Mr DarQ
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Post by Mr DarQ on Jul 22, 2003 20:52:09 GMT -5
Hehe, how r we? all
well just wondering has anyone ever read the akira comic series by Katsuhiro Otomo, i have only ever seen the movie but i feel that with such a indepth story and well portrayed characters i couldn't go wrong with the comics. I have tried to get the whole (english) series on ebay, but failed and never tried again.
What does everyone thing of it, if you have seen it read it or heard of it?
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Post by GryphonMage on Jul 23, 2003 0:10:01 GMT -5
I've actually never seen the comics. I didn't know they existed. I have seen the really really really long movie. And it's a good thing that wasn't my first anime or I would have been turned off it for life cause I disliked it so much! But you know, the manga might be better because it would probably make more sense.
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Post by Mr DarQ on Jul 23, 2003 0:36:51 GMT -5
whats the difference i thought the anime was the manga, or do you mean the dubbed version?  |
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Post by GryphonMage on Jul 23, 2003 0:41:20 GMT -5
Anime referrs to the animated movie. Manga refers to comics.  |
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Post by Mr DarQ on Jul 23, 2003 1:34:03 GMT -5
ahhh2 k......
hmmm this is a much differen't view of the anime than most people's. I am still in love with it even after all these years, and that is strange as it is the first anime i saw. Hehe and about explaining on the movie i have been warned away from the manga as it just gets more twisted. hehe, i have seen the front covers for all of them and wasn't to impressed by the art but i must remember that they are more than ten years old.
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Post by GryphonMage on Jul 23, 2003 9:42:44 GMT -5
I know. I'm considered a veritable freak regarding my opinion on Akira. So many people love it, but I just can't stand it. However, if the manga just gets more complicated I guess that means I can steer clear with no guilt.  |
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Post by Mr DarQ on Jul 24, 2003 0:04:57 GMT -5
yes yes, you could say that, but with me i think i have one of the striving for the truth sort of personalities, which isn't always a good thing and some time proves to contain a lot of reading time, which by all of your counts that isn't a bad thing, hehe...
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Post by Earthangel on Jul 24, 2003 13:23:21 GMT -5
I haven't read the Akira manga though I've seen it for sale. I own the anime though. My opinion on it...well. It was probably the third anime I ever watched. I thought it was bloody brilliant at the time! Much better than the other anime my best friend subjected to (namely Devil Man and Wicked City. Aggh..that's some terrible stuff LOL). Akira had it's cool moments. I STILL love it when Tetsuo gets really mad and makes the street crack apart. I still find the giant walking teddy bear oddly amusing. I still love Kaneda's bike, and every time I see a red superbike flying by me on the road I immediately want it.
Unfortunately, Akira is something I don't come back to time and time again. Like I said... i think it had some really good moments...and it had some really bad moments too. Guess it just depends on what anime genre you're into. I lean towards the comedic love triangle themes these days.
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Post by Jetfire on Aug 4, 2003 11:49:13 GMT -5
Many people consider reading a book or watching a movie to be like a journey. You start at the start and move to the end taking in the view on the way. Such is the way with Akira. Indeed the comparison serves quite well. The movie is much like a trip down the motorway, direct fairly quick. The manga on the other hand is more like a trip down the A and B roads. It takes a lot longer and and you see a lot more. And every now and again you hit a fly over and you'll see somethign you regognise from the trip down the motorway. But it's slightly differant since your seeing from a differant angle.
The manga also makes a lot more sense.
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Post by Mr DarQ on Aug 4, 2003 20:10:13 GMT -5
nice, I mean I barley understand but i get the general drift, and this enough for me atm. The giant teddy bear scene was great and also held a lot of insight into the children’s roles in the Akira project. I think the best scene is when Tetsuo gets mad outside his room when the doctors come to help and he just splatter’s them on the wall, which is also a great insight into why children are used. What are these bad scenes that you speak of, I mean all I see is utter brilliance  |
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Post by Akito on Aug 13, 2003 22:23:48 GMT -5
The manga is actually WAAAAY longer than the movie...and goes into further details than the animated version.
The movie really is a condensed version of the mangas...a bit like X was compared to the mangas, or even Ghost in the Shell.
The mangas I own are colored, and in french... but in no way have been edited at least...I admit the dialect sucks (compare the French and the Canadian French dialog a bit like the Us and British dialect...you get my drift?) but the story still shines.
Tetsuo is way more likeable/hateable in the mangas, since you understand more of why this happens to him..why he cracks, why he has moments of sanity and moments of uber-godlike powers and ambitions. The relationship between Kay and Kaneda also is explored more. Kaneda is more of a goofball, and less serious most times in the manga than in the movies, think of him like almost acting as the scene where he's in the police station being interrogated.
All in all, the movie still is a brilliant piece, but lacks much of the explanations that actually make Akira an understandable art piece when read instead of just seen.
My two cents. ;-)
-Akito
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