Mangaka: Katsuhiro Otomo
It is widely considered to be the best manga of its type (cyberpunk, dystopia) receiving many rave reviews and national awards. I was looking forward to reading it but in the end it was under whelming.
Plot 3/5
10 years before the events of the manga an explosion rocked the city of tokyo reducing it to rubble. The people and the government built a city nearby called Neo-Tokyo. The government carried out experiments on gifted children to harness the power of ESP in the process creating multiple test subjects. In the end the 2 most powerful children were a small child named Akira and an adolescent named Tetsuo, discovered at around the same time as the second disaster.
Personally I recommend against it but if you feel differently please let me know.
It is widely considered to be the best manga of its type (cyberpunk, dystopia) receiving many rave reviews and national awards. I was looking forward to reading it but in the end it was under whelming.
Plot 3/5
10 years before the events of the manga an explosion rocked the city of tokyo reducing it to rubble. The people and the government built a city nearby called Neo-Tokyo. The government carried out experiments on gifted children to harness the power of ESP in the process creating multiple test subjects. In the end the 2 most powerful children were a small child named Akira and an adolescent named Tetsuo, discovered at around the same time as the second disaster.
Character: 1/5
I guess my main issue with the manga was the lack of a likable or even relate-able protagonist. It was like watching a badly acted movie. The only thing going for this manga is the story which is original in some ways and definitely a fore runner of many of the dystopian mangas today. Character development is non existent and the story lacks a Main Character. In the end it is a mix of different narratives swirling into one.
Sure the final fight is pretty amazing but over all it felt like i was reading the skeletons of a hollywood screen play.
Sure the final fight is pretty amazing but over all it felt like i was reading the skeletons of a hollywood screen play.
Art: 2.5/5
At par with what was done in the same time period. But a lot more detailed. Character designs are pretty average.
Personally I recommend against it but if you feel differently please let me know.
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