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      Akira

      1988, Sci-fi/Anime, 2h 4m

      54 Reviews 100,000+ Ratings

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      Akira is strikingly bloody and violent, but its phenomenal animation and sheer kinetic energy helped set the standard for modern anime. Read critic reviews

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      Movie Info

      In 1988 the Japanese government drops an atomic bomb on Tokyo after ESP experiments on children go awry. In 2019, 31 years after nuking the city, Kaneda, a bike gang leader, tries to save his friend Tetsuo from a secret government project. He battles against anti-government activists, greedy politicians, irresponsible scientists and a powerful military leader until Tetsuo's supernatural power suddenly manifest. A final battle is fought in Tokyo Olympiad exposing the experiment's secrets.

      • Rating: R (Graphic Violence|Brief Nudity)

      • Genre: Sci-fi, Anime

      • Original Language: Japanese

      • Director: Katsuhiro Ohtomo

      • Producer: Shunzo Kato, Ryôhei Suzuki

      • Writer: Izou Hashimoto, Katsuhiro Ohtomo

      • Release Date (Theaters):  wide

      • Rerelease Date (Theaters):

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      • Box Office (Gross USA): $390.0K

      • Runtime:

      • Distributor: Streamline Pictures

      • Production Co: Akira Committee Company, Ltd.

      • Sound Mix: Surround, Dolby Stereo

      • Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

      Cast & Crew

      Mitsuo Iwata
      Nozomu Sasaki
      Tessho Genda
      Kôichi Kitamura
      Masaaki Ôkura
      Sawako Noma
      Katsuji Misawa
      Takeshi Seyama
      Shoji Yamashiro
      Kuzuo Ebisawa
      Yuji Ikehata
      Koji Ono

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      • Jul 02, 2019
        Original and dark film that will sit with you long after it concludes. Visually stunning film that leaves most films for dead. Cerebral filmmaking that is still one of the most interesting films ever created. I'm happy I found this and sad it took so long. This deserves all the recognition it garnered. I'm hoping an upcoming remake can recapture the ambition here, but I'm a little sceptical it can be done. 17/06/2019
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      • Aug 19, 2016
        Dazzling, frenetic, audacious and insane. This movie gave me at least half a dozen things I had never seen in my life. You feel kind of dazed and blinded when it's over. My partner tells me that the anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion is even better and darker than Akira though... to which I replied "How the heck can it be darker than this?!"
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      • Jun 25, 2016
        I loved and enjoyed the manga. Looks iconic and inpressing.
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      • Mar 05, 2015
        "Akira" is a lot of fun, thanks to dazzling animation and some seriously entertaining attitude.
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