History Awesome / AKIRA

* When the army has been obliterated, when the ace-in-the-hole SOL satellite has been knocked out of orbit, and when Tetsuo's powers are reaching godlike proportions, does Colonel Shikishima give up? No, instead he goes to Tetsuo to try to convince him to surrender, and when that fails ''shoots him with a pistol''. It fails, but the sheer audacity of trying that on Tetsuo when the Colonel knows exactly what he is capable of is just astounding.

*** The shot is so badass that [[SlidingBikeStop now it has its own trope]].

* When the army has been obliterated, when the ace-in-the-hole SOL satellite has been knocked out of orbit, and when Tetsuo's powers are reaching godlike proportions, does Colonel Shikishima give up? No, instead he goes to Tetsuo to try to convince him to surrender, and when that fails ''shoots him with a pistol''. It fails, but the sheer audacity of trying that on Tetsuo when the Colonel knows exactly what he is capable of is just astounding.
* In a Meta example, the SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome of the animated film, especially during Tetsuo's horrific mutation sequence. Kudos to all of the animators who made that terrifying AnimationBump possible!
** Doubly awesome as it was one of the first anime films to make its way to Western audiences, and it was this film that shattered all barriers on what anime was capable of.

** The page picture to the right shows Kaneda doing a supremely badass slide with the bike after taking down the leader of the Clowns. This shot, originally a piece of background in the original manga, was executed to perfection by the animators, and became iconic enough to make it into a number of anime and western animation series since.

** The page picture above shows Kaneda doing a supremely badass slide with the bike after taking down the leader of the Clowns. This shot, originally a piece of background in the original manga, was executed to perfection by the animators, and became iconic enough to make it into a number of anime and western animation series since.

* The Colonel from ''Manga/{{Akira}}'' gets his when he's arrested by the Supreme Executive Council:

* Kaneda's motorcycle is practically the embodiment of awesomeness, and is of crucial help to its driver through all the death and destruction unfolding across Neo-Tokyo. [[spoiler: For maximum awesome points, it '''survives''' to the end of the film!]]

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

-->'''Colonel''': Men, we're going to the Olympics!

* Kaneda's motorcycle is practically the embodiment of awesomeness, and is of crucial help to its driver through all the death and destruction unfolding across Neo-Tokyo. [[spoiler: For maximum bonus points, it '''survives''' to the end of the film!]]

* Kaneda's motorcycle is practically the embodiment of awesomeness, and is of crucial help to its driver through all the death and destruction unfolding across Neo-Tokyo.

* In a Meta example, the SugarWki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome of the animated film, especially during Tetsuo's horrific mutation sequence. Kudos to all of the animators who made that terrifying AnimationBump possible!

* [[spoiler:The resurrection of Akira]].

* In a Meta example, the VisualEffectsOfAwesome of the animated film, especially during Tetsuo's horrific mutation sequence. Kudos to all of the animators who made that terrifying AnimationBump possible!

* Kaneda running up out of nowhere and punching Tetsuo HARD in the face during their fight at the stadium, before continuing to beat him into submission. See DefaceOfTheMoon.

* In a Meta example, the VisualEffectsOfAwesome of the animated film, especially during Tetsuo's horrific mutation sequence. Kudos to all of the animators who made that terrifying AnimationBump possible!

* When the army has been obliterated, when the ace-in-the-hole SOL satellite has been knocked out of orbit, and when Tetsuo's powers are reaching godlike proportions, does Colonel Shikishima give up? No, instead he goes to Tetsuo to try to convince him to surrender, and when that fails ''shoots him with a pistol''. It fails, but the sheer audacity of trying that on Tetsuo when the Colonel knows exactly what he is capable of is just astounding.

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

* Seeing Possessed!Kei take on Tetsuo was pretty awesome, even if it only lasted for a few seconds.

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

* Every single confrontation between Tetsuo and the military, the indecent on the carrier being of particular note.

* Kaneda's very first fight with Tetsuo. After the latter literally ran through an army, Kaneda fought him ''[[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu and nearly won.]]''

* The Colonel from ''{{Akira}}'' gets his when he's arrested by the Supreme Executive Council:

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

* Every single confrontation between Tetsuo and the military, the indecent on the carrier being of particular note.