08-04-2004, 05:03 AM
To the best of my memory, Akira was the first anime movie marketed in North American theatres. I had to drive four hours down to Chicago to go see it at the time but I don't think there were any theatrical releases in North America prior to that.
It was a year or two later before I saw Lensman in the theatres and only in the past few years have the Miyazaki movies finally been showing up here.
Akira was groundbreaking stuff when it was released. Even today the animation stands out as very high quality with some amazing direction. It has always left a lot of people scratching their heads over the story line but it's the animation that makes it shine.
It was a year or two later before I saw Lensman in the theatres and only in the past few years have the Miyazaki movies finally been showing up here.
Akira was groundbreaking stuff when it was released. Even today the animation stands out as very high quality with some amazing direction. It has always left a lot of people scratching their heads over the story line but it's the animation that makes it shine.
Gullible isn't in the dictionary.