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Akira

Akira

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

19887.92h 4m

Overview

A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath that only two teenagers and a group of psychics can stop.

Directed by Katsuhiro Otomo
Written by Izo Hashimoto, Katsuhiro Otomo
Produced by Shunzo Kato, Ryohei Suzuki
Box OfficeBudget: $5.7MRevenue: $49.0M

Top Cast

Mitsuo Iwata

Mitsuo Iwata

Shotaro Kaneda (voice)

Nozomu Sasaki

Nozomu Sasaki

Tetsuo Shima (voice)

Mami Koyama

Mami Koyama

Kei (voice)

Taro Ishida

Taro Ishida

Colonel Shikishima

Mizuho Suzuki

Mizuho Suzuki

Doctor Ônishi

Tessyo Genda

Tessyo Genda

Ryûsaku (voice)

Koichi Kitamura

Koichi Kitamura

Priestess Miyako / Council A (voice)

Yuriko Fuchizaki

Yuriko Fuchizaki

Kaori (voice)

Masaaki Okura

Masaaki Okura

Yamagata (voice)

Takeshi Kusao

Takeshi Kusao

Kai (voice)

Themes & Keywords

armystreet gangsaving the worldtotal destructionexperimentgeneralmegacityatomic bombstadiumundergroundmutationdystopiacyberpunkbased on mangamotorcycle gangadult animationpsychotronicanime2010svibrant

About Akira

Akira is a animation, science fiction, action film released in 1988 exploring themes of army, street gang, saving the world, total destruction, experiment, general. Directed by Katsuhiro Otomo, it stars Mitsuo Iwata, Nozomu Sasaki, Mami Koyama. A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath that only two teenagers and a group of psychics can stop.

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