• polychrome9@lemmy.villa-straylight.social
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    2
    ·
    edit-2
    1 year ago

    It might be easy to take the film for granted now, but it’s role in introducing tons of newcomers to anime (including me as a young person) and it’s general raising of the bar for production quality and scope is as significant as the article states. It’s was a major stepping stone, laying the groundwork for the success of Ghost in the Shell in the following decade.

    And it probably helped sell a LOT of cool Japanese motorcycles, and bolstered the trend of futuristic motorcycle designs in the years to follow.

  • sbv
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    1
    ·
    1 year ago

    It’d be cool if they cited more examples than the Akira slide and directors who liked it.