Akira Storyline Analysis and Explanation

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Akira Story Line Analysis and Explanation, including a thorough and in depth explanation of the films ending.
I created this video due to overwhelming request, and wish to further provide viewers with a deeper and more in depth understanding of the film. I did this in hopes of providing further clarity and sparking an analytic mindset for viewers when watching such an iconic film.

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  • When I first watched it I thought it was about motorbikes and was prepped for motorbikes but I got philosophy class instead

    @halcyon9509@halcyon95093 жыл бұрын
    • Felt the same way about Neon Genesis. was expecting a dope mech anime but got an existential crisis

      @JohnnyUFilms@JohnnyUFilms3 жыл бұрын
    • same lmfao- i thought it was just gonna be a sick action anime but it turned into something i was totally unexpecting

      @co1520@co15203 жыл бұрын
    • In metamorphosis i expected a children but i got an overdose instead

      @thatguy7155@thatguy71553 жыл бұрын
    • Me too lol, i was expecting a motorcycle gang in a futuristic Tokyo which is sort of what I got but also not at all.

      @UKEDNHAT7@UKEDNHAT73 жыл бұрын
    • @@co1520 I like your pfp lol

      @UKEDNHAT7@UKEDNHAT73 жыл бұрын
  • Akira summed up. Cool bikes Laser weapons KANADA TETSUO Psychic powers A weird ass universe implosion ending And art that is still far ahead of its time.

    @sjcobra84@sjcobra845 жыл бұрын
    • Sherbet_Bomb what about big forehead

      @chad6846@chad68465 жыл бұрын
    • And fuck capitalism 🤤 it’s the best movie

      @nandohead@nandohead4 жыл бұрын
    • CANADA

      @GGAliceCS@GGAliceCS4 жыл бұрын
    • @@nandohead *the abuse of authority, not "capitalism" which is a total projection.

      @KazuyaMithra@KazuyaMithra4 жыл бұрын
    • KAZ the general literally says you are working for corrupt capitalist politicians in one Scene and there is another where that said corrupt capitalist politician is clutching his briefcase full of money as he has a heartattack😂 yup I’m projecting

      @nandohead@nandohead4 жыл бұрын
  • Somebody give this man godlike Powers for helping me understand akira after 20 years

    @niksterfer6sir@niksterfer6sir4 жыл бұрын
    • I'll settle for more free time to create further content!

      @Spook_1994@Spook_19944 жыл бұрын
    • Lol, I just watched Akira (and I'm reasonably unfamiliar with anime in general), and was so grateful when this popped up on autoplay right after the movie ended.

      @DorotaGabal@DorotaGabal4 жыл бұрын
    • Just read the manga

      @iliveinsideyourhouse3943@iliveinsideyourhouse39433 жыл бұрын
    • @@iliveinsideyourhouse3943 basically.

      @Gadget-Walkmen@Gadget-Walkmen3 жыл бұрын
    • We don't want another massive blob of flesh, do we?

      @Officialbbcwarrior@Officialbbcwarrior3 жыл бұрын
  • “Akira, a boy, was a young boy.”

    @gnastygnork5894@gnastygnork58945 жыл бұрын
    • You found one of the few overlooked mistakes confined within my multiple re-written script! Thanks for the laugh, and for watching!!

      @Spook_1994@Spook_19945 жыл бұрын
    • Spook じめじめミーム Now why would there parents abandoned them all and send them to the orphanage?!

      @illianagarcia4826@illianagarcia48264 жыл бұрын
    • Have you watched evangelion?

      @jaeishyun@jaeishyun4 жыл бұрын
    • "Born early in his life and died at the end. In most of his life, he knew that in every 60 seconds in Africa a minute passes. Contemplating whether the floor is made out of floor or not, he decided to decide what he's going to do. Expert say he died by death."

      @SuperCityscan@SuperCityscan4 жыл бұрын
    • gnasty gnork well crap man, he sure was

      @casual_elitist@casual_elitist4 жыл бұрын
  • After all these years and this in depth analysis, this particular anime still confuses the shit out of me.

    @AdvocateOfJamaica@AdvocateOfJamaica5 жыл бұрын
    • God bless y’all! We need to turn to Jesus as Lord and Savior and leave sin behind. Preach the Gospel! John 3:16

      @kob22@kob224 жыл бұрын
    • You need to read the manga to understand what's going on in the anime. Otherwise it can be extremely confusing.

      @Laurie111981@Laurie1119814 жыл бұрын
    • Akira is about not being able to escape the system

      @DanielDaniel-xt3jh@DanielDaniel-xt3jh4 жыл бұрын
    • @@DanielDaniel-xt3jh Not at all. It's about destroying the system. Tetsuo managed to destroy Neo Tokyo in the manga (not in the anime, though it's implied) and became the emperor of this new world, the only form of government and the ultimate authority. But it made everything worse for everybody because he never wanted a better world or justice for all in the first place. He only wanted the power to do whatever he wanted in impunity. And he got just that. And he killed all these people, his friends, the scientists who held him, the military, the politicians, the teachers, the other gangs he was fighting back when he was a biker. Everybody. And if anything, Akira is about power and what it does to the people who yield it. In the case of Tetsuo, it changed not only his personality but also his appearance. It severed whatever still tied him to humanity. He no longer looked human and became unable to relate to his peers. It took him from young thug to psychopath and in the end, to monster. But he DID manage to escape the system and the society he hated. It's just that A LOT of people had to die for that to happen (Freedom never comes cheap). It's his own power he couldn't escape.

