How Akira Called Us Out
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- Akira is THE Quintessential anime Classic taking place in 2019; the future 30 years ago, but our present time.
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Akira is considered the most influential anime of all time. It's an amazing piece of art but leaves the audience with massive questions, regarding eternal energy, states of decay and the universe at large. Join Mike as we deep dive into this incredible classic to pull out the terrifying truth of Akira and the year 2019.
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Akira is considered by many to be the most influential anime of all time. While it's not necessarily the easiest anime to follow, its influence can be seen far and wide. One of the most important aspects of the universe discussed is Akira is eternal energy: the ultimate energy that has existed since the dawn of time. The energy that flows through each of us right now. Join Mike as he gives his view on Akira and what it's trying to say.
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Oh no! Im so late on your beloved PINNED COMMENT! i finished this video last week and ran to New Hampshire right away so i didnt have a ton of time to check in on it, but holy cow! Im really happy people seem to be liking this one. The first time i watched Akira i was like "I'm gunna write about this craziness one day," and i finally did it i guess. Thank you all for the support, we're already so close to 60k subscribers it nuts! It's just been a total whirlwind. We've got some big plans coming up so look forward to that and ill do everything i can to keep bringing you what you like. Thanks again from the bottom of our hearts.
-Mike
your one of those people i can enjoy watching because you have a nice voice
SnOwOkie scripts pretty good too 💀
Hey bro, Luv ya
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I'm happy Akira fandom is still alive! Good video
This is possibly the best video on youtube. And you sound like a friend of mine! I'm from NH myself, and definitely own a fancy double disc bluray of Akira. I truly believe it's one of the greatest pieces of art that's ever existed, and this video helped solidify my own grasp of the story. Thank you so much for this!
I find it really cool that Akira is set in 2019 & the movie was released over 30yrs ago.
Eternal Brightness I didn’t know that
Fuck I’m old
Subtract 6 year from Akira release date which is 1988 you get 1982 where Blade Runner’s release date which is set on 2019 too
i thought about this just a week ago too when i watched the film again
its so crazy
And i watched it on the exact day that the explosion happend 7.19.2019. How cool is that
"Akira?" - "No, that's Kaneda."
"Akira?" - "No, that's Tetsuo."
"Akira?" - "No, that's Takashi."
"Who the hell is Akira?!"
He died before it even started, he only appears in a flashback and once near the end as a spirit
Actually in the manga Akira is actually alive and when Tetsuo opens the capsule Akira is freed but Tetsuo gets trapped
Ah. The question that drives the entire story. "Who the hell is Akira?"
IAM
@@luxlux956 I dont think so
"If Tatsuo is a product of his environment, is he not the god Neo Tokyo deserves? Is he not the god Neo Tokyo created in its own image?"
When he said this part....I felt that
Trump. Not the president we wanted but the president we deserve.
@@Tragicide Get RL politics out of anime
@NewtNukem Seriously? The world today is over politicized as fuck. Politics need to get separated from entertainment. A lot of customers hate the politicization of products and companies. The proof is in the declining sales and reputations of a lot of companies
@@Tragicide If you're comparing Trump to Tetsuo, you're comparing him to an insecure, human time bomb. Tetsuo is like a spree shooter and/or drug addicted rage freak by the 2nd half of Akira.
I hope this never gets made into a live-action movie. I don't want to see this movie twisted into a mainstream, Hollywood-approved mess
i think its already being planned.... seems like there are so few original ideas anymore.
Uggg! Everything today is re-made into crap for the masses. Watch them ruin Akira for us if its re-made. Not tryin to be negative.... but. lol. I'm concerned for Cowboybebop being made into live action main stream movie, but maybe,,,hopefully the creator Wantanobee (spelling?) Will still have alot of the final say and control, but if not it will surely suck
We were VERY close on getting one with Taika Waititi, it even had release date (supposedly 2021). Now I'm honestly not sure how good/bad he is in handling content like this, but movie once again jumped into development limbo due to Taika being recruited to make newest Thor movie.
