I've seen it both dubbed and subbed, watched the subbed version after I saw the dubbed version because the dub seemed a little cheesier then normal dubbing. I watched Akira as a child too, and it disturbed me to no end, that may be why I liked it so much, that and the chase scene with the clowns. X was good too but, The X series was better IMO, because you had the opportunity to learn everyone's back stories. Back then U.S. Manga licensed some of the best anime feature length films. Anything they licensed I wanted to watch. Another one that was pretty good was Redline, the cars and the racing was awesome, although the story could have been fleshed out more.