      @Laurie111981@Laurie1119814 жыл бұрын
    • @@Laurie111981 good analysis

      @DanielDaniel-xt3jh@DanielDaniel-xt3jh4 жыл бұрын
  • This is a very in depth analysis, and I thoroughly love Akira But I can't help but laugh over how a skirmish between two biker gangs led to the formation of a new universe

    @ThatGuyIsACoolGuy@ThatGuyIsACoolGuy4 жыл бұрын
    • Sorry this is a year old comment but there were actually three the capsules, clowns, and smiles

      @manuelm2300@manuelm23003 жыл бұрын
    • @@manuelm2300 The only gangs mentioned in Akira(Or the movie, at least. I never read the manga) were the clowns and the capsules. There wasn't a third gang, and even if there was, it was the first skirmish between the clowns and capsules that led to Tetsuo meeting the espers, so a third gang wouldn't have affected the story. And it's fine that you're responding to an old comment lol

      @ThatGuyIsACoolGuy@ThatGuyIsACoolGuy3 жыл бұрын
    • The irony of a little skirmish between two gangs starting a new universe can also be though of as two nations in a war using the nuclear bombs and creating something neither imagined

      @petertimberlake7345@petertimberlake73453 жыл бұрын
    • War never changes

      @danielscharff9945@danielscharff99452 жыл бұрын
    • @@danielscharff9945 Fallout, boy.

      @thacryinggame@thacryinggame Жыл бұрын
  • Rest in peace Kaori. Tortured, sexually abused, got insulted continunessly, and at the end fucking crushed to death by her own lover. And through out all of this, she still cared and had the most loving heart of any character I have ever known. Man, her death and complete underrating/unmention in the movie is so fucking heartbreaking, and I am still depressed about it.

    @lightblue254@lightblue2542 жыл бұрын
    • Yeah that was fucked up

      @Kxy2x@Kxy2x2 жыл бұрын
    • I love Kaori, and her life is even more fucked up. Rip Kaori

      @Onyx421@Onyx421 Жыл бұрын
    • Read the manga, not the same fate

      @dozerroman4325@dozerroman4325 Жыл бұрын
    • Totally

      @darrenklein6090@darrenklein6090 Жыл бұрын
    • And in the manga she is a sex slave 😅

      @littlemiss9521@littlemiss9521 Жыл бұрын
  • His forehead is larger than my future

    @dweagon@dweagon4 жыл бұрын
    • I can't stop laughing at this. 😂

      @Spook_1994@Spook_19944 жыл бұрын
    • btw your donut is even larger

      @ricedumpling3987@ricedumpling39873 жыл бұрын
    • His hairline is more distant then my my chances of getting laid

      @JamKyt9@JamKyt93 жыл бұрын
    • your art is worser den his forehead

      @sticknn5880@sticknn58803 жыл бұрын
    • @@Spook_1994 did you ever make the vid about the impact of nuclear weapons on anime?

      @peteryocum@peteryocum3 жыл бұрын
  • I made my mother, who was about 70, watch Akira. She thought it was a warning against nuclear energy. I'm sure neither of us understood it fully. I think she was about right in the general direction.

    @davidcarter4454@davidcarter44544 жыл бұрын
    • She's spot on!

      @Spook_1994@Spook_19944 жыл бұрын
    • That one scene with the girl and the biker gang probably wasn’t ideal

      @revolutioninc7081@revolutioninc70813 жыл бұрын
    • Nuclear energy is the safest technology :P Nuclear WEAPONRY isn't nuclear ENERGY.

      @Novarcharesk@Novarcharesk3 жыл бұрын
    • I showed this to my dad. All he said was that it was too long.

      @kittylover62@kittylover623 жыл бұрын
    • Nuclear energy is only a bad thing when the soviets make it happen. Nowadays its extremely environmentally clean.

      @Dylski.@Dylski.2 жыл бұрын
  • The atom bomb and the whole world war 2 had great affect on anime and Japanese people. It's insane.

    @Dukefazon@Dukefazon4 жыл бұрын
    • I'd say there is no anime without the atom bomb

      @furiousfuryan@furiousfuryan3 жыл бұрын
    • @@furiousfuryan ???

      @stfu1803@stfu18033 жыл бұрын
    • @@stfu1803 at least it would look very different

      @furiousfuryan@furiousfuryan3 жыл бұрын
    • you sound surprised. it's crazy what was done and it must not happen again. absolute war crime.

      @web9195@web91953 жыл бұрын
    • @@web9195 what the Japanese did to the Koreans and Chinese was a real war crime.

      @eliecerquintero2646@eliecerquintero26463 жыл бұрын
  • I was 12 in 1989 when I saw *Akira* in a small theater in the east village. It was only supposed to be one showing but the projectionist asked if we wanted to see it again, which of course everyone did... I can’t describe how massive a moment that was for me...

    @grendelum@grendelum4 жыл бұрын
    • East village, where are you from?

      @NuIIname@NuIIname2 жыл бұрын
    • @@NuIIname new york city

      @zac7863@zac78632 жыл бұрын
  • It was predicted to happen in 2019. Now here we are.

    @twinklingstar2082@twinklingstar20825 жыл бұрын
    • Twinkling Star im still waiting

      @eugeniaalvarez9845@eugeniaalvarez98455 жыл бұрын
    • Very very fucked

      @jazsonriddick416@jazsonriddick4164 жыл бұрын
    • Best thing is that we got 2020 olympics in japan too. :)

      @FrancoUnAmericano@FrancoUnAmericano4 жыл бұрын
    • Shhhhhhhiiiiiiiittttttttt

      @orphanofkos7337@orphanofkos73374 жыл бұрын
    • I first watched Akira a week ago, and I was flipping out when I saw the time stamp

      @orcastrike7750@orcastrike77504 жыл бұрын
  • The ending of the movie is only 1/3 of the manga story. If you like the movie you should definitely read it.

    @bumpoman2485@bumpoman24854 жыл бұрын
    • I have the entire manga collection and would love to do a video highlighting exactly what you said!

