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.| Original Title: | AKIRA |
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| Status: | Released (1988-07-16) |
| Awards: | 1 win |
| BoxOffice: | $553,171 |
| Screen: | Katsuhiro Ôtomo, Izô Hashimoto |
| Productions: | MBS, Sumitomo Corporation, TOHO, Studio Fuga, Studio Aoi, Kodansha, Bandai Entertainment, Tokyo Movie Shinsha |
| Production Countries: | Japan |
| Spoken Languages: | 日本語 |
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Casts
- 1678: Mitsuo Iwata - Shotaro Kaneda (voice)
- 1679: Nozomu Sasaki - Tetsuo Shima (voice)
- 1680: Mami Koyama - Kei (voice)
- 1681: Tessyo Genda - Ryûsaku (voice)
- 1683: Koichi Kitamura - Priestess Miyako / Council A (voice)
- 1684: Yuriko Fuchizaki - Kaori (voice)
- 1685: Masaaki Okura - Yamagata (voice)
Crews
- 185: Katsuhiro Otomo - Director - Directing
- 1677: Izo Hashimoto - Screenplay - Writing
- 1691: Shunzo Kato - Producer - Production
- 1695: Shoji Yamashiro - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 1696: Katsuji Misawa - Director of Photography - Camera
- 1697: Takeshi Seyama - Editor - Editing
- 1701: Keiji Muraki - Sound Designer - Sound
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Reviews
Ted Fraraccio
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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 ....
Continue reading ->badelf
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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 achiev ....
Continue reading ->Filipe Manuel Neto
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**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 high ....
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