Let's hope it never happens again. I cannot deal with one more masterpiece being turned into Hollywood trash like they did with Ghost in The Shell.
it doesn't even need to be hollywood approved to suck
Wolf of Rebellion
Ghost in The Shell was a little bit faithful to the manga, the real Hollywood shit was Dragon Ball.
The amount of your psychic powers seems to be in direct correlation with the size of your forehead
Funny thing tho is there is folk belief in my country that people with big foreheads are smarter, so yeah :'D
Then why don't I have them already?
That would make God-tier look weak compared to me...
razorx999 Tyra Banks: excuse me?
Tetsuo apparently worked out in the library.
Love your take on Akira. I’ve always appreciated how the film doesn’t spoon feed you information. They leave it a bit mysterious, a bit ambiguous and it makes you think.
Weird Westeros you clearly haven’t watched a lot of older anime...
@@countpicula I'm talking about Akira? ... not older anime?
@@weirdwesteros1109 Fred means that a lot of older anime is like that. Espacially in sci-fi
Yeah but they also do it so you would read the manga. In the manga you will always find mooooore information.
Seconded. I must admit I didn't take away much from the conversation between Kei and Kaneda when I first saw Akira. But this timely review motivated me to rewatch it with more questions in mind.
"Where will you be when it all comes crashing down".
Damn. If that isn't the premiere tagline for 2019.
Having a moral mindset is of great help. Also being humble and seeking the truth no matter how much you agree or disagree with its conclusion also helps. Biggest help for me is having faith... ironically the commercial that played before this video started was about a movie that has a German citizen who didn’t agree with the growth of Nazi Germany before WW2 or during it and resisted.
@@justSTUMBLEDupon huh strange
Well what would you do for a klondyke bar?
Akira isn’t about where you will be at the end of western society. As only to the op is the world falling apart.
Akira is a book about a society losing its identity. It’s almost exclusively addressing the lost decade, meet culture and the encroachment of westernization and declining birth rates cause by lack of socialization due to technology and ridged cultural practices.
It exclusively is speaking to japan.
You and bonzi missed the mark.
@@countpicula OP was commenting on the tagline for the movie, not the movie itself.
Parents: "Oh look, a cartoon. Watch this as you go to sleep."
*2hours later*
10 year old me: " 0_0. . .!"
basically that was my introduction to "adult" anime lol my aunt gave me a vhs when i was 9 with Akira on one side and Ghost in the Shell on the other ...
@@fourseven6202And society wonders why we are the way we are lmao. I feel that people go one way or the other though. Seeing mature content with complex philosophies at an early age typically matures the individual's true character faster
Mannnnn I feel this !!!!! This was 6 yr old me
I literally watched this when I was 8 yrs old thinking it was going to be like DBZ. Needless to say, it traumatized me.
@@AlterFunKtion lol, after seeing that one guy get shot up in the first ten minutes of the movie I was shook!
I had never comprehended such levels of violence and overwhelming force until then 🤯!
The end note of the film is hopeful though. I feel like you missed what the motivation of the Espers was in the film. They wanted to help guide Tetsuo to be able to harness that energy and still remain a human, they wanted to usher in the next step and they wanted a new friend. Ultimately Tetsuo was too strong for them to contain and he wouldn't listen, but when his power escaped his control and tried to consume everything so that his body was strong enough to contain his power they still helped him. They called back Akira who was powerful enough to contain Tetsuo's power and guide him, and they all went to exist in the Universal energy.
Masaru declares that one day humans will be able to exist bodily and tap into this Universal energy because we have already begun on that path. He also intimates that through their use of Kei as a Medium for their power she will be important on humanities next step down this path.
Before Tetsuo leaves completely he lets Kaneda know that he's not dead, just gone somewhere else, and in the final line Tetsuo declares that he still exists but he exists everywhere now as he has joined with the Universal energy.