      @Spook_1994@Spook_19944 жыл бұрын
    • Lady miyako is the MVP in the manga

      @iliveinsideyourhouse3943@iliveinsideyourhouse39433 жыл бұрын
    • @@iliveinsideyourhouse3943 if i'm not mistaken, Lady Miyako was one of the patients? I haven't read the manga but saw some comments about Akira series that Lady Miyako was one of the many 'Patients' including the three espers, Akira, and Tetsuo

      @justarandomperson868@justarandomperson8683 жыл бұрын
    • @@justarandomperson868 Yes.

      @iliveinsideyourhouse3943@iliveinsideyourhouse39433 жыл бұрын
    • @@iliveinsideyourhouse3943 ah, thanks, probably gonna read the manga after this

      @justarandomperson868@justarandomperson8683 жыл бұрын
  • One of the things I noticed about the Akira manga, was the government's use of drugs to repress Tetsuo and the Espers' powers, was kind of similar to what's done to kids in general. Hyperactive? Drug it. Disassociative disorder? Drug it. Depressed? Drug it. Ask too many questions? Drug it. Psychic abilities? Drug it. That's one of the themes of the movie, control.

    @brianoconnell6459@brianoconnell64594 жыл бұрын
    • Under rated comment right here 👀

      @Spook_1994@Spook_19944 жыл бұрын
    • @@Spook_1994 OG original watcher in 1988, I had a lot of time to spend microanalyzing it.:) All my lives you might say.

      @brianoconnell6459@brianoconnell64594 жыл бұрын
    • Trust me those “drugs” do help to a degree. Then again it’s up to the patient who is prescribed them to elevate their mental health. Allow me to explain, a depressed person will be prescribed medication during this time they’re encouraged to try to partake in hobbies, go out more, and interact socially. In order to elevate their depression. Their diet is also taken into consideration, also their environment, and who they interact with. The medication is suppose to serve as a help to their depression until they can cope with it. With a better diet, healthy hobbies and supportive people. Their medication is slowly lowered. Until the person is able to handle their depression.

      @ohwell0289@ohwell02893 жыл бұрын
    • Ohwell 0 thank you I don’t blame people for looking down at medication but it’s better than being in a dr. Stone situation and there aren’t any drugs for unknown sicknesses

      @jc_siah@jc_siah3 жыл бұрын
    • Some of those "things" that you mention are actual issues, and those "drugs" help them, like, do you want to be depressed? Probably no, so if you take those drugs you can actually live a good life, the thing here is that people see the drugs regarding mental health as a thing to be scared when no, they help a lot actually.

      @pagolainaki7175@pagolainaki71753 жыл бұрын
  • True. Neutron bombs were a big deal in the 1980's. I think this movie describes the effects of nuclear warfare on the spirit, soul and collective consciousness in general. People say Tetsuo is evil but that's not true, he is more chaotic neutral and then goes mad from all the power from Akira (who already blew up!)

    @UltimateEnd0@UltimateEnd05 жыл бұрын
    • yeah people who call tetsuo evil are retarded

      @vincenthammons-kd9du@vincenthammons-kd9du4 жыл бұрын
    • Tetsuo was killing people like the soldiers who were just doing their jobs. How is that not evil?

      @HumanPhilosopherPatriot@HumanPhilosopherPatriot4 жыл бұрын
    • @@HumanPhilosopherPatriot its called self defense they kidnapped him the start with anyways

      @vincenthammons-kd9du@vincenthammons-kd9du4 жыл бұрын
    • @@vincenthammons-kd9du bruh he killed the barkeep and one of his closest friends what do you call that?

      @chrislopez3893@chrislopez38934 жыл бұрын
    • Chris Lopez lol you got him there

      @flopster8139@flopster81393 жыл бұрын
  • I think I was like 14 when I saw this for the first time. My friend's parents had it on VHS and I remember loving it, but also being VERY confused. Then I remember it airing on Toonami once and watching it again and fell back in love. Time for another rewatch with my 25yr old big brain lol. You always notice new things when you rewatch old classics!

    @knparks1919@knparks19194 жыл бұрын
    • Yes, I need to get a copy on VHS! Now, if only I could track down the Sega game...

      @Spook_1994@Spook_19944 жыл бұрын
    • We are the same age so I find the fact you got to watch it on VHS super cool. No one used it had them when I was growing up. (Outside of when I was like 6, but I don’t really remember that too much)

      @GGIGamingINC@GGIGamingINC4 жыл бұрын
    • like mutated testuo's UGLY ass nutsack

      @yeetmaster-eb1xq@yeetmaster-eb1xq3 жыл бұрын
    • I’m 23 and watched it for the first time. I still didn’t understand the ending but this video helped.

      @rockinroses9745@rockinroses97452 жыл бұрын
    • There is a SEGA game if Akira?

      @georgeso-hx5pn@georgeso-hx5pn Жыл бұрын
  • Most confusing movie ever

    @WorrenWright@WorrenWright5 жыл бұрын
    • it's like a japanese Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas lol

      @jrmcrlmorales@jrmcrlmorales5 жыл бұрын
    • Huh? Try Ghost in the Shell (1995).

      @ieru.rapha.7@ieru.rapha.75 жыл бұрын
    • @@ieru.rapha.7 Or perfect blue

      @OakenRoot@OakenRoot5 жыл бұрын
    • Honestly it's not, maybe you're just too young to understand.

      @Mecks089@Mecks0895 жыл бұрын
    • @@Mecks089 Can you explain the film in your own words?

      @EmptyHand49@EmptyHand495 жыл бұрын
  • this movie was a masterpiece for me just its so sad yet amazing

    @deathopelangley@deathopelangley5 жыл бұрын
    • why do you talk like this

      @silva6605@silva66054 жыл бұрын
    • @@silva6605 because its fun

      @deathopelangley@deathopelangley4 жыл бұрын
    • @@deathopelangley o k a y

      @silva6605@silva66054 жыл бұрын
    • have you heard they are doing an anime for the manga?

