Review of Akira

Akira is one of those movies that everyone whose seen it, or at least most everyone, will recommend it to all of there friends. The way I found the movie was no different, one of my friends recommended the movie to me and without saying to much it is a very unique and interesting movie. I will say this though, I've since read the manga and it is a lot more detailed and layered then this movie is, but Akira stands out in its own right for simply being such a unique film. the story is both open ended and satisfying, a type of endingthat is rarely done correctly in any medium much less anime. I'll promise you that you'll be thinking about the ending to this film long after your first viewing. When I watched it my first time it messed with my head so bad that I watched it again the next day to see if I had somehow missed something. Every time I've watched Akira I've noticed something I didn't see before, which in my opinion is what a true master work should be like.
As for the art style, I think it has aged very well for a show that came out in 1989. older art style hasn't ever effected my enjoyment of the anime I've seen, but it is understandable if you are used to more modern animation. I think that this movies art is like its story, unique and interesting.
I can't really go on with this review without saying something that i didn't like about this movie though, because its not perfect. A lot of characters had to have much smaller roles in the film then in the manga, another reason you should definitely read the manga. The characters other then I suppose Tetsuo don't get much development in this movie which Im not going to lie, was a bit disappointing. All I'll say is that if your looking for a very character driven story this might not be what you're looking for. Overall this is a great film, and I'm happy to recommend it to all my friends who haven't seen it.