Yeah. The movie cuts a lot of big things on character development/relationship... Which makes it confusing for whoever is too lazy to read it. lol
@commetsftw To be fair most of the Espers exposition in the anime is very short and is delivered realistically rather than the characters delivering random soliloquies and monologues for the benefit of the audience.
I did feel the ending to the anime was more hopeful than he gave it credit for. It's not a _cycle_ of creation and destruction, it's a _spiral_ moving upwards. It's not where will you be during the destruction, it's where are we all going and what is the spiral pointed towards.
Children of the sea seams like a sequel to this. Especially taking into account " Kei as a Medium for their power she will be important on humanities next step down this path" and the main character of the Children of the Sea being a girl..
When he catches the light orb of his friend has stuck with me profoundly.
What if it’s all his
TBI
Traumatic brain injury?
This movie is old as hell and people still talk about to this day. Goes to show the impact this shit has. Akira one of the best films ❌🧢
"He who has a sword, and knows how to use it, but keeps it sheathed shall inherit the earth."
What's this from?
@@shadylemons101 bible quote. look up meekness and the bible
Jordan Peterson makes this remark on one of his videos about the shadow!
but words are so much more powerfull than swords
@jou taama Humility and temperance is not asinine. Wanting to lash out against everything is asinine and is what is leading our world to the corruption it's in. The built up resentment in our world could be dissipated if we weren't lovers of self and we learned how to love others, but no, instead we don't trust anyone and we treat everyone like garbage, fueling a vicious cycle of hatred and demise. It's a toxic mindset.
There’s one major problem with your analysis of Tetsuo: everyone tries to instantly kill him as a threat before he does to them. He kills and destroys out of self defense. He doesn’t go out of his way to destroy neo Tokyo, or the government, or Kaneda. It’s all just “in his way, unwilling to get out of it.”
Tetsuo isn’t a true dick of a god. His a product of the environment. Everyone was willing to destroy him before even accepting him as a god like being. So what is Tetsuo to do? He gets fired upon, pushing his abilities even further, and extracts justice. The biggest case in point though is that he doesn’t immediately kill Kaneda. Before Kaneda shoots at him on the rubble pile, Tetsuo destroyed tanks and a bridge. He has immense power. And yet he gets into an extremely low level fight with his friend. If Tetsuo was truly psychotic and evil, Kaneda would have been popped like many others before even belittling Tetsuo... meaning Tetsuo wanted to show off and dominate over Kaneda, and frankly lost of guys do That, including Kaneda to Tetsuo early on.
I guess I say all this in the notion that I view Tetsuo not as the villain but as a tragic antihero. He shows potential to do good but is driven to his worst instincts by everyone else. From the cape to what he tells Kaneda about heroics, it’s almost like he was going to be a revolutionary hero... but after being injured by SOL I think he just wanted to die in peace... remember, when night falls, he’s not rampaging. He is hiding, suffering, and just doesn’t want to do anything with anyone... he doesn’t even immediately kill the colonel whom he knows tried to kill him and is trying to kill him now... and tries his hardest to restrain the monstrous power taking over him (which ends up flooding out after being constantly shot at).
I defend Tetsuo because like the end of the film, I am Tetsuo... the duality of man, of choice in our actions, and how we deal with inadequacies and our own faults with our outlook in life. And he is the manifestation of why humanity hasn’t been gifted with such abilities. Because he was doing most of his bad in self defense. Imagine if he were actually malicious, and now you will see the danger of the man in the mirror. Most of us, would do a whole lot worse...
I love two character from this movie and it's Tetsuo and Kaneda but In don't know who to choose
Avatar Mike Phantom great point!!!
I also identify with tetsuo
Great analysis💯
Sometimes I could relate at times
He euro washed the anime .
What an underrated UA-cam account. Can't wait for when it blows up!
It may never. But it'd be a good sign if it did. I hope it does.
...Akira style.
It is kinda new but it should grow with time
Bruh it has 60 k subs
Hong Kong protests/riots, The 2020 Tokyo Olympics, I’m not gonna be surprised if some psychic kid is being held in Area 51.
