Review of Akira

Akira is a milestone in the Japanese animation department, that are still looked upon to this day as a artistic success. To believe that the animators completed this movie the way they did without modern day technology is a great achievement. The soundtrack for the movie fits so well with the atmosphere that you can't help but imagine the different sounds that it took to complete the movie's chaotic beats. For an action film of it's time, Akira showed viewers and critics alike that a well thought out story can mesh well with an all-out animated epic. This movie was... Incredible. I really didn't understand whatwas going on during most of it, but at the same time, the story was so compelling that I just couldn't stop. I still have a lot of questions, but I have a feeling that was the goal- to make you think, really think. It simply blew my mind, and in a good way.