Review of Akira

Okay I know more than a few people are going to hate me for writing this review but Akira is not all that great. Yes it was one of the revolutionary films that helped to bring anime to America but still I just disliked. Story- Well in this case I have to say the story is original sense it's very old most likely it isn't copying anything and probably is being copied itself that being said the story line is complex I got it on the first try but to somebody who isn't border line crazy from watch series that are meant to mess with yourhead like FLCL or Soul Taker (I've got more if you want to get a list of major animes that mess with your head message me) it's probably confusing as hell.
Art- ...Uh okay so yeah it's old art style matches the period from which it comes from as does the animation. However this will not halt my critique of how manly drawn the women characters were and lead me to question why everybody had absolutely gigantic foreheads I mean seriously they're foreheads were bigger than their chests. I kind of disliked some of the over the topness of drawing deformities in the anime but am pretty okay with it seeing as it was kind of necessary to get the point across at times about what was happening.
Sound- Okay sound was good and so was the voice acting. Though I'm kind of otaku and refuse to watch it in english (always jap voice with eng subs unless its fruit baskets)
Character- A lot time is spent focusing on a few characters that are important which is good that is what you're supposed to do and they did a good job of helping you kind of understand how the main characters thought...psychiatrists would crap themselves if they tried to psychoanalyze those guys.
Enjoyment- I've had to watch the dang thing six times to appease the whole understanding where the roots of american anime come from and every single time I felt the same way. I don't mind watching this but I'd much rather be doing something else.
Overall- It's okay I mean I'm not cutting off a toe to watch it hell I wouldn't even cut off a toe nail to watch it but hey this is one of those things that everybody just has to watch once so that you can really appreciate modern day anime.