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
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!
@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.
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.
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
@@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 🤯!
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.
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.
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.
@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..
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.
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.
@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.
Funny thing about dread is, the more you feel it, the more you seek knowledge to escape it. But knowledge makes it heavier, and heavier. You witness reality and you dread your life even more as you grow. The responsibilities you shoulder, make you feel somewhat like Tetsuo. You wish you could be Kaneda but...
Kaneda was the guy most of us wish we were, but his burden was equal to his gift. He had to kill or be killed by the truest friend he ever had. A brother of the soul. At the end, He is the vessel the essence Tetsuo enters and merges into. and there is gratitude, in spite of all- But the person Tetsuo is gone.
@@photonjones5908 That is what made Kaneda the main character. He was just a guy who had to go through with what he was dealt with. No speciality, no being a chosen one, no gifts. Not even the smartest. An average joe. Yet his sacrificed and dug through despite the odds for the one he cared for. If it wasn’t Tetsuo, we wouldn’t see Kaneda jump head first to stop him, to help him. Uncanny how real the characters are.
@@photonjones5908 when the world's about to end, you are either Kaneda, giving everything to protect the ones you love or Tetsuo, unleashing pain on to others before you and your beloved are hurt. All depends on what you have seen and suffered, or lack thereof.
Kaneda's gift was simply that he was equal to his role: I tend to identify with Tetsuo, not a bad person, but one used by fate in a way he was unequal to. Kaneda was not special, but he was able to choose his destiny. Tetsuo was always the weak sister, not as big or strong, and his was the weaker bike, his were the weaker skills. He lived in orbit around a brighter Primary, yet it was his fate to experience Akira. It was simply too much for him. That's why I say most of us wish we were Kaneda: Simply put, Kaneda was able to choose. Not all are so blessed.
"This body, this body holding me, Is a reminder here that I am not alone. And this body, this body makes me feel, We are eternal. All this pain is an illusion."
There is also manga, which has more material for analysis and Akira there is alive, just blank-faced kid whose personality was eaten away by power. There, Akira's powers are further on explained and story is WAY different. Technically, movie covers events from first 3 books while it takes some elements from other 3 books to stitch whole movie together. Because movie came before official end of manga, Otomo had to make ending of manga kinda different. Manga is lengthy and absolutely glorious. Totally worth of money.
Wolf of Rebellion bro, your wasting your time. Most everyone who saw this including Bonzi didn’t and won’t read the book and that’s why they don’t get Akira. Otherwise before making this supposedly “deep intellectual dive” into the meaning of Akira Bonzi would have done like...15 mins of research and learned that anime adaptations are almost always different from the books and in the 90’s that’s a VERY WIDE valley.
Hey, fancy seeing you here :) Totally agree! Both the manga and animate excel at different things, and compliment one another very nicely. The film is frenetic mood piece of pure madness, and the manga is a masterpiece of visual storytelling.
kennedy davis a lot more things happen that don't happen in the movie, a lot more characters are introduced, and a LOT of things change. I personally prefer the manga because of its outstanding drawings and fully fleshed story, so you might want to check it out.
This is hands down the best explanation I’ve ever heard for Akira. It is insane, because years ago when I first watched Akira I don’t think I could have understood how much the movie would profoundly impact me - I just thought it was a cool movie with vibes that had insights into the mystery of the universe that we can never know. Honestly your video was a catalyst for me to fully understand. After the trials and tribulations of my 20s came to a head, I was going through a shift in worldview, wanting to meditate more and reading on concepts in Buddhism. Still was someone that finds spirituality in the sciences, still am. After I experienced some life events that further submerged me into what feels like an enlightenment, I had to go back to your video, and your video brought me back to Akira and other series from the East that I had enjoyed since birth, which now I see had these ideas from the start. Crazy.
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
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
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
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!
