What happens, who is evil, who is good and why the heck is that girl around? Who cares, it’s all fluff with caricatures, obviously evil men, twists and turns out of nowhere, characters changing allegiances with no reasoning given and then switching back yet again, I’m looking at you Dr. In short, the action becomes too hectic for its own good.īack to the facet of Suchîmubôi that all Ôtomo fans want to pretend doesn’t exist, that darn story. At that point Ôtomo goes for his preferred chaotic battle style, the type where you have no idea what is going on and the edits are so fast and sloppy that it is impossible to keep track of the action. Visually Suchîmubôi is very appealing, at least until the final twenty or so minutes. Neat animation tricks can be found throughout Suchîmubôi, such as refracting mirrors, the aforementioned steam turning into ice and then snow, and much more. England looks very muted and gray, much like one imagines it would look in the very drab Victorian era. You can tell that Ôtomo did his homework in regards to steam technology and how to properly display it on screen. It’s like an old dime store novel, except dumbed down even more, that right there should tell you something.īefore I rag on the lack of a story any further, Suchîmubôi does indeed look gorgeous. Suchîmubôi, just like Akira, sure does look pretty, but it’s story is frankly pathetic. Unfortunately in all that time working on the film Ôtomo failed to address the glaring flaws found in Akira, a complete lack of an interesting story and developed characters. Ôtomo spent ten years working on his next major film, Suchîmubôi, and by the tiniest of margins it managed to be a better film than Akira. This despite the fact that Akira was a jumbled mess of a film that had no discernible story whatsoever. Akira was his first major film and it was a huge success and credited with changing the anime industry. I will never for the life of me understand the love affair people have with Katsuhiro Ôtomo. Written By: Sadayuki Murai & Katsuhiro Ôtomo Hey, it’s Akira, only set in a different time period and only about a tenth better!
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