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Akira
Akira

Akira

1988 124 min ★ 7.9 Animation, Science Fiction, Action

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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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)

Details

Director

Katsuhiro Otomo

Screenplay

Izo Hashimoto

Tagline

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

Status

Released

Original Language

JA

Budget

$5,700,000

Revenue

$49,000,000

Production

MBS, Sumitomo Corporation, TOHO, Kodansha, Tokyo Movie Shinsha, Bandai, Hakuhodo, LaserDisc Corporation

Reviews

T

Ted Fraraccio

February 26, 2019

★ 10/10

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 idi...

B

badelf

July 14, 2023

★ 10/10

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 con...

F

Filipe Manuel Neto

October 6, 2023

★ 2/10

**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 s...

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