@@509Gman well, the supernova part is only (almost) guaranteed for beryllium upward by atomic mass - your hydrogen (water) and lithium might well be the primordial condensate from when the universal plasma cooled down enough to start acting like an insanely hot gas.
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.
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...
It’s an essay on transfiguration. I’m so glad this movie exists. It was already approaching it’s tenth anniversary when I first saw it, and it was life changing. My favorite moment in the whole movie is when Kaneda reaches out for the last spark of light that was Tetsuo and simply utters his name.
I’ve known about Akira since I was eight years old, my dad had an Akira tee shirt. He loved that movie, 20yrs later I see why. A great piece of artwork but also a premonition. Great video all in all.
Sometime in the early 2000s (i was still in middle school) i picked up a dvd of Akira, Ghost in the Shell and Ninja Scroll as my first ‘adult anime movies’, i think i got off on a good start with those 3. So different from the Pokemon and Digimon shounen stuff that was airing at the time.
Man... That wasn't too far off from what I started on as well. It was 1997 & VHS was still relevant. My first purchased anime was Akira from Suncoast. After that Ninja Scroll, Ghost in th Shell, Fist of the North Star followed.
I wouldn't exactly say Ninja Scroll is the type of Movie kids should be watching, oO But yes, Akira & Ghost In The Shell are both way more mature to be watching then Pokemon & Digimon... & yes they are way better, lOl... A lot more so... Though if you like Ninja Scroll? You probably would like an Anime called R.I.N., but ummm... Ya? There is actually some really good content out there...
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.
You probably gave one of the greatest overviews/commentaries on one of the greatest Anime in existence. It meant a lot to me personally. Growing up with my younger brother watching this in a time where I look back today and my mind is literally blown when I think about all the symbolism overshadowing Akira that mirrors society today. I was 17 when I first watched this on VHS with my 12 year old younger brother back when times were simpler in the 90s.. and the memory is as clear in my mind now as it was 20 years ago.. that was a pivotable moment in both our life's..we both became massive fanatics of Anime after that night.. just viewing something so soul-shattering and visually demolishing will leave anyone who truly understand Arkira breathless .They will never forget the experience of viewing something so breathtakingly beautiful, shocking, stunning and graceful.. and realize we are all a part of Akira.
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!
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.
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
the first time I ever watched any sort of anime was Akira... Flashback to a 12 year old kid finding the anime section at our local blockbuster and picking up a film that little would the boy know would forever change the course of his life.
This movie is a master piece, from the story line, to the graphic design, and even directing. It was hand drawn, and took a major investment to even come into being. It’s truly timeless
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.
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. 👁✨
This is the best summary of Akira I've ever come across. Bravo and subscribed! So few people dare to tackle the philosophy of this beast, but it's there to be tackled because there's so much truth in Otomo's vision. I know the manga is superior, but even as a film there is simply nothing like it for the sheer scope of the issues it raises, exposing a massive cross-section of human society and personal obsession and delving far beyond into the universal principles that can never be corrupted - principles which genuinely great minds throughout history have explored and would undoubtedly recognize in Otomo's story. Damn, I could go on and on. This was supposed to be short. But that's why Akira is, and always will be, my favourite film by a country mile and one of the greatest and most significant fictional works ever made in any medium imo.
You would like the manga destroy and revolution. Its from the guy who wrote holyland and he likes to delve in those areas including the controversal ones. He also wrote suicide island where japan ships off all teenage suicide surcivors off to an island and doesnt let them go from there, declaring them dead. And we see how especially the protagonist slowly discovers slowly a purpose in life and growing as a person. Destroy and revolution is about a guy who accidently gets granted supernatural powers aka akire, but grows from them, but also followes a riend who wanted to reform the world as partner. And holyland is about similar themathic in street fights. and fights. All of them interesting and believable, Suicide island just isnt translated far.