Edit: its now 2021 and things are starting great guys....sort of
how did they predict 2020 olympic will be set up in tokyo back in 1988?!? EXPLAIN!!
Alex Anderson there are bad police and there are bad people. that formula equates to bad things happening. the news makes you focus on 10% of whats actually going on. more people and more police are grouping together in peace to try and fix the justice system
Alex Anderson but for a different cause, and that is racism. And the passing of George Floyd, which is sickening.
Lol because Tokyo has the Olympics around that time before .. it’s just now returning to Japan in 2020 is and this will not be first time it has ... Olympics is very old and Japan has been participators before even 1900s
Seven directions Sinbad thanks for the info mate
"The TERRIFYING Reality of 2019". 2020: "Hold my beer"
The movie still in my brain when I first saw it in VHS in 1991 since my cousin rented it.
I was a child when I first saw this movie and the quote that struck me the most, over the years was this one from Kei:" Where does that tremendous knowledge and energy come from?”.
...From where indeed, it leads to many questions which forces you into a lot of elaborate thought experiments. I thank Akira for showing me this philosophy so early in my life.
Dude. This has been my most favorite video. I'm currently watching this during the COVID-19 quarantine and it's making me question a lot of things. Thank you for your insight!
To me akira is a story about growing up. For most of us we spend our time thinking about where we want to go, what we want to do. Creating your own universe, your own singularity, has always, to me, been a metaphor for deciding where we want to stay. Going places is easy no matter where you're going your always making progress. But staying somewhere is terrifying. Eventually, even if you don't want to, you will have to replace the infinity of possibilities with the microscopic realm of choice. Finding a place to live, finding out who you want to live with, finding out who you want to die with. These things will happen wether you want them to or not. You can't prevent it. In the end we all end up like tetsuo. Electromagnetic energy from our brains and body's diffused infinitely across the universe. We're all slowly marching towards akira the only choice we have is who we want walking by our side.
thank you for this, i’ve been searching for something that has been calling my being for a while. As hard as it is, we need to realise and move towards our true destiny and evolution as humans. We are truly infinite beings.
So many of these videos have been done but you managed to stand out in this one. Amazing job dude!
Thank you, i was worried about that honestly!
Imagine being the size of bacteria, but desire power beyond the limits of bacteria. Realize our bodies are full of bacteria.
Imagine being human, but desiring power beyond the limits of humans. Realize this planet is full of humans.
efini_fc imagine being a planet, but desiring power beyond limits of a planet. Our solar system is full of planets. Imagine being a solar system desiring power beyond the limits of a solar system. Our galaxy is full of solar systems. 👁✨
Just shut up
They're working on a remake that fills in all the gaps (a special edition as you would). See, when Akira was made, only half of the manga was done, so you had a lot of characters who either never showed up in the anime, or they were remade (such as the shrine priestess, #19, who was also part of the program that gave us Akira, instead relegated to being the "crazy cult leader" in the anime). After Akira reawakened in the anime, he blew up the city again, but that was the middle act of the manga, Tetsuo is still alive after that. Tetsuo himself rules over a cult of his own, using the pills to create his own esper army as well. Loads and loads of stories that went on the wayside. I suspect if this all goes through, we'll have either a 3 hour Akira, or a 2 part series.
Once me and my family were talking about a recent shooting, and one of them said, "I wish I could've helped," and I said "Don't worry there will be another shooting soon enough, you can helo then." I immdently caught myself, realizing what a truly sad and disturbing statement this was, that we live in a world where mass shooting something that should be horrfic are commonplace.
We're becoming desensitized to it tho.
My little bro cracked a dry joke about how he couldn't wait for this week's school shooting while getting on the bus to his school. I don't even know how to react to that, much less put the sinking feeling in my gut into words.
What makes it horrific?
Why are you so upset about a heat death over a cold one?
Boohoo. someone was shot, oh fucking well. it beats a lifetime of disappointment, loneliness, and slaving away as a wagie
This is because people are copycats, think about it we all have problems in life, but how we go about finding the solutions makes us all different, but when you do something that so many people have already done it shows how little of a life you really had to begin with sadly. at least you were smart enough to understand that the situation for what it is.
