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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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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.
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Rating: R (Graphic Violence|Brief Nudity)
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Genre: Sci-fi, Anime
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Original Language: Japanese
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Director: Katsuhiro Ohtomo
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Producer: Shunzo Kato, Ryôhei Suzuki
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Writer: Izou Hashimoto, Katsuhiro Ohtomo
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Release Date (Theaters): wide
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Box Office (Gross USA): $390.0K
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Runtime:
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Distributor: Streamline Pictures
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Production Co: Akira Committee Company, Ltd.
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Sound Mix: Surround, Dolby Stereo
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Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
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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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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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I loved and enjoyed the manga. Looks iconic and inpressing.
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"Akira" is a lot of fun, thanks to dazzling animation and some seriously entertaining attitude.
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