Not a year goes by, but perhaps not a day goes by without hearing about a new anime or manga joining a long list of works that will not end soon, but with that high edifice of anime series and movies there are always precious gems that were and still are icons of the industry that contributed to the entry of anime Among the ranks of high-end artistic works that do not diminish or even surpass their counterpart in cinema productions through the largest film factory on earth in Hollywood.
Today, within our classic reviews in Anime Master, we will take you on a journey with one of the most important films in the history of anime industry and one of the works that left an important legacy not only in Japan, and not even at the level of anime, but filmmaking in general , and here we are talking about the movie “Akira! | Akira
Why is this movie special?
1- Technical creativity in drawing and animation
As we mentioned before, the Akira movie is not just an ordinary movie, and here we are not talking about the story and the characters, these aspects, despite their distinction, and we will deal with that in the next paragraphs , but the most prominent thing that Akira presented is that technical and technical boom in the world of animation in general and not only anime .
Although the film was released in 1988 , you will not feel any injustice to it if you compare it with the best anime films in recent years, but it may surpass some of them, especially with its reliance mainly on the traditional method of drawing and animation, so that the animation team at that time added colors and effects that were not Known to the anime makers at the time, so you will find yourself in front of very accurate, realistic and streamlined scenes that added to each scene in the film its own charm and breathed life into its dazzling, influenced world as well as belonging to the category of dark future works often known as Cyberpunk, which are those works that talk about the world in The near or far future where machine, technology, and modification dominate the human body in aspects of daily life, which is what created AkiraIn the embodiment of many aspects of it, so it is not an exaggeration when we say that this wonderful movie had a great role in shaping that classification of works, and it has been influenced by it to this day, even recently it appeared during the famous video game Cyberpunk 2077 elements or tools were Akira has a role in its design, as does the movie's iconic red motorcycle.
2- The Story (a bleak future of a darker past)
“In 1988 there is a huge explosion caused by a boy who has supernatural psychological powers, this explosion caused the outbreak of the Third World War, and this is why that boy is arrested and any trace of him is hidden after that, now we are in 2019 with a new face of the world controlled by gangs and controlling it Terrorism against world governments, the leader of one of those small gangs is Shoutarou Kaneda, whose friend, Tetsuo Shima, is exposed to a strange accident after which he begins to possess supernatural powers. .
As mentioned above, what distinguished the Akira movie was the transfer of a distinctive atmosphere to the world of Cyberpunk, but on the other hand, portraying that terrifying future that we always fear, the events of the 80th film take place in the year 2019 and this year has passed with us in peace, but what will the future be like? Especially with technological progress and nuclear danger, this is an aspect that the film tries to shed light on, along with another aspect that brings us closer to the heroes of this work and their desire for freedom and their rebellion against life and government corruption, a wonderful combination between things we see in our daily life and a nightmare we fear will turn into reality one day.
3- Personalities
I cannot say that Akira's characters were the most important or strongest aspects of it, but they certainly performed their mission in this great revolutionary work. The characters, their relationships with each other, their circumstances and the situations they were exposed to clearly served the messages and images that the film wants to convey to us, the viewers, through The state of rebellion against the injustice of the officials, friendship relations and trying to survive in this violent world are all matters that you can understand and communicate with, you may not go out from watching the Akira movie and you have seen your favorite anime character, but you will definitely find yourself liked the action figures as a whole and their role collectively in the exit of this Work closer to perfection.
4- Music
The events of the film take place in the year 2019, but its production was in the late eighties of the last century, which is evident in the film's music, which clearly shows the desire of Geinoh Yamashirogumi musical group to present something different, even slightly from the usual in that period of music, through the use of Distinctive audio additions and music based on a group of little-used musical instruments, and the result was a music album that is very suitable for the atmosphere of the film, especially the darkness of it, but perhaps it is not the best thing that you can listen to in your spare time individually.
Conclusion
Whether you are a fan of anime or not , watching Akira movie is vital and necessary, and the reason is simply that it is your opportunity to see one of the icons of this era and witness for yourself the impact of the movie, which was released more than 30 years ago, on the film industry around the world so far.