Oni Tora are you SERIOUS!?!?
Bonsai Pop, your voice is so calming and nice. You are awesome and your videos have this sense of awareness that most other videos lack.
The movie is an outstanding creation that shown the world another angle of view for anime and saved the movie industry for anime reaching the west civilization and apparently building one of the first bridges over with anime and the Japanese pop cult. But that creation wouldn't exist if katsuhiro Otomo hadn't made the manga of AKIRA. The manga that shook everything, way more suspense, way more action it is literally a huge extend of the movie and people who have owned and read the manga(including myself)can say that the movie is only a "fragment of it"in details, since they had to cut a 2000+pages manga into a 2 hours movie.
I saw akira 30 years ago. I was four. All my dreams nightmares and day dreams have been fucked up since then. I've seen it more than I can count and it will always be number one in my book.
..your analysis is just about as creative and awesome as the movie itself. Art!
3:45 Ultimate Energy keeps an impression of its original form like memory, said in 1988 in stark contrast to the animation provided by Disney. And in 2019, the year the movie is set, Disney gives us the film where a living snowman tells us that water had memory.
I highly recommend reading of Arkira Manga, it tells more of a complete story. The movie is a condensed and modified movie version which is differed on a lot of aspects.
yao I really need to get on this
I feel ya.
I'm also having a hard time not thinking about the fact that we are circling around the drain
as usual you guys nailed it always happy to hear about this classic especially since we seem to hear about it less and less as time goes on not only did you talk about my favorite things about the film but even some things I had forgotten about it's been too long since I had seen it and I think it is time to pop it in and appreciate it once again so thanks Bonsai Pop!
Holy shit.
You 100% did Akira justice. I’m always reticent to watch these “review” videos, but you hit it outta the park. Thank you for articulating what we can't always articulate.
This is honestly the best deep dive I've seen on Akira! I've watched the film several times and you guys still managed to share info that gave me a new perspective
Being strong is not the denial or even lack of fear. Its the way you handle it there is strength in the person that can stand tall in the face of hardship and there is strength in a person that can be pushed and pulled and allow things to be what they are.
watched akira over and over as a chitlin and love it today just the same as back then. an incredible inspiration for animation lovers
Hotline miami soundtrack pairs SO WELL with akira! Excellent choice!
@Lemzowe9! it's called dust by moon
I was so young (8 maybe 10 years) the first time i saw Akira. It was overwhelming!
WELL DONE. This just made me realize that my life.... IS Akira. Thank you brother.
Kind of scary how similar Otomo's 2019 Neo-Tokyo looks like real life 2019 Hong Kong.
Or any low-income district of an American city.
Otto von Bismark saw a big war coming 16 years after his death, that would be the fall of Monarchies and that some foolishness in the Balkans would set it off. His prediction of the beginning of WWI was off by only a few months.
Good Science Fiction can also predict the future, though considering how much Science Fiction is out there, some are bound to hit the mark. But still, sometimes fiction is eerie. Like the novel Titan, a story about the largest ocean liner that was said was unsinkable and collides with an iceberg because of stupidity and sinks. Publishers rejected it as too implausible. No one would believe people could be that stupid. 14 years later the Titanic sinks after colliding with an iceberg out of stupidity.
The explanation of Kaneda and Whatsherface's conversation was fantastic. Great fucking video. Thank you!
Wow I always knew Akira was deep but you really showed me the next level! Thanks for the epic video
I applaud you on your ability to re tell this story so efficiently. Its such a complex movie!
"I don't do reviews."
?!????
This might be the best review I've seen, heard or read.
There's a difference between an analysis and a review.
Wow... totally mind-blowning, I never thought the link between Akira and our modern times, but you are absolutely right! Awesome video :)
Keep it Deep, keep it real Team Bonsai.