      @thehouseofculture3931@thehouseofculture39314 жыл бұрын
    • @@thehouseofculture3931 oh ma god whattt?!?!/1/1/1

      @deathopelangley@deathopelangley4 жыл бұрын
  • Wait, considering the year is 2019 and we're in an alternate history to the film, could that mean the movie eludes that WE are in Tetsuo's created universe? Edit: Wow, I have returned a year later to a pretty amusing conversation!

    @jake_pungo@jake_pungo5 жыл бұрын
    • ur woke af

      @georgesaviour4789@georgesaviour47895 жыл бұрын
    • The Olympics are taking place in Japan next year, Just as the film predicted! You may be on to something!

      @Spook_1994@Spook_19945 жыл бұрын
    • @@Spook_1994 this is too woke for me

      @TheNamesDitto@TheNamesDitto5 жыл бұрын
    • Edit: Just wanted to let yall know I was fucking with ya Edit 2: Still think its a shit joke Over the years i've studied the universe, multiverse, metverse, omniverse, planes a existence, pocket universe, dimensions, and planes of reality. In my opinion this s wrong. Any form of media is in a plane of reality below us. We created it, we designed it, gave it visuals, a voice, and thoughts. The same applies for the movie. People from our reality plane animated it, created the story, gave them voices etc. We created akira. He cant control us. We gave akira thoughts in the first place.

      @cowmoo5596@cowmoo55965 жыл бұрын
    • @@cowmoo5596 he was making a joke lay off a bit

      @wdbsounds@wdbsounds5 жыл бұрын
  • So was Akira already his own universe some where else? Then the kids used his organ samples to summon his Consciousness to come back to the movie universe, to help contain Tetsuo’s transformation into a universe of his own and show him how to do it? Basically, the movie universe is A, Akira’s universe is B and Tetuso has now become Universe C. separate gods in there created places? Or did the two of them, Akira and Tetsuo merge their powers together to create a new universe and now they exist there together? Like yin and yang

    @bronks1200@bronks12005 жыл бұрын
    • Hillshire maybe

      @Grod2013@Grod20135 жыл бұрын
    • The first explosion that created Neo Tokyo was Akira becoming an universe

      @lcg3092@lcg30925 жыл бұрын
    • I would say the last bit it's what made more "sense" if you think about it, anything in our reality relies in the belif of what's right and wrong, good or evil, and you can not have one with out the other (at least in theory), so assuming akira is the force for good it needed to exist first to do what good does, create stuff, and in an opositive reaction, evil came to exist trough Tetsuo, and merged in the new universe to balance the equation and complete the sense of existence of all things in that new universe giving the the Father of good and the counterbalance the father of evil. But that's just my philosophical bullshit. It could be what the author tried to send as a message of his own set of belifs. XD

      @ODGUZO@ODGUZO5 жыл бұрын
    • They don't become an universe. Their consciousness became part of the universe through their awakened ability to control the Akira energy...... That's how I think it is.....just my thoughts.

      @lalboimanlun1230@lalboimanlun12305 жыл бұрын
    • akira was still in a physical form, just chopped up. sealed and dormant. tetsuo was the only one strong enough to wake him up when he entered his presence. I think tetsuo losing control was his powers reacting to the presence of akria. once the container and seals were broken, akira was able to manifest himself again, like Dr Manhattan. since the 3 kids were not as strong as akria and tetsuo, I believe akira and tetsuo made a universe and all 5 of them exist there.

      @losgryfog@losgryfog5 жыл бұрын
  • Spook: talks about how a kid caused ww3 2020 : Everyone : *getting drafted for ww3*

    @repperex3745@repperex37454 жыл бұрын
    • Looks like the 2020 Olympics prediction wasn't the only thing that came true...👀

      @Spook_1994@Spook_19944 жыл бұрын
    • @@Spook_1994 delayed

      @jimtamim1708@jimtamim17083 жыл бұрын
  • Anyone else appreciate akira way more after finishing the movie?

    @vxora7742@vxora77424 жыл бұрын
    • I just literally finished it man i dont even know what to say lmao

      @bard1101@bard11014 жыл бұрын
    • Ehhh I’m pretty disappointed ngl... it seems overhyped now bc everyone told me I had to watch it bc it was such a great anime movie but I’m rating it a solid 6/7 😪

      @pauljorge5089@pauljorge50893 жыл бұрын
    • @@pauljorge5089 The insane animation skills alone are nothing you can ruin through overhyping. Not to mention the soundtrack. Both are flawless.

      @njux1871@njux18713 жыл бұрын
    • @@pauljorge5089 it’s definitely not overrated, it deserves every bit of attention

      @UKEDNHAT7@UKEDNHAT73 жыл бұрын
    • you need to read the manga to complete it

      @abyssoftokyo@abyssoftokyo8 ай бұрын
  • Great explanation. I now realize that there were so many parts of the manga and the anime that I didn't understand despite reading and watching it countless times... I never associated that orb of light with the big bang and the creation of a new universe. When at the end they say "it's already begun", I thought it meant more espers like Kay would appear. And when Kyoko says " big people like you shouldn't have that power" and talks about amoeba (through Kay)... I always thought that meant the akira abilities were due to a microbial infection. But she meant that great powers to flawed individuals only enhance their ability to do what they were already doing: evil. It doesn't improve them. It just multiplies their respective propensity for good or evil. And apparently the fact that Tetsuo's psychic pattern is the exact opposite of Akira's alludes to their respective natures. Japanese mangas can be so deep and reflective sometimes... It's amazing. You'd never find that in western comics.

    @Laurie111981@Laurie1119814 жыл бұрын
    • It's important to note that this is only my interpretation of the film. Your interpretation is just as valid! The creation of a new universe might as well mean the creation of future espers.

