He's a good guy. He does what's necessary to protect the city, despite the moral complications. Unfortunately even his steady command and willingness to take action is not enough to stop Akira from rising again.
There are no good guys in Akira. Everyone sees the situation from his own perspective and acts according to his own interests. There are uncountable factions in Neo Tokyo. The oligarchs, capitalists, socialists, rival gangs, religious zealots, revolutionary guard, the military defense force, the scientists, the police, the working class, young and old, the children.... each and every one of them has a different understanding and there is no cooperation. This leads to the destruction of the city. The children are developing mental powers that are somehow connected to powerful psychedelics, nuclear energy, information technology, and/or spiritual awakening. Efforts to understand their powers are made psychologically, medically, chemically, spiritually, philosophically, pharmacologically, radiologically, and and even technologically. Nobody was able to explain it. And the city was not worth saving. It was decedent and corrupt. No matter what happens, there is no path to a happy ending, and nobody can win.
@@generalralph6291 Actually there is a bit of a happy ending. The city was destroyed, but it needed to. Its rotten and corrupt structure had to fall to open way for a reconstruction. And in the manga, the city falls twice to actually rebuild and it does indeed rebuild
Love this movie. Was the first anime I ever saw and holy shit did it change my view of cartoons, even American cartoons. I read the manga last night and damn that was a lot of shit cut out of the movie. As for the Colonel? Fucking best male character both the movie and manga. He knows what’s on my mind. Even when he’s ( rightfully ) pissed off he’s still polite.
The Colonel comes closer than anyone to understanding the power of Akira, but this is only because he doesn’t try to understand it. His method is to observe and react, with no preconceptions. The power of Tetsuo changes so rapidly that only the Colonel is able to adapt to it, but he is caught off-guard each time it evolves.
@@generalralph6291 tetsuo is the character that is changed the most from manga to film as film tetsuo is going nuts as his power grows and you feel sorry for him. Manga tetsuo is an arogant,mean,manipulation jerk that uses akira as an puppet to make himself the ruller of neo tokio and only losses because he goes completly of the deep end and losses his cool.
i havent seen it; though from what ive read about it i dont think its my cup of tea, personally, but hard to say without actually seeing it though the art and animation looked great from the few clips i recall seeing (mostly in adverts in old MANGA UK vhs tapes for other movies etc, which is wow showing my age a little)
The CHAD Colonel.
So he's the good guy.
He's a good guy. He does what's necessary to protect the city, despite the moral complications. Unfortunately even his steady command and willingness to take action is not enough to stop Akira from rising again.
There are no good guys in Akira. Everyone sees the situation from his own perspective and acts according to his own interests. There are uncountable factions in Neo Tokyo. The oligarchs, capitalists, socialists, rival gangs, religious zealots, revolutionary guard, the military defense force, the scientists, the police, the working class, young and old, the children.... each and every one of them has a different understanding and there is no cooperation. This leads to the destruction of the city. The children are developing mental powers that are somehow connected to powerful psychedelics, nuclear energy, information technology, and/or spiritual awakening. Efforts to understand their powers are made psychologically, medically, chemically, spiritually, philosophically, pharmacologically, radiologically, and and even technologically. Nobody was able to explain it. And the city was not worth saving. It was decedent and corrupt. No matter what happens, there is no path to a happy ending, and nobody can win.
@@generalralph6291 Damn. Consider myself impressed.
@@generalralph6291 Actually there is a bit of a happy ending. The city was destroyed, but it needed to. Its rotten and corrupt structure had to fall to open way for a reconstruction.
And in the manga, the city falls twice to actually rebuild and it does indeed rebuild
As for factions, the manga adds the fucking US and the UN in the mix and makes the situation even more lunatic
On a unrelated note: he played as Ohara in EDF 4 Shadow of New Despair. So I immediately fell in love with the colonel in Akira
easily the best character in this movie.
edit: i love him too.
Love this movie. Was the first anime I ever saw and holy shit did it change my view of cartoons, even American cartoons. I read the manga last night and damn that was a lot of shit cut out of the movie. As for the Colonel? Fucking best male character both the movie and manga. He knows what’s on my mind. Even when he’s ( rightfully ) pissed off he’s still polite.
The Colonel comes closer than anyone to understanding the power of Akira, but this is only because he doesn’t try to understand it. His method is to observe and react, with no preconceptions. The power of Tetsuo changes so rapidly that only the Colonel is able to adapt to it, but he is caught off-guard each time it evolves.
@@generalralph6291 tetsuo is the character that is changed the most from manga to film as film tetsuo is going nuts as his power grows and you feel sorry for him.
Manga tetsuo is an arogant,mean,manipulation jerk that uses akira as an puppet to make himself the ruller of neo tokio and only losses because he goes completly of the deep end and losses his cool.
The Colonel is hands down the best character.
Based
is the ark burred beneath The Olympic stadium in Tokyo?
this movie is more relevant in 2021 than EVER BEFORE. tokyo olympics coming soon :)
best colonel
Roof Colonel is Best Colonel.
he's my favorite character.
edit: there's almost a since of purity to him.
What do you think of Ninja Scroll?
i havent seen it; though from what ive read about it i dont think its my cup of tea, personally, but hard to say without actually seeing it
though the art and animation looked great from the few clips i recall seeing (mostly in adverts in old MANGA UK vhs tapes for other movies etc, which is wow showing my age a little)
Personaly i think older anime is much better than most new anime! Ninja Scroll is awesome and badass, see it.
Did the voice change. I know that was not the original voice.
Akira is one of the best Japanese animated movies ever besides that I also really liked Spirited Away
More Better Than Command And Conquer Generals Legends Part 1 And 2
original English dub way better. this sounds corny
It is close to the manga