Just watched the movie Akira and I can say it does deserve its created as being the genesis of a genre. While the cinematic feeling of the movie is superb, due to its age and being, well, the point of genre genesis, it feels cliche. Even to the point that I could actively predict what was going to happen throughout the movie. This doesn't mean it is bad, far from it, it just means I've seen a lot of anime previously that has basically either copied or built upon its values.