      @Spook_1994@Spook_19944 жыл бұрын
  • Watching this film high is a religious experience.

    @jeanfigueroa6235@jeanfigueroa62354 жыл бұрын
    • I just did, didnt get much kick, last night saw Purple Blue, that was damn trippy

      @subhabera5775@subhabera57753 жыл бұрын
    • Just watched it trippin nuts last night always a great time doing that lmao

      @EMPtaticz@EMPtaticz3 жыл бұрын
    • might be.

      @Gadget-Walkmen@Gadget-Walkmen3 жыл бұрын
    • take acid and watch it

      @joshbuterbaugh4047@joshbuterbaugh40473 жыл бұрын
    • Watching this on LSD is a must

      @pancakeslapp@pancakeslapp3 жыл бұрын
  • thank you for this, i just finished akira and this answered a lot of my questions!

    @iWannaSing38@iWannaSing385 жыл бұрын
    • Ishmael Muhammad Akira really spirals off near the end! It’s a great film but I was originally pretty confused as well 😂

      @Spook_1994@Spook_19945 жыл бұрын
    • same, just finished it at 4am

      @smamoden1523@smamoden15234 жыл бұрын
  • Funny how a slime tutorial brought me here.

    @phylarious4352@phylarious43524 жыл бұрын
  • I wished nothing bad happend to tetsuo he was so sweet and just wanted respect and got misunderstood

    @vaiankothebird@vaiankothebird11 ай бұрын
    • I agree with you 💯 👍

      @NoahKheribot@NoahKheribot9 ай бұрын
  • just finished the movie and what i thought right after it ended, was that it's supposed to be a commentary about the corruption of politicians, military, hiding the truth from the people, how selfish humans are in nature, etc., but i missed a lot of things, geez. i'm particularly bad at analysing media as complex (and not so complex...) like this film, and your video was really helpful, well made, and straight to the point, loved it!!

    @guronyan6663@guronyan66634 жыл бұрын
  • Every time I try to say this almost no one hasn't spoken about it but, DID THEY JUST PREDICTED THE OLYMPICS IN JAPAN OF 2020?! I was it to honor the movie?

    @OhJuliaSmith@OhJuliaSmith5 жыл бұрын
    • You know they did it to honor the movie!

      @Spook_1994@Spook_19945 жыл бұрын
    • as far as I know, the year of the countries where the Olympics take place are already set, decades in advance

      @jeff8253@jeff82534 жыл бұрын
    • Jeff Japan 2020 wasn’t announced yet in 1988, it was announced in 2013

      @GeorgeLeafe@GeorgeLeafe4 жыл бұрын
    • This thread: proof that people need to read up on their Olympic hosting history :D @spook, I didn't know the IOC is into anime when they voted Tokyo as the 2020 Summer Olympics host :D

      @jpabcede5016@jpabcede50164 жыл бұрын
    • PLUS it got delayed

      @justarandomperson868@justarandomperson8683 жыл бұрын
  • I always thought Tetsuo overused his power and it turned on him. He went against the flow of the universe too much and it finally overwhelmed him. He was he was then rescued by Akira and placed in a different universe where he wasn't affected anymore by the causality of his actions in our universe.

    @atomiswave2@atomiswave22 жыл бұрын
  • OMG I AM INTERESTED in your explanation on atom bomb in anime as a whole!!! Love the video, I subbed.

    @calleighlin5179@calleighlin51795 жыл бұрын
  • Wow man, this is incredibly high quality and in-depth content. I have no choice but to subscribe to you. Thank you for spending the time to make this video.

    @ZOMBIEbrains1000@ZOMBIEbrains10005 жыл бұрын
  • Akira and tetsuo pretty much acted as suns. A sun is ultimate energy. When they got so much power they exploded like a star. They went supernova and created a black hole. This whole thing is just things we already know or believe in someway percieved in someones own perspective.

    @gokunumberone@gokunumberone4 жыл бұрын
  • I learned that the reason Tetsuo even had psychic powers in the first place was because his grandfather was apart of the first Akira plan, and the powers skipped a generation.

    @meerakitengoku9577@meerakitengoku95772 жыл бұрын
  • I literally CANNOT believe that the very first words out of your mouth in this video are the actual content of the video, and aren’t some sort of contrived introduction or “welcome back everybody so today we’ll be talking about one of my favorite movies of all time and bear in mind that it’s really blah blah blah” monologue. That sort of intro thing always happens in KZhead video essays like this-so well done! Thank you very much for this editing decision. It makes me instantly want to watch your video more, because I don’t have to wait for it to start.

    @andyghkfilm2287@andyghkfilm22872 жыл бұрын
  • Masterpiece of animation. Great analysis.

    @MicahBuzanANIMATION@MicahBuzanANIMATION5 жыл бұрын
  • One of the best Akira analysis videos on yt! Props to the mentioning at the end that anime was influenced by the atomic bomb and the destruction it caused in hiroshima and nagasaki! I thought the same thing! Keep making these analysis videos! Btw you should totally have more subscribers!

    @lukadubak7476@lukadubak74764 жыл бұрын
    • I really appreciate your support! My dream is to create content full time, media is my passion and these classic films deserve more of a spotlight!

      @Spook_1994@Spook_19944 жыл бұрын
  • I remember watching this with my brother as a kid. It stood out in my mind like some kind of myth. Ever since becoming an adult I've been trying to remember what I watched as a kid. Now I know, it was Akira I watched all those years ago. Quite serendipitous to have it randomly pop into my KZhead suggested videos. Makes me wonder if the SNES game that stands out in my mind will resurface in my life in the same way Akira did. Thank you for this video. It concluded a 15 year long quest.

    @propheinx2250@propheinx22503 жыл бұрын
  • This is by far the most complete explanation I could find online. Thank you.

