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<blockquote data-quote="shurai" data-source="post: 183691">AkiraAhh, Akira!&nbsp; What a classic.&nbsp; The ending, to me, always meant something relatively specific:The gnomes are just children who've been under experimentation for a long time.&nbsp; They look old because of side effects of the treatment.&nbsp; Tetsuo himself had latent psychic power that one of the gnomes awakened within him.&nbsp; It turns out to be very powerful, as powerful as Akira's once was.&nbsp; Akira didn't die, he transcended.&nbsp; He shed his humanity, like a butterfly emerging from a coccoon, and became something greater.&nbsp; The unfortunate thing is, his power was so extreme that he caused great destruction in his rebirth.&nbsp; Tetsuo was suffering the same fate, but Akira returns and helps him also transcend.That's one thing I loved about Akira:&nbsp; It mixes hard, gritty sci-fi with an interesting commentary on the power of the mind and the nature of human potential.&nbsp; It poses interesting questions on what it means to be human, and what humanity will be like in the future.&nbsp; As Ghost in the Shell suggests, to remain the same in a dynamic environment is futile.&nbsp; It really makes you wonder:&nbsp; What is the future going to be like?&nbsp; How will humanity change as its environment changes?&nbsp; How will it remain the same?&nbsp; Can we really guess?&nbsp; How far can we wander from what we are now before one might say that we're no longer human beings?&nbsp; Will it matter?&nbsp; Is the rhetorical question overused in modern oratory?Dammit now I have to go watch Akira and Ghost in the Shell again.&nbsp; Speaking of which, if you liked Akira you might like GotS too.&nbsp; : ]-Shurai</blockquote>

[QUOTE="shurai, post: 183691"] [b]Akira[/b] Ahh, Akira! What a classic. The ending, to me, always meant something relatively specific: The gnomes are just children who've been under experimentation for a long time. They look old because of side effects of the treatment. Tetsuo himself had latent psychic power that one of the gnomes awakened within him. It turns out to be very powerful, as powerful as Akira's once was. Akira didn't die, he transcended. He shed his humanity, like a butterfly emerging from a coccoon, and became something greater. The unfortunate thing is, his power was so extreme that he caused great destruction in his rebirth. Tetsuo was suffering the same fate, but Akira returns and helps him also transcend. That's one thing I loved about Akira: It mixes hard, gritty sci-fi with an interesting commentary on the power of the mind and the nature of human potential. It poses interesting questions on what it means to be human, and what humanity will be like in the future. As Ghost in the Shell suggests, to remain the same in a dynamic environment is futile. It really makes you wonder: What is the future going to be like? How will humanity change as its environment changes? How will it remain the same? Can we really guess? How far can we wander from what we are now before one might say that we're no longer human beings? Will it matter? Is the rhetorical question overused in modern oratory? Dammit now I have to go watch Akira and Ghost in the Shell again. Speaking of which, if you liked Akira you might like GotS too. : ] -Shurai [/QUOTE]

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