Akira

(4424)

6/10/1988

2h 4min

Animation

Science Fiction

Action

Tagline

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

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.

Screenplay

Izo Hashimoto

Director

Katsuhiro Otomo

Screenplay

Katsuhiro Otomo

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Status
Released
Budget
$5,700,000.00
Revenue
$49,000,000.00
Original Language
日本語
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Ted Fraraccio 2/26/2019

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. Ka ...Show More

badelf 7/14/2023

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 ...Show More

Filipe Manuel Neto 10/6/2023

**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” ...Show More