    @docsplayground@docsplayground4 жыл бұрын
  • 1:01 low key bars

    @maceyomaze@maceyomaze4 жыл бұрын
  • Me: just watched Akira Status: thoroughly scarred and looking for answers

    @dapugloaf5999@dapugloaf59994 жыл бұрын
    • Da Pug Lord same I didn’t sleep for a while thinking about the film

      @manny2425@manny24253 жыл бұрын
  • This movie is crazy fun and badass and looks phenomenal. I recommend every anime fan watch it.

    @vemis124@vemis1244 жыл бұрын
  • This is the best explanation and analysis of the film on youtube.

    @HypnosisASMR@HypnosisASMR4 жыл бұрын
  • Akira was the movie that made me love anime. I watched it for the first time when I was 13 back when everybody thought stuff like this was only for nerds. But it opened my mind to how this stuff isn't nerdy at all its awesome and has so much to offer. As I kid I always watched yugioh and Pokémon but considered them cartoons but this was the movie that opened the doors to everything else.

    @calledbythegrave9491@calledbythegrave9491 Жыл бұрын
  • I almost came to the same conclusion, but the points you made really helped me understand the ending completely, thanks for sharing your knowledge :)

    @kinn4001@kinn40015 жыл бұрын
  • Holy hell, was really getting in my feels with how deep, and creative this film is. So glad i took time to see the explanation.

    @GarcDi3@GarcDi3 Жыл бұрын
  • this is a great video. i sat down and watched it all the way through, and didn't even realize that it was over until it was over. amazing analysis, you genuinely care and understand this behemoth of a story.

    @matterbaby2921@matterbaby292110 ай бұрын
  • This is some quality content, man. Keep it up!

    @jamesinbou@jamesinbou4 жыл бұрын
  • Tetsuo:GET AWAY FROM ME!!! Also Tetsuo: *comes closer*

    @rscenicc29@rscenicc293 жыл бұрын
  • Quality content right here Spook!!! Thx for making this video... your channel is certainly underrated, u def earned my sub

    @dannyxdidxdat9423@dannyxdidxdat94235 жыл бұрын
  • you've answered questions I've had for decades! Thank you for this video!!

    @pixelpuppy@pixelpuppy5 жыл бұрын
    • Thanks for the supportive comment! I could clear some things up!

      @Spook_1994@Spook_19945 жыл бұрын
  • Fantastic video! Please do more of these! Super easy to follow and understand, as well as well put together! Cant believe you only have this many subs you deserve a lot more. Please keep uploading!

    @coolhazaStudios@coolhazaStudios5 жыл бұрын
    • Thanks! Comments like this one drive me to continue working on youtube videos. I'll shortly be releasing my new series called Spook's Spotlights! Featuring the 1991 Capcom classic Nights of the round!

      @Spook_1994@Spook_19945 жыл бұрын
  • ufff i liked this video,being honest your explanation is way better than others, your channel is underrated

    @Xmias3YT@Xmias3YT5 жыл бұрын
    • I'm glad you enjoyed my analysis!

      @Spook_1994@Spook_19945 жыл бұрын
    • juan_da_one I agree. One of the best explanation I have ever heard.

      @deadeye1345@deadeye13455 жыл бұрын
  • i think this sums up what i saw, but i did get vibes of becoming pure energy through rebirth which spawns big bang kind of sense as tetsuo looked like a giant god fetus like creature before he was swallowed by the light that was akira. and i think that the estimation that akira took tetsuo away to his dimension or universe to more or less save him from himself or maybe recruit him was what happened in the end, i'm not sure. the movie had some stellar animation however i feel like it was a pretty rough movie to watch as it was really hard to follow plot points and it jumped from different parts of the cast giving away very little information except the visuals and it's like you had to just guess a lot of the plot or what they were trying to convey through the entire movie by context clues. it was nice to look at but i felt no emotional connection to it, but it was pretty interesting because the plot points seemed pretty cool and i had to invest myself into it to understand it.

    @bobxbaker@bobxbaker5 жыл бұрын
    • I reckon he was recruited to ram ranch

      @cowlicker72@cowlicker722 жыл бұрын
  • This video is amazing I just finished akira and loved every second I thought I understood the ending but you just made it so much better, keep up the good work

    @spandal2789@spandal27892 жыл бұрын
  • Very nice analysis and professionally edited content. Underrated for sure; hope your channels grows to the potential it deserves soon!

    @rstrdn@rstrdn5 жыл бұрын
  • leave me alone!

    @opossum9307@opossum930711 ай бұрын
    • Akira Akira

      @cocacolaowo318@cocacolaowo31811 ай бұрын
  • Superb video! Thanks for explaining this movie greatly. I couldn't understand much in the movie when I watched it . But your video helped me to understand most of the movie. Thank you so much.

    @gekkouga2828@gekkouga28283 жыл бұрын
  • This is probably the best analysis of Akira yet! I seen and read many interpretations but yours is by far the best I'm going to subscribe

    @thagomizers6329@thagomizers63294 жыл бұрын
    • Thank you, this really means a lot to me!

      @Spook_1994@Spook_19944 жыл бұрын
  • This needs more Views! Good explaination, good quality, easy to understand! 👍

    @marcencabo7811@marcencabo78115 жыл бұрын
  • who comes here after the memes "Leave me alooone ,, AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA"

    @Colnis@Colnis11 ай бұрын
  • Lol still confused... these writers must’ve been coked outta their minds creating this .

    @lormingo5259@lormingo52594 жыл бұрын
    • It was the 80s...👀

      @Spook_1994@Spook_19944 жыл бұрын
    • There's an interview of the director of this movie (who is also the author of akira manga) and is the most normal guy ever lol, also very smart.