Still one of my favorites anime movies if not my favorite
Akira, Cowboy bebop, and metal gear solid made me a man faster than any schooling ever has. Imagine a 7-13 year old introduced to these titles. Yea... thanks big bro. Needed that.
I’m sorry but there’s no way a 7-13 year old could fully interpret the adult themes in those works.
to be fair most 7-13 year olds don't have the mental capacity to even touch the meaning of those stories.
Akira was one of those films I put off for way too long. After watching it I absolutely fell in love and started buying up the manga, soundtrack, etc. It is an utter feat, the beauty of the animation, soundtrack, and story. It's due to finding treasures like that, that appeal to me on a base level, that keeps me being an anime fan.
“It’s just is....”
Dr. Stone “ Not good enough. Science can explain Everything. Oh yeah, Get Excited!”
Great breakdown man. Akira is the all time great. I'm so happy I found this as a young chap and was able to grow up with it
the ending symbolizes the beginning of a new universe called tetsuo
snailed it!
Our perseption of time is like a beam of light through a crystal. We are like 1 object with 4 dimensions slowly being revealed to ourselves via time.
I feel like the fact that I'm scared of literally NOTHING is the one thing that scares the EVERLOVING SHIT out of me.
seeing the world now here in 2020 only makes this movie and this breakdown video all the more true! funny how the mindset's were in 1988, that created this movie, and the mindset's today are.
The cover for this movie is what makes it magical, just a person and a bike, no hint to our theme
Akira is the anime or “movie” that first had major violence and is what made anime’s so good today in my opinion
A very good look at Akira. One of my favorite movies of all time. I've watched it dozens of times, and each time something clicks and the movie makes more sense.
Honestly I think this is one of the few stories that could work in a remake whether it be live action or anime. There's alot of story in the manga that continues after the film
It doesn't need a remake any more than Citizen Kane does. It is what it is. This is the way.
“Instantly horrific but forgotten immediately”
Just like all of all the shootings happening 😞
@Otie Jason 9/11
Wow so this plot “happened in 2019”? It’s like watching back to the future movies 😁
Nice analysis. Your video was recommended to me.
And now I'm going to watch "Akira" at 2am. I have it saved to my hard-drive. I'll subscribe because of your insight.
"Drowns his own cult" someone read the manga.
This dude legit predicted the future xD i thought this anime was relatively knew. thats crazy how a classic can be so relevant and the amount of life this story has.
The idea of being part of the primordial soup(Evangelion), the great consciousness(Lucy) and the Eternal Energy(Akira) is reflected in almost all cultures. I find that fascinating and almost endearing. That we are all part of the oneness. Similar to the Indian phrase - Vasudeva Kutumbakum - the world is one family.
This is the best Akira analysis i've ever seen. This is mindblowing dude.
Great vid! I hold akira close to my heart. Used to see the banned in America commercials as a kid and wonder how can something that looks so awesome be banned? Then I finally watch it and even as a kid I instantly recognized the significance of this film. Blew my damn doors off. From the thought provoking story line to the beautiful animation. No dbz or kenshin could hold a candle to this anime for me at that point. Still better than 90% of the crap out there today. Been saving to goto the 2020 Olympics. Hope I get there! We all go full circle right? Again thanks for your work and all your vids. Take care.
For 30 years I have heard many breakdowns of this movie. All of them, like the movie itself never made sense to me. Finally the UA-cam algorithm did something right and put this video in my feed. You are the first person to ever explain this Anime and have it make sense to me. Thank you.
"Where will you be when it all comes crashing down?" Belchertown-adjacent, apparently! (But maybe not. I'm betting November 2020 will be a change for the better, if we get there)
You and Treesicle are awesome. Keep it up!
I disagree about 2020 being better. Civilizations are cyclical and if we go by historical patterns, there is still a few things that must occur before the reset button is hit (we passed the point of no return decades ago, the final option is to hit reset or live within societal rot), but the slope has steepened since 2000. The criteria needed still is the collective mindset wanting a "new system" and a catalyst (the usual ones throughout history are war, economic collapse, an epitome of cultural decay, etc.), but the other requirements have been met. I expect 2020 to further expand upon police militarization, censorship, public support for totalitarian ideologies, and political corruption. Same shit difference century.