You are pretty much right about this, but however isn't that sorta about how people act in the real world as well? I mean we had riots, & people talking about revolutions & stuff here? How is Akira not a good Movie? What makes it good, isn't the context in it. What makes it good, is that it gets word out that & actually shows people kinda like the life going on behind doors where people aren't aware of... Other creators have done this, too... Ralph Bakshi had done this in his Art during the Dark times in the early 80's & before earlier, too... The Point was it was supposed to be a "Warning" for things to come... Am I wrong?
That was the best review on Akira I have seen, well, ever. It has been one of my favourite films ever since I first watched it when I was young. It’s nice to see someone give it a synopsis it truly deserved.
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.
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.
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.
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.
We are all connected to an infinite source of knowledge and experiences. We are even powerful beyond imagination. Corny as it sounds, the energy of belief is the key.
Now what you said hold true, in the context of the movie, but don't forget that the ending of the movie is VASTLY different than the manga... In the Manga, Tetsuo and Akira don't dissapear, they even hang out for a while, there's off course the explosion, but in the ruins of neo Tokyo a new order arises, where there's more psychic users that emerges and they fight over power, with gangs and the Doomsday cult worhsipping Akira. Akira in this observes all of this but with a detached and cold eye, like all this have nothing to do with him. This part of the manga becomes much more akin to a Hokuto no Ken flick, Post Apo ruined city, gangs and cults, Espers running amoke.
Good point. I'm sure the movie ended it that way to tie up the first couple of volumes of the story since the manga wasn't fully adapted in the movie. Apparently there's going to be some new Akira material soon
Personally, I think that Akira in the manga was really only present in the body, not the mind. That was part of what all the espers, (including Lady Miyako) wanted. Freedom of the mind without the limitations of the body. Akira's mind was focused on the cosmic energy he had first tapped into in 1988. The espers wanted themselves, Tetsuo, and Akira to be truly free in this way. Remember the other espers had been horribly disabled by the experiments that had been done to them before the first Akira explosion.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
When I heard your comments about your therapist saying you put too much on your shoulders. I thought... this guys like me. I've tried to consider what I feel is inevitable. Whatever is coming is going to be wild but I'm trying not to stress too much on it because I realise it's supposed to happen. And I think I welcome some change to this stagnant existence. All I see is the world in pain, people obsessing over their vices, looking for some meaning or answers, or perhaps something to help them forget. Something is coming. Good video man.
you're not my favourite anime channel on youtube, but damn, your editing and scripts are so tight. every video of yours is so unique from all the other stuff out there. big kudos.
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.
"Where will you be when it all comes crashing down?" There are a lot of different themes and theories about Akira but this sentence describes the questions Akira asks perfectly.
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 do you mean “there are many theory’s on what happened to them” they made it clear in the movie that they had created the Big Bang in a new universe. They even showed at the end of the movie a scene in deep space with Akira talking about how they became the universe and what not.
I don't often applaud many people in this day and age, but this was an absolutely beautiful commentary on a film that I have held dear since my first seeing it over a decade ago. I had the same interpersonal conflict that you had after watching this movie in my teen years and this was one of the first primordial kicks-to-the-nuts moments that forced me to think about my very existence. You have a gift of perception, my friend. Don't ever lose it. Stop seeing a therapist, because you sound like you have a better handle on life, and the world around you, than most could ever attain after a lifetime of experience. Whether you intended to or not, you have now been set out on an introspective journey, or life-walk, as an old friend used to call it. It will suck. You will constantly ask yourself, "Why the hell am I seeing all this and struggling with my acceptance of all of what I see? Why can't I just be as blind and complacent as everyone else?" Ignorance is bliss, only for the blind. So life is difficult, only for the dead.
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?"
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@@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.
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 🤯!
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.
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?
"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.
"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.
Funny thing about dread is, the more you feel it, the more you seek knowledge to escape it. But knowledge makes it heavier, and heavier. You witness reality and you dread your life even more as you grow. The responsibilities you shoulder, make you feel somewhat like Tetsuo. You wish you could be Kaneda but...
