It's a real shame that this seems to have been dragged along in the undertow of lots of bad contemporary disaster movies, because those haunting pictures of a destroyed Tokyo (especially in the comic) and the sheer strangeness of the telepaths aren't so distinctive.
― cardamon, Saturday, 3 August 2013 01:57 (ten years ago) link
*are
That line was going to be 'aren't like anything else' but I guess they must have precursors
― cardamon, Saturday, 3 August 2013 01:58 (ten years ago) link
Rewatching this right now for class... probably haven't seen it since 1996 or something. I'd always kind of written it off in a doth-protest-too-much way - anime's not all stylized violence guys, not just that Akira stuff! But's holding up really well... so freakily disjointed and weird. Really nice to finally see it in Japanese with subtitles, much as I loved Leonardo the ninja turtle screaming TETSUUOOO four hundred times.
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 6 November 2013 04:58 (ten years ago) link
oh ha ha i see we already got into that upthread
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 6 November 2013 04:59 (ten years ago) link
https://www.facebook.com/projectakira
this is great
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1GO-93Nt3c#t=201
― how's life, Sunday, 11 May 2014 01:12 (nine years ago) link
Saw the movie on a big screen for the first time in like 17 years. Still a mindfuck.
― Stephen King's Threaderstarter (kingfish), Sunday, 7 September 2014 21:17 (nine years ago) link
www.npr.org/2016/03/17/470558333/first-listen-bwana-capsules-pride
― adam, Thursday, 17 March 2016 14:27 (eight years ago) link
oh awesome that this was bumped for the bwana album, which is AMAZING. caused me to rewatch the movie the other night, but i guess i watched it so much when i was a teenager that i still have it memorized?
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Wednesday, 30 March 2016 19:24 (eight years ago) link
i also read the comic last year and was surprised to find i like the movie more? like the expanded characterization and plot and political stuff is all great but i love how ambiguous parts of the movie are. there's really nothing ambiguous about the comic
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Wednesday, 30 March 2016 19:25 (eight years ago) link
I made it through the first two books of the comic. Haven't felt inclined to finish up.
― how's life, Wednesday, 30 March 2016 19:25 (eight years ago) link
but the art!
― 0 / 0 (lukas), Wednesday, 30 March 2016 19:55 (eight years ago) link
This is a little old, and apparently based off of a comic book, but I hadn't seen it until just now.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SWt6OQ4Nl4
― how's life, Friday, 29 April 2016 12:01 (seven years ago) link
hahaaaaaa awesome.
― sisterhood of the baggering vance (Doctor Casino), Friday, 29 April 2016 12:05 (seven years ago) link
that's great
― jason waterfalls (gbx), Friday, 29 April 2016 12:29 (seven years ago) link
I have just bought the bluray. I am looking forward to watching this for the first time in... 20 years?
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Tuesday, 3 October 2017 12:58 (six years ago) link
currently on netflix (uk), am gonna watch for the first time in... well over 20 years?
not currently on netflix uk: hey duggee including the future badge episode
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EJkQ6q7XUAErQlV.jpg
― Believe me, grow a lemon tree. (ledge), Tuesday, 31 August 2021 10:28 (two years ago) link
and this is the disappeared youtube link upthread (for Bartkira the Animated Trailer):
― Believe me, grow a lemon tree. (ledge), Tuesday, 31 August 2021 10:29 (two years ago) link
Watching the subtitled version in a theater was a Good Idea for the day.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 27 October 2022 00:27 (one year ago) link