Mental Gymnastics

Akira

"Put your affairs in order colonel..
  ...grasp that power and control it!"
 
Akira is the ultimate energy.  It is the source of energy and knowledge.  Humans, and every little creature that exist have incredible amounts of energy inside them. That energy gives us the power to build things and this power is inherent in us, it's within our memory.
 
"What if everyone shares those memories and what if something shakes up that memory?"
 
Man's search for power ultimately leads to his own destruction.  It's history repeating itself over and over.. be it in textbooks, popular fiction or in this case, Japanese animation.
 
The likes of Akira and Neon Genesis Evangelion, contemporary anime flicks traversing on the obscure, playing with bizarre philosophies and the common faults of man, attacking fundamentalist beliefs and rationals.  Such creativity and profundity, often wrapped in futuristic settings are intertwined in a visual spectacle of art in film.  And they're definitely not for minors. 
 
When I was younger, I never could follow the entire story because it was probably too much for my puny head, or because they stopped showing the rest of the episodes.  There are plenty of insightful messages in the vast world of anime although not everyone may be  mature enough to understand them.  However, it's quite disheartening to see how the stories reflect so much of the truth behind today's society. Watching them now makes me feel hopeful, privileged and still, entertained. 

posted by kquill @ 3:23 PM