I'm a cynical individual so maybe it will get better, but my point is we are watching a rerun (of which many have apparently not seen the original), be prepared.
I never clicked so fast on my recommendation feed. Akira is my favorite movie and you even got the Hotline Miami soundtrack in the background.
This is easily one of the best video essays Ive ever consumed, thank you.
Thought it was going to be yet another lame akira synopsis. Thank you for proving me wrong and producing what I thought was an awesome study on what Akira actually is. Thank you sir.
My dude. This resonated with me all the way thru. I think your a very knowledgeable person. I would love to chat with ya sometime. That was the truth you were spitting
The fascinating thing is akira was able to touch that energy/info and all he could do was make a firecracker of an explosion in the grand scheme of things. It’s humbling.
Fantastic video brother Bonsai Pop, really fantastic, thank you!
I always knew that Akira is awesome and very symbolic, but I didn't know it was THAT deep! Thanks for making the best Akira analisys ever!
The width, breadth, and depth you have expounded into the making of this video and explaining of Akira is heady indeed, but in such a way that it is so easy for the layperson to grasp without much effort. That takes real talent, skill, and wisdom. Having the intelligence to know something is one thing, but having the wisdom to put that into words that anyone can understand is another. As we all know, Akira is something that has changed the way that we, (not only but especially in the West), look at anime, as well as the effect it has had on the genre itself. I don't think there is much to compare it to. The funny thing is, the film we see is only a fraction of the story, and yet, it is so well done that it can be enjoyed regardless if one is a first time watcher or it or anime in general, or a veteran watcher of anime and are watching Akira for the umpteenth time.
The ideology and philosophy explored within the comic and film is something the general public is normally treated to. Indeed, it is a risk of becoming too much for the viewer to appreciate, and therefore, turning away from it for something much simpler. However, I think the timing and structure was well placed and that is what helped to propel it into the light and acceptance of all. Plus, whether we realize it or not, we are all cognizant of our surroundings, at least subconsciously, especially of the sociopolitical climates we reside in, no matter where each of us are from. Like George Orwell's 1984 and Animal Farm, Akira touches those subjects and are immediately relatable - even and especially now. It isn't difficult to see a trend, if one is observing; however, it is almost impossible to create something that punches everyone in the face with the perspective of what is happening and giving a not-so-subtle warning against, while coating it in an easy-to-swallow format, so people will still take it and enjoy it. This is the genius of Akira.
Great job on the making of this video; it is an art form unto itself. I have thoroughly enjoyed it and will be pontificating the question of "where will you be when it all comes crashing down?" for quite some time. I look forward to see where those thoughts take me and to another one of your masterpieces. Good luck on matching the expectations from this one!
Check out our Samurai Champloo or Evangelion videos. I'm curious if you think they meet or exceed the expectations made from this video!
@@BonsaiPop I found your channel from those and thought they were so well done, that I subscribed. From the few I've watched, this one stands out far above the others - which is no small feat! I congratulate you on the consistent quality and will continue to enjoy going through the past uploads. Thank you.
Something tells me this anime might be a synchronicity to something based on real facts?.
I would argue that men are also being damaged by the fringe left with concepts like "Toxic masculinity" being projected on interests that are seen as too stereotypically male.
I think the problem isn't masculinty but preditory business practices and the worshipping of such tactics. Also the tribalisitic mentality that is becoming the the norm... I'll stop their for now
@@dicorockhimself Yes, there's all sorts of destructive potential when any ideal is pushed to an extreme. And of course not just for men, but for women, as well as for individuals within whatever group they belong to. At a certain point every "ism" becomes yet another form of tribalism.
