A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath who can only be stopped by a teenager, his gang of biker friends and a gro... Read allA secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath who can only be stopped by a teenager, his gang of biker friends and a group of psychics.A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath who can only be stopped by a teenager, his gang of biker friends and a group of psychics.
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Mitsuo Iwata
- Shôtarô Kaneda
- (voice)
Nozomu Sasaki
- Tetsuo Shima
- (voice)
Mami Koyama
- Kei
- (voice)
Tesshô Genda
- Ryû
- (voice)
Hiroshi Ôtake
- Nezu
- (voice)
Kôichi Kitamura
- Lady Miyako
- (voice)
- …
Michihiro Ikemizu
- Inspector
- (voice)
- …
Yuriko Fuchizaki
- Kaori
- (voice)
Masaaki Ôkura
- Yamagata
- (voice)
Tarô Arakawa
- Eiichi Watanabe
- (voice)
- …
Takeshi Kusao
- Kai
- (voice)
Kazumi Tanaka
- Army
- (voice)
Masayuki Katô
- Engineer Sakiyama
- (voice)
- …
Masato Hirano
- Yûji Takeyama
- (voice)
- …
Yukimasa Kishino
- Mitsuru Kuwata
- (voice)
- …
Storyline
Did you know
- Trivia"Akira" means "Bright, intelligent, clear" in Japanese.
- GoofsAfter the unnamed man escorting Takashi uses himself as a shield to protect him, Takashi apparently has spots of blood on his head, but as he gets up we see that blood was on the pavement and overlapped Takashi's head due to an animation error.
- Crazy creditsThe date of the first coming of Akira is the exact same date as it was released originally in Japan.
- Alternate versions2001 re-release of the English language includes a new English dub script and voice cast.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Akira: Production Report (1988)
- SoundtracksTokyo Shoeshine Boy
Performed by Teruko Akatsuki
Featured review
Trademark Manga for the Western culture
Without a doubt the necessary injection of Manga culture Western audiences needed. Personal objections (or should I say appraisals) aside, Akira deconstructs the form of narrative and character development that we had all become accustomed to through Hollywood and produces a reasonably honest translation of Katsuhiro Otomo's Manga epic, with mass deletions of unnecessary characters and plot avenues. The story is complex enough to keep western audiences attention, yet simple enough to digest whilst taking in the wonderfull animation and excellent soundtrack (a collection of traditional Japanese instruments and modern day synthesised electronica that allow for elements of cinema to establish themselves for the audience) The conflict between the two main characters, Tetsuo and Kaneda is ultimately superceded by the films namesake, the mystery of the boy Akira, and as with very few films Hollywood produces it leaves it's more labour intensive thinking until the end. A delight to follow, with periods of intense action and thought provoking predictions of a neo society, one would like to think of the film as the pipe dream of one who predicted such tragic events as of September 11. Akira, whilst violent for the medium, is a lush metropolis of gang warfare, a psuedo examination into the possible, and a fantasy tale of elements long lost in modern cinema. A cool, entertaining piece littered with cult visions and awesome bikes.
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- Oct 22, 2001
Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official sites
- Language
- Also known as
- Akira: The Special Edition
- Filming locations
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- ¥1,100,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $553,171
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $11,263
- Jan 1, 1990
- Gross worldwide
- $3,283,934
- Runtime2 hours 4 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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