History YMMV / Akira

* NightmareFuel: The giant toys in the movie, Tetsuo's mutation and Kaori's fate (among others).
* TearJerker: [[spoiler: Takashi's and Kaori's deaths.]]
** Although, in the latter's case, viewers might be a bit too... [[BodyHorror dist]][[NightmareFuel racted]] to feel sad.
*** The manga version of [[spoiler:Kaori's death]] is very different than in the movie, and is more tragic than horrific.

[[AC:Manga]]
* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: Kaneda running up out of nowhere and punching Tetsuo HARD in the face during their fight at the stadium, before continuing to beat him into submission. See DefaceOfTheMoon.
* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: The last images of the manga, as [[spoiler:Kaneda and his surviving friends ride off into the ruins of Neo Tokyo, with memories of their deceased friends Tetsuo and Yamagata riding alongside them, while Neo-Tokyo symbolically rebuilds itself as they progress into it.]]

* AdaptationDisplacement: The movie is undoubtedly more well known than the original manga. In part because the manga wasn't really localized in North America at least (and [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes good luck finding all six volumes without resorting to eBay]]) and beacuse it gave a big "fuck you" to the AnimationAgeGhetto.

* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: The giant toys in the movie, Tetsuo's mutation and Kaori's fate (among others).

* {{Moe}}: Kaori, in a fair few ways (although the movie came out before the trope was [[UnbuiltTrope really recognized]]). Like a lot of early examples from this time period, [[spoiler: [[BreakTheCutie it doesn't end]] [[NightmareFuelUnleaded well for her]].]]

** Although, in the latter's case, viewers might be a bit too... [[BodyHorror dist]][[HighOctaneNightmareFuel racted]] to feel sad.

* HollywoodHomely: A prominent example is Kai (aka Kaisuke), the necktie-clad biker from Kaneda's gang. Like Tetsuo, he's not drawn in EstrogenBrigadeBait fashion, but a lot of people call him the {{Bishonen}}.

* AdaptationDisplacement: The movie is undoubtedly more well known than the original manga. In part because the manga wasn't really localized in North America at least (and [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes good luck finding all six volumes without resorting to eBay]].) and beacuse it gave a big "fuck you" to the AnimationAgeGhetto.

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: Most of the soundtrack, but especially the opening/ending music, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZ1pqYKMB7E Kaneda]].

* AdaptationDisplacement: The movie is undoubtedly more well known than the original manga.

* DesignatedHero: Kaneda, at least in the beginning.
* EnsembleDarkhorse: Kaori, Yamagata, and especially Kai.

* HollywoodHomely:
** Possibly Tetsuo. He's not drawn in any sort of classically attractive fashion, but he gets a LOT of people who go on about how hot he is!
** A more prominent example is Kai (aka Kaisuke), the necktie-clad biker from Kaneda's gang. Like Tetsuo, he's not drawn in EstrogenBrigadeBait fashion, but a lot of people call him the {{Bishonen}}.

* JerkassWoobie: Tetsuo's had a pretty sucky life.

* {{Moe}}: Kaori, in a fair few ways (although the movie came out before the trope was [[UnbuiltTrope really recognized]]). Like a lot of early examples from this time period, [[spoiler: [[BreakTheCutie it doesn't end]] [[NightmareFuel well for her]].]]

* TheWoobie: Poor, ''poor'' Kaori.
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Tetsuo, naturally.
** Akira himself as well.

[[AC:Movie]]
* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: Most of the soundtrack, but especially the opening/ending music, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZ1pqYKMB7E Kaneda]].
* HarsherInHindsight: As Tetsuo advances towards the city we see a young man standing down a tank, an anti-government demonstration, government censorship of the media, and the massacre of countless civilians. Remember that the movie was released in 1988. [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiananmen_Square_protests_of_1989 Do you know what happened in China the following year]]?
* NauseaFuel: You might want to stay away from meat for a while after watching [[spoiler:Tetsuo's horrible mutation sequence at the end of]] the film.
* RomanticPlotTumor: Just narrowly averted with Kaneda and Kei's romance, because it's not really developed that much onscreen.

** Possibly Tetsuo. He's not drawn in any sort of classically attractive fashion, but he gets a LOT of people who go on about how [[FetishFuel hot]] he is!

* AmbiguouslyAutistic: Akira

*** The manga version of [[spoiler:Kaori's death]] focuses more on the tragedy than the horror of it.

* HarsherInHindsight: As Tetsuo advances towards the city we see a young man standing down a tank, an anti-government demonstration, government censorship of the media, and the massacre of countless civillians. Remember that the movie was released in 1988. [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiananmen_Square_protests_of_1989 Do you know what happened in China the following year]]?
* NauseaFuel: You might want to stay away from meat for a while after watching [[spoiler:the horrible transformation sequence at the end of]] the film.

* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: The last images of the manga, as [[spoiler:Kaneda and his surviving friends ride off into the ruins of Neo Tokyo, with memories of their deceased friends Tetsuo and Yamagata riding alongside them, while Neo Tokyo symbolically rebuilds itself as they progress into it.]]

*** Kei, as well. Kaneda comments how attractive she is just by seeing her picture and is so influenced by her looks he manages to weasel her out of the police station, but for the most part [[OnlySixFaces she doesn't really look that different from any other female]].

* {{Narm}}:
** "KAAANNNNNEDDDDDAAAA!!" "TETTTTTSUUUOOOOO!!!"
** The soundtrack when Tetsuo exhibits his powers in public for the first time. The chanting essentially sounds like: "DUUUUUUUNNNN! DUUUUUUNNNN! DUN DUUUUNNN!!"

** Although, in the latter's case, viewers might be a bit... [[BodyHorror dist]][[HighOctaneNightmareFuel racted]].

* HarsherInHindsight: As Tetsuo advances towards the city we see a standoff between a young man and a tank, an anti-government demonstration, government censorship of the media, and the massacre of countless civillians. Remember that the movie was released in 1988. [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiananmen_Square_protests_of_1989 Do you know what happened in China the following year]]?

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