Animation ·Science Fiction ·Action · Japan · 1988 · 2h 4m

Akira

AKIRA

Akira poster
Director
Katsuhiro Otomo
Cast
Mitsuo Iwata as Shotaro Kaneda (voice) Nozomu Sasaki as Tetsuo Shima (voice) Mami Koyama as Kei (voice) Taro Ishida as Colonel Shikishima Mizuho Suzuki as Doctor Ônishi Tessyo Genda as Ryûsaku (voice)
Crew
Katsuji Misawa — Director of Photography Takeshi Seyama — Editor Shoji Yamashiro — Original Music Composer Izo Hashimoto — Screenplay Katsuhiro Otomo — Screenplay Shunzo Kato — Producer
Tagline

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

Synopsis

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.

Trailer Akira — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
armystreet gangsaving the worldtotal destructionexperimentgeneralmegacityatomic bombstadiumundergroundmutationdystopia
Key Collaborators
Katsuhiro Otomo Director Katsuji Misawa Director of Photography Takeshi Seyama Editor Shoji Yamashiro Original Music Composer Izo Hashimoto Screenplay Katsuhiro Otomo Screenplay Shunzo Kato Producer Ryohei Suzuki Producer
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