      @islandboy9381@islandboy93813 жыл бұрын
    • ITS FUCKING GARBAGE. BEAUTIFUL GARBAGE, BUT GARBAGE NONETHELESS. LAZY WRITING AT ITS WORST.

      @mkocel@mkocel3 жыл бұрын
    • @@mkocel how is the writing lazy-

      @probablykillua4680@probablykillua46803 жыл бұрын
    • @@mkocel bruh

      @mariiya6097@mariiya60973 жыл бұрын
  • This movie is a masterpiece. It is not hard to understand it if you are a little awake during it. It is great to watch these kind of videos and others to further understand all the meaning behind each scene, dialogue and even music. I love this movie. I will read the mangas someday.

    @Naxafa@Naxafa2 жыл бұрын
  • Thank you, this video is the best explanation for people who didn’t understand the anime.

    @abigfan132@abigfan1324 жыл бұрын
  • This is amazing, i should definitely re-watch akira, I was way too young to grasp all of this when I initially watched it

    @beepIL@beepIL3 жыл бұрын
  • This is the epicist anime movie i have ever seen in my entire life

    @Fer-zl6ge@Fer-zl6ge5 жыл бұрын
  • Best analysis I have seen so far! Fantastic work, definitely deserve more subs and attention :)

    @Dazs@Dazs5 жыл бұрын
    • Thanks, It really means a lot! I've been meaning to start a series, but I just can't find the time quite yet!

      @Spook_1994@Spook_19945 жыл бұрын
  • thank you for doing such a good job narrating and analyzing the movie akira, you are helping me write an essay and appreciate a movie that i have already loved even more. you also show me how there is more meaning in this story and why it is important. out of all the akira analyzing videos on youtube you most definitely do the best job

    @MikieandDan@MikieandDan5 жыл бұрын
    • One of the inspirations of this video was due to an essay I had to write in college. My film studies professor was supportive and enjoyed me introducing him to the film! It means more than you know that I got to help you with your essay!

      @Spook_1994@Spook_19945 жыл бұрын
    • Spook じめじめミーム it helped so much thank you again. What kind of paper did you write ? And if it was an essay what was your thesis statement?

      @MikieandDan@MikieandDan5 жыл бұрын
  • LEAVE ME ALOOONEEEE

    @youmanbruhhh5739@youmanbruhhh573911 ай бұрын
  • The guy that made the movie and manga was a genius. He thought about concepts that resemble a lot what Stephen Hawking seemed to have thought about black holes that could be their own big bang to the eyes of eventual observers somewhere in the future of this big bang.

    @jojolafrite90@jojolafrite902 жыл бұрын
  • Thanks for the clarity 👍🏾 I comprehend everything up until the ending as a kid and always wondered what it meant.

    @2savage907@2savage9075 жыл бұрын
  • Great upload my dude!

    @erebus890@erebus8905 жыл бұрын
  • Great !! Movie still rocks in 2019.

    @samirharris1@samirharris15 жыл бұрын
  • just finished watching a fun slime tutorial i now suddenly feel the need to watch this

    @gummybacon123@gummybacon1234 жыл бұрын
  • Well thank you! There's so many little plot points I didn't understand (maybe because of translation or because I didn't pay attention), this cleared my mind. Ivey tried to understand te movie by rewatching it multiple times, but you were the one, man.

    @TheDude8008@TheDude80082 жыл бұрын
  • That last bit at the end regarding Akira and Tetsuo's pocket-verses was great, I had always pondered what the explanation could be but that was an excellent summation.

    @johnathanoneal9@johnathanoneal94 жыл бұрын
  • Dammnn got to give a hand to the creator....this anime's concept is gold

    @wikimengs.v2.041@wikimengs.v2.0415 жыл бұрын
  • Underrated channel and video!

    @jo-jr2dv@jo-jr2dv5 жыл бұрын
  • Watched this a few times. Great video! Thanks! Do more of these videos.

    @DrWho2008t101@DrWho2008t1013 жыл бұрын
  • Thank you so much, I never could wrap my head around the real plot of this film. Great video!

    @culex2513@culex25133 жыл бұрын
  • One of the prevalent thoughts I had during the movie was that everyone were always antagonizing eachother and so many of the disasters that happened during the plot would probably not have happened if they just communicated. Like if the government/scientists just explained to Tetsuo that he contained dangerous powers and could end up dying and killing a lot of people maybe he would have collaborating. Even after the chaos started they could maybe have talked him down instead of shooting a bunch of weapons pointlessly at him. If Tetsuo had been honest about how being mocked or bullied affected him then maybe their friendship wouldn't have rifted. The kids keep refusing to elaborate themselves and people keep thinking they're bad guys because of it. Hell if they told the people the truth about Akira/the "bomb" maybe the war wouldn't even have happened. Plus, the politicians being exposed as liars and manipulators in the end leads me to believe there's a message in the movie about trying to understand eachother and just being honest.

    @gigajerk6953@gigajerk69532 жыл бұрын
    • > disasters that happened ... would probably not have happened if they just communicated Sounds like life.

      @rabbitcreative@rabbitcreative Жыл бұрын
  • After 40+ years, I've finally come to understand Akira... I think

    @Steel_@Steel_3 жыл бұрын
  • Incredible video Man! Helped me a lot!

    @pablopinedarivera9961@pablopinedarivera99614 жыл бұрын
  • Great video! Really enjoyed understanding that ending, but what breaks my heart the most is how kaneda doesn’t think twice to go save tetsou, even after all he has done :(

    @ataud9754@ataud97544 жыл бұрын
  • I just saw this movie today.

    @masterklaw4527@masterklaw45275 жыл бұрын
    • Same.

      @GreenGoblinCoryintheHouse@GreenGoblinCoryintheHouse4 жыл бұрын
    • I saw this 2 days ago!