Kaneda was the guy most of us wish we were, but his burden was equal to his gift. He had to kill or be killed by the truest friend he ever had. A brother of the soul. At the end, He is the vessel the essence Tetsuo enters and merges into. and there is gratitude, in spite of all- But the person Tetsuo is gone.
@@photonjones5908 That is what made Kaneda the main character. He was just a guy who had to go through with what he was dealt with. No speciality, no being a chosen one, no gifts. Not even the smartest. An average joe. Yet his sacrificed and dug through despite the odds for the one he cared for. If it wasn’t Tetsuo, we wouldn’t see Kaneda jump head first to stop him, to help him. Uncanny how real the characters are.
@@photonjones5908 when the world's about to end, you are either Kaneda, giving everything to protect the ones you love or Tetsuo, unleashing pain on to others before you and your beloved are hurt. All depends on what you have seen and suffered, or lack thereof.
Kaneda's gift was simply that he was equal to his role: I tend to identify with Tetsuo, not a bad person, but one used by fate in a way he was unequal to. Kaneda was not special, but he was able to choose his destiny. Tetsuo was always the weak sister, not as big or strong, and his was the weaker bike, his were the weaker skills. He lived in orbit around a brighter Primary, yet it was his fate to experience Akira. It was simply too much for him. That's why I say most of us wish we were Kaneda: Simply put, Kaneda was able to choose. Not all are so blessed.
@@photonjones5908 Well put. I agree.
"This body, this body holding me,
Is a reminder here that I am not alone.
And this body, this body makes me feel,
We are eternal. All this pain is an illusion."
There is also manga, which has more material for analysis and Akira there is alive, just blank-faced kid whose personality was eaten away by power. There, Akira's powers are further on explained and story is WAY different. Technically, movie covers events from first 3 books while it takes some elements from other 3 books to stitch whole movie together. Because movie came before official end of manga, Otomo had to make ending of manga kinda different.
Manga is lengthy and absolutely glorious. Totally worth of money.
Wolf of Rebellion bro, your wasting your time. Most everyone who saw this including Bonzi didn’t and won’t read the book and that’s why they don’t get Akira. Otherwise before making this supposedly “deep intellectual dive” into the meaning of Akira Bonzi would have done like...15 mins of research and learned that anime adaptations are almost always different from the books and in the 90’s that’s a VERY WIDE valley.
Hey, fancy seeing you here :)
Totally agree! Both the manga and animate excel at different things, and compliment one another very nicely. The film is frenetic mood piece of pure madness, and the manga is a masterpiece of visual storytelling.
@@MicahBuzanANIMATION I see you on every Akira related video I find and sometimes elsewhere. I must be tripping
If I can ask since I’ve only seen the movie and haven’t read the books, what differences exist?
kennedy davis a lot more things happen that don't happen in the movie, a lot more characters are introduced, and a LOT of things change. I personally prefer the manga because of its outstanding drawings and fully fleshed story, so you might want to check it out.
This is hands down the best explanation I’ve ever heard for Akira. It is insane, because years ago when I first watched Akira I don’t think I could have understood how much the movie would profoundly impact me - I just thought it was a cool movie with vibes that had insights into the mystery of the universe that we can never know. Honestly your video was a catalyst for me to fully understand. After the trials and tribulations of my 20s came to a head, I was going through a shift in worldview, wanting to meditate more and reading on concepts in Buddhism. Still was someone that finds spirituality in the sciences, still am. After I experienced some life events that further submerged me into what feels like an enlightenment, I had to go back to your video, and your video brought me back to Akira and other series from the East that I had enjoyed since birth, which now I see had these ideas from the start. Crazy.
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
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 ❌🧢
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
Anyone else here after the events in Minneapolis? Soon we are gonna see a mutated testicle abomination appear somewhere
one can dream 😔
"The TERRIFYING Reality of 2019". 2020: "Hold my beer"
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!