@@MicahBuzanANIMATION exactly we have to stop drawing lines and build bridges... But you are someone who understands so im just preaching to the quire
more videos like this, trigun, and samurai champloo where you tackle the philosophical side of things you guys are really good at that and i love those videos PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEASE
Wow man you really put a lot of insight into this. It's crazy how relevant these ideas that were introduced 30 years ago would have so many accurate parallels that actually predicted what 2019 would be like. Awesome video will definitely subscribe
What a great explanation of a lot of the deeper themes many people (myself included) could never articulate so well.
Excellent thesis on Akira. Keep up the good work.
Good analysis on the movie, bad social commentary.
Our 2019 is nothing like this film's in any way. We're arguably living in the best period in human history, where common people live like the kings of past, where our world is interconnected and where technology and markets and bring is exactly what we want for minimal effort. Globally, we're living in the most peaceful time to ever exist, with no major wars being fought and violence being down across the civilized world.
I don't blame you for having this view though, if you watch the news you could be forgiven for thinking we're on the verge of apocalypse. That's the problem today, while things are better than ever, the bad things are amplified 600% by media coverage. It's not to say we don't have problems that could eventually lead to major breakdowns; we do have major welfare and border problems in the first world which will lead to conflict with the third world, but our current issues are easily solvable by our own hands.
Thank you. I feel like those in the west think the world revolves around them. It's not all doomsday and mass shootings outside of the US.
Daemonpool65 Yes it is? Do you pay attention to the news? Haiti is the poorest country in the world. Columbia had an incident similar to that of the purge. Mexico has narcs killing innocent people. Brazil has gangs executing little kids. Lmao, bruh, war is going on in the middle east. Terrorist attacks aren’t limited to the US. The world isn’t and never was at peace.
Akira blew my mind as a kid. Some of the best animation and story. Need to rewatch it
Excellent video! Perfect precursor to 2020.
Akira is totally my top5 all time favorites. Too bad i literally dont have the free time to finish binge-reading the manga because that is something i need time to just enjoy. As for 80s movies predicting the current future- i think Akira by far did it the best. (Yes its funny how certain events in Akira actually came to pass)
This needs more views awesome analysis
The best analysis I have seen on Akira
I disagree, it is in fact the lack of assertive masculinity and demonising males in modern western gynocentric world that is spoiling it .
Yeah that part had me confused, rest of the video is so well thought out, him buying in to that was kind of a shock.
Wow this was one of the best Interpretations of Akira ever , and even the most simplistic explanation of life period
Dude, you´re fucking smart man. I´ve seen a shit ton of different analysis´ on this flick across various other youtubers (Renegade Cut, Beyond Ghibli, Spook, Film is Just Moving, Super Eyepatch Wolf, Pause and Select, The New York Times Best Picks), and documentaries about the film and interviews with the creator Katsuhiro Otomo; but none are quite as interesting as your take on this. Damn bro, you should make your own novel, seeing as you´re great at constructing essays. Thanks Bonsai, you are appreciated.
thats y god its envious of us ...We have personalities and characteristics, thats what makes us an individual.... but God doesn't ....because it is All .....
Why would God be envious of something he created, or rather is but a small piece of his essence
@@zeak278 yaldabaoth is jealous of us.
I love your reading of the film. I’m like, yeah, I see that. But what’s great about Akira is that it’s about such big ideas that a lot of different readings are possible. I had a different reading, but i don’t think they’re in conflict
Dude, that is really hecking deep.
this cleared out alot of questions i had about Akira tbh, but it also brings up new ones. however, thanks alot for the vid its been truely enlightening about some of the deeper meanings behind Akira
The patriarchy part was a bit of a stretch, if it was made the day it would be female nature ripping the system a part.
The very end of the movie made me cry. Epic ❤
Akira isn't even the best anime of 1988, Legend of the Galactic Heroes is better.
Some of the reason maybe LOTGH is too long? Not many people can invest a lot of time watching it. This is also maybe true to other anime like Monster and Space Brothers.
@@lifelesszwei5486 yet people will watch one piece
Lifeless Zwei I totally get what you mean. Am I weird to say though that I like a good slow burn?