Review of Akira

This was the first anime that I saw. I was in my teens and it got me pretty well hooked on realizing that animated does not mean for children. There really is no more violent a story I had seen before this one. The whole concept of magic and whatnot was pretty familiar to me but the psychic ability and metamorphosis that happens were really something that captured me right off the bat. There are scenes in the movie that some may find disturbing, but it does not pull any punches when it comes the level of sheer realism when someone with a deadly superpower is unleashedon a city. Up until that point most of the superpower things that I had seen were all along the lines of Superman, Batman, and the whole cartoon lineup on Nickelodeon in the 90's, this was not the same.

I know the movie is coming up on more than 35 years old now, but if you haven't seen it. Just watch it.