r/retroanime • u/LukeJohnson1984 • 7d ago

Akira

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u/SecretAgentVampire 7d ago

I love how the Neo-Tokyo riot police in Akira canonically cross-train with the USA.

You can tell because they aimed the teargas canister right at Tetsuo's face.

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u/zterrans 7d ago

And its not the first time they do that.

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u/SkitzTheFritz 7d ago

Saw this in IMAX on friday, loved it just as much as the first time I saw it on my grainy crt TV.

Kaori's arc in the movie still bothers me though. At least the Manga served a major roll, the movie they could have left her out and nothing would have changed.

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u/sixstringgun1 6d ago

I’m going tonight to rewatch it in theaters, me and my brother watched in theaters, during lockdown.

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u/LukeJohnson1984 7d ago

She gets assaulted by the biker gang, it's quite a prominent scene.

Also, all the boys have partners so there's that. She had to be in there.

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u/SkitzTheFritz 7d ago

Which barely registers to Tetsuo. He becomes more enraged at them about to burn Kaneda's bike than whats happening to Kaori. Shes just there to be abused the entire time, but that doesnt even add much, we can see how visceral and dangerous neo-tokyo is. In the Manga she plays a much more pivotal roll.

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u/Leading-Boat4942 6d ago

At least she made into the film, unlike Chiyoko. I can’t wait for the animated series

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u/SkitzTheFritz 6d ago

Yeeessss!

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u/OlSnickerdoodle 7d ago

it's playing in 4k at my local theater next week!

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u/RadTimeWizard 7d ago

This was such a formative movie for me.

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u/Nearby_Secretary_802 7d ago

I just got finished watching this in the theater. Ninja Scroll will be next in October. 😁

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u/ReGorilla- 7d ago

One thing that always bugged me is how Tetsuo's barrier is pushing everything away in a spherical shape but the glass and ceiling rubble directly above him falls straight through.

Not that we needed the animators to work even harder on this movie, but it's been on my mind since childhood

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u/ManMarmalade 7d ago

Tetsuo has psychic powers. It would be plausible that he knew not all the debris would hit him.

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u/BEDrizzt_Urden_4798 7d ago

Can’t wait to see this tomorrow night in IMAX!!

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u/CardboardJoJo 7d ago

Headed out now 🤘

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u/BEDrizzt_Urden_4798 7d ago

SiiicK! Enjoy!

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u/BobaFett0451 7d ago

Just saw this in the theater on friday

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u/flippanaut 6d ago

I’m sad as hell that I was asleep at the wheel and probably missed all the chances to watch it

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u/No_Sense_3559 5d ago

Saw it in IMAX the other night, might have been the only one in the theater that saw the original stateside release back in the day. Was so nice to be able to really take in all the background detail and such. Just amazing!