So all the energy that has always existed runs through my nerves. That's hot
and cold
No, not all, just some..... If it was all of the universe's energy the nobody else would have energy
The energy that runs through your nerves existed at the Big Bang. The matter that makes up your body was forged in the fusion fires of stars.
@@509Gman well, the supernova part is only (almost) guaranteed for beryllium upward by atomic mass - your hydrogen (water) and lithium might well be the primordial condensate from when the universal plasma cooled down enough to start acting like an insanely hot gas.
We all m a t t e r
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.
Bonsai Pop this is crazy you made this video right after I ordered and finished the 35th anniversary collection. The art is mind-bendingly good
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 .
It’s an essay on transfiguration. I’m so glad this movie exists. It was already approaching it’s tenth anniversary when I first saw it, and it was life changing.
My favorite moment in the whole movie is when Kaneda reaches out for the last spark of light that was Tetsuo and simply utters his name.
It's taken a second viewing of this video to even begin appreciate what you were saying about the eternal energy. Well played, sir.
The movie still in my brain when I first saw it in VHS in 1991 since my cousin rented it.
I’ve known about Akira since I was eight years old, my dad had an Akira tee shirt. He loved that movie, 20yrs later I see why. A great piece of artwork but also a premonition. Great video all in all.
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!
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.
Sometime in the early 2000s (i was still in middle school) i picked up a dvd of Akira, Ghost in the Shell and Ninja Scroll as my first ‘adult anime movies’, i think i got off on a good start with those 3.
So different from the Pokemon and Digimon shounen stuff that was airing at the time.
Man... That wasn't too far off from what I started on as well. It was 1997 & VHS was still relevant. My first purchased anime was Akira from Suncoast. After that Ninja Scroll, Ghost in th Shell, Fist of the North Star followed.
Ninja scrollllll
Check out blue seed 9
Fatal fury, vampire hunter D
I wouldn't exactly say Ninja Scroll is the type of Movie kids should be watching, oO
But yes, Akira & Ghost In The Shell are both way more mature to be watching
then Pokemon & Digimon... & yes they are way better, lOl... A lot more so...
Though if you like Ninja Scroll? You probably would like an Anime called R.I.N.,
but ummm... Ya? There is actually some really good content out there...
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.
Bruh you guys gotta collab with super eyepatch wolf ?!?
Von Von oooh agreed
Lit AF 🔥
I would love to, i think he's still a little bit above our heads on the YT hierarchy, someday though!
@@Bonsaipopjust like akira
You probably gave one of the greatest overviews/commentaries on one of the greatest Anime in existence. It meant a lot to me personally. Growing up with my younger brother watching this in a time where I look back today and my mind is literally blown when I think about all the symbolism overshadowing Akira that mirrors society today. I was 17 when I first watched this on VHS with my 12 year old younger brother back when times were simpler in the 90s.. and the memory is as clear in my mind now as it was 20 years ago.. that was a pivotable moment in both our life's..we both became massive fanatics of Anime after that night.. just viewing something so soul-shattering and visually demolishing will leave anyone who truly understand Arkira breathless .They will never forget the experience of viewing something so breathtakingly beautiful, shocking, stunning and graceful.. and realize we are all a part of Akira.
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!
dead ass serious, this is one of the best vids I've EVER seen on youtube
..your analysis is just about as creative and awesome as the movie itself. Art!
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.
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
Wow... totally mind-blowning, I never thought the link between Akira and our modern times, but you are absolutely right! Awesome video :)
That was an amazing analysis, ya just earned a sub. Keep up the great work.
the first time I ever watched any sort of anime was Akira...
Flashback to a 12 year old kid finding the anime section at our local blockbuster and picking up a film that little would the boy know would forever change the course of his life.
This is the first video of yours I've seen, youtube algorithm at work, but holy hell I love your editing
This movie is a master piece, from the story line, to the graphic design, and even directing. It was hand drawn, and took a major investment to even come into being. It’s truly timeless
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.
