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Akira
“Neo-Tokyo is about to E.X.P.L.O.D.E.”
7.9 / 10• 1988• 2h 4m•R• Japanese
AnimationScience FictionAction
Storyline
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 & Crew
Mitsuo Iwata
Shotaro Kaneda (voice)
Lead
Nozomu Sasaki
Tetsuo Shima (voice)
Mami Koyama
Kei (voice)
Taro Ishida
Colonel Shikishima
Mizuho Suzuki
Doctor Ônishi
Tessyo Genda
Ryûsaku (voice)
Koichi Kitamura
Priestess Miyako / Council A (voice)
Yuriko Fuchizaki
Kaori (voice)
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Katsuhiro Otomo's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Akira is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
