Review of Akira

Pros: +Cool sci-fi world and concepts +Artistically the movie looks amazing +Really nice fluid animation style make for nice action +Strong first half Cons: -The movies' second half is not nearly as good as the first half -Little effort made to show characters motivations which then takes away from the story -Some of the big reveals and ending fall flat in comparison to its build up-Movie would've benefited from a shorter run time

The Bottom Line: Ultimately Akira had the concepts, ideas and art to be a masterpiece of a movie however its lack of character development and motivation throw the second half of the movie off into left field. The actions set pieces are very good but are still held back due to the character and story problems.Ultimately with its big reveals falling flat and a somewhat obscure ending one can only imagine what this movie could have been if taken a different route.

Final Score: 7.5