Akira (1988).

[Herkimer Jitty]

I remember doing that for a caption contest somewhere around here, complete w/ poorly-edited in Kaneda...

Hmm...

 

[Daneel]

I decided to rent this back when I was in high school to see what all the fuss was about. The plot confused the hell out of me, but I thought the film was visually interesting at least.

I caught it again when it was shown on TV a few months ago -- I must have actually gotten smarter in the past decade or something, 'cause I was able to follow the story this time.

Pretty decent movie overall, IMO. I have little to compare it too as far as other anime films go -- I think the only ones I've seen aside from this are Ghost in the Shell and Princess Mononoke. Both were alright, but still not quite enough to make a hardcore anime fan out of me.

 

[Darth_Pinche]

I decided to rent this back when I was in high school to see what all the fuss was about. The plot confused the hell out of me, but I thought the film was visually interesting at least.

I caught it again when it was shown on TV a few months ago -- I must have actually gotten smarter in the past decade or something, 'cause I was able to follow the story this time.

Pretty decent movie overall, IMO. I have little to compare it too as far as other anime films go -- I think the only ones I've seen aside from this are Ghost in the Shell and Princess Mononoke. Both were alright, but still not quite enough to make a hardcore anime fan out of me.

I found that the more recently dubbed version was easier to follow and made more sense. So maybe it is both, you became smarter and the translation was improved.

 

[Alidar Jarok]

I believe this is required on all Akira threads..


KEEENNNNNAAAAAEEEEDAAAAAA!!!

Tetsuuuooooooo!!!

I feel sad for laughing out loud at that

 

[zakkrusz]

One of the quirks of the Japanese language. Apparently, if you're fighting and angry at someone or worried about them you're compelled to waste breath by screaming out their name. I don't quite get it, but things like that happen frequently and generally they call each other by name way to much due to different social rules. I think Inu Yasha holds the record for characters saying each other's names pointlessly though.