Rebel boy on the ruins

Noah 2022-04-20 09:01:35

Otomo Keyang's memory trilogy was left in the hard drive by me for a long time, and then it was put into the cold palace. I never thought that a new crown pneumonia in the spring of 2020 would make this movie hot again.

This 1988 manga tells a doomsday story: Japan in 1988 destroys its city with a new type of bomb, and then rebuilds New Tokyo from the rubble 31 years later. In 2019, a teenager from the runaway youth group was taken into custody as a test subject. Scientists have been searching for a powerful Akira force, which eventually went out of control and resulted in the destruction of the city.

The reason why this last century movie has become a classic is due to the distinctive cyberpunk style and elements on the one hand; Buddha said, can not be said; the unknown and prophecy have achieved endless myths, looking for clarity in the chaos, and paving the way for the chaos under the clarity.

Like a bright red motorcycle suit on the poster, a bright red motorcycle; like the taillights swaying in the dark night. I like Cyberpunk's film and television works very much. In the gap between new technology and old times, prosperity and loneliness are combined. The protagonist has a distinctive temperament and clothing and driving tools. After the gorgeous strangulation, he calmly reflected light on the ruins after the bullets. .

In the past, it was always fresh, and when I turned around, I found that the sci-fi works of the 20th century always flashed in the years, reflecting the unbearable and constant return of popular IP. Thinking about it slowly, maybe in the post-war era, although business was prosperous and technological innovation, it was too close to the war, and there was always an illusory sense of uncertainty. On the one hand, it is overflowing with optimism, and on the other hand, there is a residual background of pessimism, so the ice and fire only exist at that moment, so charming and unobtainable.

The plot of the movie is light and heavy. The three super-powered children after being tested, with aging wrinkles, childishly talk about the beginning and end of a philosophical prophet, omitting the deep sigh, but it is faintly cruel. On the contrary, the protagonist, as the leader of the tyrannical clan, is brave and kind, running in the dark, looking for lost companions, and is full of blood.

The disparate personalities of the characters are like two ends of a scale, and combined with the chaotic and blurred background, they constitute countless analyses.


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Akira quotes

  • Kiyoko: It was too difficult for Tetsuo... of course, too difficult for us. And for Akira.

    Takashi: We just didn't have the power.

    Masaru: But someday we will be...

    Takashi: Because it has already begun.

  • Kiyoko: The future is not a straight line. It is filled with many crossroads. There must be a future that we can choose for ourselves.