![]() ![]() Sick of being the runt always in need of help, Tetsuo escapes and uses his newfound powers to bully everybody from his old life, then he sets out to awaken the powerful psychic Akira who may have started World War III. In a fight with a rival gang, Tetsuo is injured and taken to a hospital, but it’s discovered that he has latent psychic powers, so he’s carted away to a research facility to awaken his powers. The plot focuses on Kaneda, a teenage leader of a bike gang in Neo-Tokyo (Tokyo rebuilt after World War III wiped most of it out), and Tetsuo, his sidekick in the gang. I can’t speak for the others, but the 2001 dub does not detract from the experience.) The 2001 dub is actually pretty great and the language and acting felt very natural. ( Note: there are actually several English dubs for this, as well as the original Japanese audio with English subtitles. ![]() Again, I wouldn’t describe myself as an anime fan, but this is one of the best movies the genre has to offer, and it’s endured as a classic for a reason. It feels a bit like a cross between an action movie, 2001: A Space Odyssey, and 1984. It’s got a great sci-fi plot, a gritty dystopian setting, and action that’s entertaining without being so over-the-top that it’s ridiculous. This film was huge in Japan, and it opened the door to the Western world for anime, where the genre had previously gone largely unnoticed. This seminal anime film is written and directed by Katsuhiro Ôtomo ( Steamboy, Mushi Shi: The Movie), and the fact that this feels like a lot of other anime is a testament to how influential it was in 1988, before the typical anime really existed. Akira, on the other hand, is pretty much exactly what you’d expect from an anime: a psychic guy attacks a futuristic city and it’s up to a teenage boy to stop him. ![]() The few other anime on this list, I’ve described as being different than your typical anime-full of rich drama and characters that will appeal to movie-watchers who wouldn’t normally get into anime. I like some of the better movies and series, but there’s a lot of the genre I don’t particularly enjoy. I wouldn’t describe myself as an anime fan. “What if there were some mistake and the progression went wrong and something like an amoeba was given power like a human’s?” ![]()
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