Akira (1988) - Quotes

Imminent Destruction of Neo-Tokyo

Taglines: Neo-Tokyo is about to E.X.P.L.O.D.E.

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Definitive Science Fiction Anime Classic

Taglines: The definitive science fiction masterpiece. This is an unmissable anime classic!

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Neo-Tokyo: Secrets and Unfolding Mysteries

Taglines: 2019, Neo-Tokyo: a never-ending puzzle begins. The trump card is... top secret. Film to be treated as hazardous material.

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Consequences of Failing to Conform

Jaws: This school is your last chance! If trash like yourselves; can't keep up with the academic ability of regular students, this is it! If you can't live a decent social life, you end up here! And if you screw up here, it's the end of the road!

Principal: Also, even though you're under fifteen, if you get more than fifty penalty points on your record, you're sent to the regular courts.

Kaneda: Ah, bite me! Don't mess with us, you bald old goat!

Jaws: ARE ANY OF YOU LISTENING TO ME?!

Yamagata: YOU LOST ME HALFWAY THROUGH, SIR!

Jaws: DISCIPLINE! (slaps Yamagata) DISCIPLINE! (punches Kaisuke) DISCIPLINE! (slaps Kaneda) DISCIPLINE! (slaps Takeyama) DISCIPLINE! (slap Watanabe) DISCIPLINE! (slap Kuwata) DIIIIIISSS-MISSED!!!!!!!!

The Capsule Gang: Thank you very much, sir. (moans)

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Struggling with Overwhelming Challenges Together

Takashi: It's too much for Tetsuo... and for the three of us also... and for Akira, too.

Masaru: It's way to big for us, as we are now.

Kiyoko: But someday, we may to be able to...

Masaru: Because it has already began.

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Conflict Between Friends and Growing Up

Kaneda: What's wrong? Had some trouble?

Tetsuo: Yeah. But I already took care of it. And you're too late - You missed the show.

Kaneda: Tetsuo, you had me worried again. I figured you'd be standing here sobbing like a little baby.

Tetsuo: Kaneda... you've always been a pain in the ass, you know. You've been telling me what to do since we were kids! You always treat me like a kid! You always show up and start bossing me around, and don't you deny it!

Kaneda: And now you're a boss too... Of this pile of rubble.

Tetsuo: Kaneda!

Kaneda: That's Mister Kaneda to you, punk!

Tetsuo: Die!

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Tension During a Rescue Attempt

Tetsuo: Kaneda? What are you doing in here?

Kaneda: Tetsuo! Are you okay? I'm here for the rescue! Hurry up! What are you - an idiot? If we don't get outta here, those...

Soldier: There he is! Capture him!

Tetsuo: You keep away!

Kei: Kaneda!

Tetsuo: [laughs maniacally] Oh, that's right. I forgot you were there! There, do you see, Kanny? I won't be needing you to come to the rescue ever again, okay? From now on, I'll be in charge of the heroics. So, if you need any saving, just ask, Kanny.

Kaneda: Hey, Tetsuo! Who the heck do you think you're talking to, ya beautiful?

Tetsuo: Hah! You don't like what you're hearing, do ya? Makes you angry? So what are you gonna do now? Well, Tetsuo?! WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO NOW?!

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Conflict and Tension Among Friends

Kaneda: [''Tetsuo is brutally beating a member of the Clown gang''] You're gonna kill him, Tetsuo! You want that?!

Tetsuo: I want him more than dead - I'll split his freaking head open!

Kaneda: Just knock it off, now! This whole thing happened just because you took my bike for a spin. Enough already.

Tetsuo: SHUT UP! DON'T ORDER ME AROUND!

Kaneda: We were just worried.

Tetsuo: Why do you always have to try and save me? I could've handled it on my own! Yeah, I admit I've gotten beaten before, but I won't always be on the receiving end! You hear that?! YOU UNDERSTAND?!

Kaori: Tetsuo, I...

Tetsuo: [''crying''] Shut up, go away!

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Concerns Over Controlling Unleashed Power

Colonel: Is it safe, Doctor?

Doctor: I will take care of it.

Colonel: No! I wasn’t talking about the girl at all! I’m asking if he turns out to reach a power like him... Are you positive that you are be able to control such a power?

Doctor: Um, well... that's a...

Colonel: Can I leave this in your face?

Doctor: Um, well, then, in my opinion, if we can use the latest examination equipment to collect even more data, and also do a multi-faced analysis as we go, then surely...

Colonel: But maybe we weren’t meant to needle... With that ultimate power.

Doctor: You mean... The power of a Akira?

Tetsuo: [in telepathy] A... ki... ra...

Colonel: But we have no choice, but to grasp that power. Stop that power, and learn to control it. And if this situation gets out of hand, then he’s to be terminated... And without hesitation!

Doctor: Yes... Colonel.

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Confrontation and Confessions Among Bikers

Officer A: [[friend; [mother; [friend] All right. The story is, you and your ]s went out at night on your bikes to visit your dying ], and then... another bunch of biker strangers called the Clowns and attacked you. They hurt your ], you lost your temper, and that's why eight of these Clowns, your attacker, are now in the hospital. And that is the truth.

Kaneda: Wowee! She's sure hot.

Officer B: Hey! This is confidential!

Officer A: And how's your mother doing?

Kaneda: Huh? Fortunately the worst is over. She cleared the hump.

Officer A: She cleared the hump, huh? What's next, a triathlon?

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Desire for Escape and Freedom

Tetsuo: Let's run away somewhere... you and me, Kaori.

Kaori: But... where would we go?

Tetsuo: Anywhere. Just the farther the better, eh?

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Disillusionment with Progress and Society

Colonel: The passion to build has cooled, and the joy of construction has forgotten. Now, it's just a stupid made up of a bunch of suckling fools!

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Fear and the Consequences of Concealment

Colonel: Look at what they have in their panic, they were afraid! They were too scared, so they hided it away from the public. They forgot all courage and honor, cast off the freedom and learning we had made, and close the lid of the Pandora's Box they themselves had opened!

The Illusion of Control in Society's Struggles

Colonel: Enough! Open up your eyes and look at the big picture; you're all puppets of broken politicians and capitalists. Don't you understand, it's utterly pointless to fight each other.

Colonel's Critique of Scientists and Police

Colonel: Scientists are a bunch of idiots. Police men always consider the tents first.

Colonel's Duty: Action Over Belief

Colonel: My job isn't to believe or believe. It is to act or not act!

Rebellion Against Conformity and Mediocrity

Tetsuo: You want me to get in there in that kindergarten room and live stupidly ever after, huh?! Be quiet, do what you're told, take your medicine every day, and wake up all day like those kids?!

Identity Declaration by Tetsuo

Tetsuo: I am Tetsuo.

Tetsuo's Excitement for Advanced Technology

Tetsuo: Twin ceramic rotor drives on each wheel! And these look like computer controlled anti-lock brakes! Wow, 200 horses at 12,000 rpm!

The Value of Asking Questions

Kaneda: [when he claims to Ryu he knows who the new subject is; Ryu walks up to him with a sinister expression] Come on... Don't they say the only amazing questions are asked ones? Huh? They don't?