      @KrisPBacon@KrisPBacon4 жыл бұрын
  • FREAKING INCREDIBLE. Just incredible, man.

    @saint_yves@saint_yves4 жыл бұрын
    • Almost as incredible as your Nobita Nobi profile picture! Thank you for your kind comment!

      @Spook_1994@Spook_19944 жыл бұрын
    • @@Spook_1994 Anytime, man. Anytime. (Also thank you for noticing! I'm trying to start reading Doraemon, but first I have to get a volume!)

      @saint_yves@saint_yves4 жыл бұрын
  • Wow! This was a great breakdown! 👌

    @Avatar013@Avatar0135 жыл бұрын
  • Finally got to watch the movie recently, and was left with a lot of questions. Really appreciate your video, cause it helps me wrap my brain round what was being proposed by the film. Thank you.

    @-septimus@-septimus2 жыл бұрын
  • Always my favorite!

    @curtistwenge1499@curtistwenge14995 жыл бұрын
  • I wish I had this video to go along with the movie back in 1989 when I first saw it.

    @joeywall4657@joeywall46574 жыл бұрын
    • I'm glad you enjoyed it! (Even if I was 30 years or so late)

      @Spook_1994@Spook_19944 жыл бұрын
  • Finally a video that explains the nontrivial parts of the film! Thank you

    @slartibartfast426@slartibartfast4265 жыл бұрын
    • Thanks for watching, I really appreciate you taking time to comment! I worked really hard on this video, it's always good to hear from a fellow fan.

      @Spook_1994@Spook_19945 жыл бұрын
  • I would love another video! I appreciate your explanation!

    @lizkeller5827@lizkeller58275 жыл бұрын
  • Where did the scientists and the rest of the humans come from? How did they know that Akira was the cause of the explosion?

    @lilbastaman@lilbastaman5 жыл бұрын
    • hate to be that person but... read the manga.

      @AstralThrob@AstralThrob5 жыл бұрын
    • @@AstralThrob i just downloaded it I'm going to read it when I get a reader program for it

      @jerkface38@jerkface385 жыл бұрын
    • The explosion didn't kill everyone. They know Akira was the cause because they were experimenting and monitoring on those psychic children including Akira.

      @lalboimanlun1230@lalboimanlun12305 жыл бұрын
    • Lalboi Manlun than they should be dead already after that explosion

      @lilbastaman@lilbastaman5 жыл бұрын
    • @@lilbastaman Akira saved the 3 remaining espers (those 3 freaky looking kids) during the first bomb. they probally told them it was him.

      @dangerislander@dangerislander5 жыл бұрын
  • Can I ask a question? if Akira creates a new universe, he can reset everything right in that area he borrowed right?!! That means Kaori is still alive. That’s just a theory though

    @a_a9808@a_a98084 жыл бұрын
    • I unfortunately do not know the extension of Tetsuo's abilities, but I feel if they are powerful enough to produce a new universe they would be powerful enough to do just that!

      @Spook_1994@Spook_19944 жыл бұрын
    • Personally I don't think he can, or will. Kaori died before the new universe was created, and none of Akira's or Tetsuo's powers indicate they could bring back the dead. They could possibly make an identical looking copy of Kaori in the new universe, but it wouldn't be the same one most likely, i.e it wouldn't have her memories or experiences.

      @nerobiblios4086@nerobiblios40864 жыл бұрын
    • But that’s just a theory.....A game theory

      @hithere9453@hithere94534 жыл бұрын
    • Tetsuo says that he felt him absorb her, so I imagine that they might share a consciousness within their own new universe. Maybe Akira will teach him how to be a god with two personalities. Idk

      @GraphiteBlimp@GraphiteBlimp3 жыл бұрын
    • For some reason I don't think their powers would be that specific, like being able to copy a thing like a person as if it were a set of Legos. If Akira created a separate universe I don't think it would be like say, Franklin Richards, I think he would create the necessary pressures and gravity for a universe to create itself if that makes sense.

      @ANDERU4YOU@ANDERU4YOU3 жыл бұрын
  • Akira - - As someone that read the manga, and saw the movie countless times... you did a great job explaining it...

    @S1L3NTG4M3R@S1L3NTG4M3R3 жыл бұрын
  • I watched the movies and immediately went to KZhead for an explanation, thanks for helping explain the ending

    @abrielneaseromero7029@abrielneaseromero70293 жыл бұрын
  • I always thought Akira = Tetsuo Kannada = Takashi The girl = Kyoko Akira never got to become and adult. In order to stop his explosion he had to literally invert himself... when all the espurrs jump into the 2nd explosion, they too invert themselves to imprint on the 4 protagonists left at the end of the movie... I think kyoko notices their psychic ability earlier in the film

    @ottoroberts5163@ottoroberts51634 жыл бұрын
    • I love this idea, maybe we will see what happens next in the reboot series coming out!

      @Spook_1994@Spook_19944 жыл бұрын
    • Spook じめじめミーム haven’t found any forums or anything who agree with me/ share my view. But my 1st real watch through I was like... the old kids are phsychic. They say it’s weird that the new kids have some ohsychic abulity. Testuo is compared to Akira the whole movie. His energy pattern is even inverted. I thought it seemed obvious they had inverted themselves into their own uni erase creating some kind of paradox... Testuo ams Akira being the Big Bang that caused our own universe respectively (the constant acceleration of dark matter, dark energy and mass in general kind of being how we saw tetsuo constantly expanding at the end... then we see the universe expansion as the last images of the movie... So,ebony please discuss this with me in great detail please!

      @ottoroberts5163@ottoroberts51634 жыл бұрын
  • I was born in 1988 and watch this film in 2019 - what a terrifying coincidence

    @e21big@e21big4 жыл бұрын
  • This is such a great video! Thank you!

    @Star-Pilled@Star-Pilled2 жыл бұрын
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