I applaud you on your ability to re tell this story so efficiently. Its such a complex movie!
I've never heard such deep analysis on Akira before - makes a lot of sense a d resonated deeply. Really appreciate your insights 🙏🏾
Dawg thats a great analysis, I am watching this again. 10/10 video.
Wow I always knew Akira was deep but you really showed me the next level! Thanks for the epic video
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
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
This is the best summary of Akira I've ever come across. Bravo and subscribed!
So few people dare to tackle the philosophy of this beast, but it's there to be tackled because there's so much truth in Otomo's vision. I know the manga is superior, but even as a film there is simply nothing like it for the sheer scope of the issues it raises, exposing a massive cross-section of human society and personal obsession and delving far beyond into the universal principles that can never be corrupted - principles which genuinely great minds throughout history have explored and would undoubtedly recognize in Otomo's story. Damn, I could go on and on. This was supposed to be short.
But that's why Akira is, and always will be, my favourite film by a country mile and one of the greatest and most significant fictional works ever made in any medium imo.
this is the absolute best explaination video i've seen about akira, incredible... props man
You would like the manga destroy and revolution. Its from the guy who wrote holyland and he likes to delve in those areas including the controversal ones. He also wrote suicide island where japan ships off all teenage suicide surcivors off to an island and doesnt let them go from there, declaring them dead.
And we see how especially the protagonist slowly discovers slowly a purpose in life and growing as a person. Destroy and revolution is about a guy who accidently gets granted supernatural powers aka akire, but grows from them, but also followes a riend who wanted to reform the world as partner.
And holyland is about similar themathic in street fights. and fights. All of them interesting and believable, Suicide island just isnt translated far.
You are pretty much right about this, but however isn't that sorta about how people act in the real world
as well? I mean we had riots, & people talking about revolutions & stuff here? How is Akira not a good Movie?
What makes it good, isn't the context in it. What makes it good, is that it gets word out that & actually shows
people kinda like the life going on behind doors where people aren't aware of... Other creators have done this, too...
Ralph Bakshi had done this in his Art during the Dark times in the early 80's & before earlier, too...
The Point was it was supposed to be a "Warning" for things to come...
Am I wrong?
WELL DONE. This just made me realize that my life.... IS Akira. Thank you brother.
I feel ya.
I'm also having a hard time not thinking about the fact that we are circling around the drain
That was the best review on Akira I have seen, well, ever. It has been one of my favourite films ever since I first watched it when I was young. It’s nice to see someone give it a synopsis it truly deserved.
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.
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.
It's been almost a decade since I heard of Akira. A true classic, in my book.
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.
Hotline miami soundtrack pairs SO WELL with akira! Excellent choice!
@Lemzowe9! it's called dust by moon
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.
We are all connected to an infinite source of knowledge and experiences. We are even powerful beyond imagination. Corny as it sounds, the energy of belief is the key.
This is why the Espers were portrayed as praying when Tetsuo's power had escaped his control.
This is the best Akira analysis i've ever seen. This is mindblowing dude.
Keep it Deep, keep it real Team Bonsai.
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!
Now what you said hold true, in the context of the movie, but don't forget that the ending of the movie is VASTLY different than the manga...
In the Manga, Tetsuo and Akira don't dissapear, they even hang out for a while, there's off course the explosion, but in the ruins of neo Tokyo a new order arises, where there's more psychic users that emerges and they fight over power, with gangs and the Doomsday cult worhsipping Akira.
Akira in this observes all of this but with a detached and cold eye, like all this have nothing to do with him.
This part of the manga becomes much more akin to a Hokuto no Ken flick, Post Apo ruined city, gangs and cults, Espers running amoke.
