Director
Katsuhiro Ôtomo
Leading Actors/Actresses
Mitsuo Iwata, Nozomu Sasaki, Mami Koyama
Supporting Actors/Actresses
Tesshô Genda, Hiroshi Ôtake, Kôichi Kitamura
Genre
Action, Drama
Language
Japanese
Awards
Amsterdam Fantastic Film Festival, Silver Scream Award
Date of Release
16 July 1988
Producer
Akira studios
Setting and Context
Neo-Tokyo, Japan, 2019
Narrator and Point of View
Third-person point of view
Tone and Mood
Post-apocalyptic, violence, desolation
Protagonist and Antagonist
Protagonist is Kaneda who tries to save his friend and antagonist Tetsuo.
Major Conflict
Kaneda tries to kill his childhood friend who has become crazy because of a government experiment that gave him psychic powers.
Climax
The climax is when Kaneda follows Tetsuo into the energy sphere , desperate to try and save his friend.
Foreshadowing
Kaneda mocks Tetsuo that he can’t handle the motorbike he has that special technical features.
Understatement
N/A
Innovations in Filming or Lighting or Camera Techniques
Complex story that appeals to a western audience as well as being simple enough to appreciate the good animation and excellent soundtrack.
Allusions
N/A
Paradox
The way characters change within the movie from being innocent into becoming monsters. The protagonist changes from strong and evil, to weak and good and the antagonist becomes the opposite
Parallelism
As Tesuo got stronger he also became more and more detached, trying to move out of Kaneda's shadow.
