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Akira

  • 8.0 /10

  • 4162

  • 91%

Plot

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.

Cast

Mitsuo Iwata as Shotaro Kaneda (voice)
Mitsuo Iwata

as Shotaro Kaneda (voice)

Nozomu Sasaki as Tetsuo Shima (voice)
Nozomu Sasaki

as Tetsuo Shima (voice)

Mami Koyama as Kei (voice)
Mami Koyama

as Kei (voice)

Tessyo Genda as Ryûsaku (voice)
Tessyo Genda

as Ryûsaku (voice)

Koichi Kitamura as Priestess Miyako / Council A (voice)
Koichi Kitamura

as Priestess Miyako / Council A (voice)

Yuriko Fuchizaki as Kaori (voice)
Yuriko Fuchizaki

as Kaori (voice)

Masaaki Okura as Yamagata (voice)
Masaaki Okura

as Yamagata (voice)

Takeshi Kusao as Kai (voice)
Takeshi Kusao

as Kai (voice)

Kazuhiro Kamifuji as Masaru / No. 27 (voice)
Kazuhiro Kamifuji

as Masaru / No. 27 (voice)

Tatsuhiko Nakamura as Takashi / No. 26 (voice)
Tatsuhiko Nakamura

as Takashi / No. 26 (voice)

Movie Facts

Rated

  • R

Status

  • Released

Release Date

  • June 10, 1988

Production Companies

  • MBS

  • Sumitomo Corporation

  • TOHO

  • Studio Fuga

  • Studio Aoi

  • Kodansha

  • Bandai Entertainment

  • Tokyo Movie Shinsha

Production Countries

  • Japan

Spoken Language

  • 日本語

Budget

  • $5,700,000.00

Revenue

  • $49,000,000.00

Runtime

  • 2.07 hrs

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Reviews

Let's make one thing clear right off the bat: this review is gonna be positive. _Akira_ is not only my favorite anime but my favorite animated film bar none and one of my favorite films in general. Katsuhiro Otomo has crafted an animated sci-fi actioner for adults that's good, great in fact, a rarity since the vast majority of "adult" animation fails miserably by relying on dopey sex jokes and id…

It has been said that when Oppenheimer witnessed the first atom bomb test, he said, "Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds." This may actually be a mis-translation of the Bhagavad-Gita, which deals with illusion and impermanence. Nevertheless, the sentiment that great achievement in science, like great power, carries great responsibility, remains true. Yet to date, homo sapiens has co…

**Technically very good, but so confusing that it doesn't work.** I'm 33 years old and my childhood saw the popularization of Japanese anime in Europe and the West thanks to hits like “Dragon Ball” and others. However, I have to say that, even as a child, I hated this type of highly stylized animation, so different from what I was used to seeing. Even so, it is necessary to grant this film …