Good point. I'm sure the movie ended it that way to tie up the first couple of volumes of the story since the manga wasn't fully adapted in the movie. Apparently there's going to be some new Akira material soon
Personally, I think that Akira in the manga was really only present in the body, not the mind. That was part of what all the espers, (including Lady Miyako) wanted. Freedom of the mind without the limitations of the body. Akira's mind was focused on the cosmic energy he had first tapped into in 1988. The espers wanted themselves, Tetsuo, and Akira to be truly free in this way. Remember the other espers had been horribly disabled by the experiments that had been done to them before the first Akira explosion.
The cover for this movie is what makes it magical, just a person and a bike, no hint to our theme
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!?!?
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.
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.
This is probably the most profound view on Akira I’ve ever heard. This really makes you think!
That was perfect. Just tell me where to get the weed you smoke. Ya you nailed it.
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.
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.
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
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
This is easily one of the best video essays Ive ever consumed, thank you.
"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.
When I heard your comments about your therapist saying you put too much on your shoulders. I thought... this guys like me.
I've tried to consider what I feel is inevitable. Whatever is coming is going to be wild but I'm trying not to stress too much on it because I realise it's supposed to happen.
And I think I welcome some change to this stagnant existence. All I see is the world in pain, people obsessing over their vices, looking for some meaning or answers, or perhaps something to help them forget. Something is coming.
Good video man.
“It’s just is....”
Dr. Stone “ Not good enough. Science can explain Everything. Oh yeah, Get Excited!”
you're not my favourite anime channel on youtube, but damn, your editing and scripts are so tight. every video of yours is so unique from all the other stuff out there. big kudos.
Watching Akira on a mushroom trip changed my life. Your analysis is fantastic 🖤🖤🖤
I was high too lol now i need to read the Manga
Try watching princess monoake i cried tears lmaoo
Dear lord, I would not have been able to handle that. You have a stronger constitution than I.
I just watched it on acid last night lol
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you are enlightened...it shows in the way you talk, more people need this
the ending symbolizes the beginning of a new universe called tetsuo
snailed it!
Brilliant work.. Cowboy and Samurai were also really solid ones amongst the rest. I'd love to listen to your take on the movie (Red Line)
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.
"Where will you be when it all comes crashing down?"
There are a lot of different themes and theories about Akira but this sentence describes the questions Akira asks perfectly.
These are the kind of topics i wish to talk with my friends about. :/
MochiPaste that’s why we have internet communities my friend :)
@@weirdwesteros1109 While I'm sure we all appreciate the sentiment, sometimes it's just not the same.
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
"Drowns his own cult" someone read the manga.
The explanation of Kaneda and Whatsherface's conversation was fantastic. Great fucking video. Thank you!
What do you mean “there are many theory’s on what happened to them” they made it clear in the movie that they had created the Big Bang in a new universe. They even showed at the end of the movie a scene in deep space with Akira talking about how they became the universe and what not.
This is by far my favorite Akira analysis on UA-cam. Thanks for sharing!
Wow so this plot “happened in 2019”? It’s like watching back to the future movies 😁
What a great explanation of a lot of the deeper themes many people (myself included) could never articulate so well.
I just watched this movie recently too.
I don't often applaud many people in this day and age, but this was an absolutely beautiful commentary on a film that I have held dear since my first seeing it over a decade ago. I had the same interpersonal conflict that you had after watching this movie in my teen years and this was one of the first primordial kicks-to-the-nuts moments that forced me to think about my very existence. You have a gift of perception, my friend. Don't ever lose it. Stop seeing a therapist, because you sound like you have a better handle on life, and the world around you, than most could ever attain after a lifetime of experience. Whether you intended to or not, you have now been set out on an introspective journey, or life-walk, as an old friend used to call it. It will suck. You will constantly ask yourself, "Why the hell am I seeing all this and struggling with my acceptance of all of what I see? Why can't I just be as blind and complacent as everyone else?" Ignorance is bliss, only for the blind. So life is difficult, only for the dead.