It's been quite awhile since I had last seen
Akira and I've been on a bit of a cyberpunk kick lately so I thought it was time to dig it out again. Sobriety definitely helped me follow the story a bit better, and the animation still holds up surprisingly well. I liked the lighter shades of red used on the blood, made it stand out a bit more against the grim gray used for the urban landscape. I still need to get around to reading the manga though, as there's so many characters in the movie that feel like they should be more important then they are depicted, like the weird guy with the rat teeth, or Yamagata.