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Akira (1988)

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

  • Animation
  • Science Fiction
  • Action

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.

Rating
7.9 / 10 (5,090 votes)
Release date
July 16, 1988
Runtime
2h 04m
Language
Japanese
Director
Katsuhiro Otomo
Status
Released
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Top cast

  • Mitsuo IwataShotaro Kaneda (voice)
  • Nozomu SasakiTetsuo Shima (voice)
  • Mami KoyamaKei (voice)
  • Taro IshidaColonel Shikishima
  • Mizuho SuzukiDoctor Ônishi
  • Tessyo GendaRyûsaku (voice)
  • Koichi KitamuraPriestess Miyako / Council A (voice)
  • Yuriko FuchizakiKaori (voice)
  • Masaaki OkuraYamagata (voice)
  • Takeshi KusaoKai (voice)
  • Kazuhiro KamifujiMasaru / No. 27 (voice)
  • Tatsuhiko NakamuraTakashi / No. 26 (voice)

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