..." :p

[QUOTE=Bounty Hunter 4 hire]"Tetsuo!!!!!!!" *explodes[/QUOTE]

That's how I sum up Akira. Although that orbital laser was kinda cool...

I thought it was confusing, and then I watched Paranoia Agent...

I'm more of an action/mecha person.



Wouldn't that be Japanese?

All asian gals look the same to him: delicious.

That's exactly what I thought when I saw it.

One of the glowly floating children voice peoples (that fattish one) TOTALLY reminded me of this one actor guy I've seen... so that was distracting.

I don't know. From all that I've heard, I was expecting something great. I was a little sad that it didn't live up to my expectations.

I'm not a big anime fan, but I do love Full Metal Alchemist. I'm not sure how many people have seen all 52 episodes, though.

I watched Akira... It was a struggle to NOT flip chapters looking for something GOOD in the movie.... And by the time it was over... my brain was numb from the sheer stupidity of it. The whole movie made NO SENSE AT ALL. God... I don't care what anyone says... that movie sucks. BADLY. The restraint needed to keep from breaking the disk for the library so no one else would have to endure that torture.....


Urgh... WORST MOVIE EVER.

Bleed out your noses.

Ghost in the Shell.

Then watch Stand Alone Complex. Then Stand Alone Complex 2nd Gig.

It's the greatest.

I love the bike from Akira.

I didn't like it that much. It was too...odd.

Like I said, it should have had more explosions and Tetsuo killing people.

Or something. Bleh. It's still overrated.

Except the soundtrack.

It's brilliant. A metaphor for puberty, angst, and pubescent frustration set against a neon-tinted cyberpunk nightmare of a world filled with cults, dangerous "playing God" experimental science, a fascist government clique vs. a corrupt bloated one, and motorcycles.

I see it as a bit like A Clockwork Orange meets Brazil + The Fly.

It uses the medium to its advantage, making it live-action in 1988 would either have been really cheap looking or ridiculously expensive. It's also brilliantly animated without a single frame of CG. Look at the bit where they chase the clowns into the tunnel, or the epic crowd scenes, the massive pipes venting steam, the satellite firing, or the reactions of the motorists as the pursuing K9's are shot. Just don't listen to the English track. Yes it's violent, but there's thought behind it too. Besides, at least the compulsory anime mood swings make sense in this movie.

Really good for a 2 hour adaptation of a brilliant over 1000 page manga that took over 10 years to draw. The manga goes post-apocalyptic as the end of the film would only come at the half-way point of the volumes.

I think Daeron got it about right.

You sir, win at life.