The defence The Arthouse Gremlin
“Its refusal to behave is the point.”
The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.
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Akira
Animation · Science Fiction · Action · 1988
A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath that only two teenagers and a group of psychics can stop.
Movie details
Akira
“Neo-Tokyo is about to E.X.P.L.O.D.E.”
1988 Animation · Science Fiction · Action 2h 4m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
7.9 / 10
Community rating
A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath that only two teenagers and a group of psychics can stop.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over Akira?
For the defence
The Arthouse Gremlin
“The stranger, the better.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Popcorn Loyalist
“Big screen, big feelings, no apologies.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
Taste neighbourhood
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Names above the title
The people responsible.
Cast & crew
Directed by
Katsuhiro Otomo
Written by
Izo Hashimoto · Katsuhiro Otomo
Mitsuo Iwata
Shotaro Kaneda (voice)
Nozomu Sasaki
Tetsuo Shima (voice)
Mami Koyama
Kei (voice)
Taro Ishida
Colonel Shikishima
Mizuho Suzuki
Doctor Ônishi
Tessyo Genda
Ryûsaku (voice)
Koichi Kitamura
Priestess Miyako / Council A (voice)
Court is in session
Put Akira on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist
“Oddness is not depth.”
A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.