Akira (1988)

Movie Details

Original Title AKIRA

Original Language JA

Budget $5,700,000

Revenue $49,000,000

Status Released

Popularity 6.4

Cast

Mitsuo Iwata

Shotaro Kaneda (voice)

Popularity: 1.8

Nozomu Sasaki

Tetsuo Shima (voice)

Popularity: 1.9

Mami Koyama

Kei (voice)

Popularity: 2.0

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Taro Ishida

Colonel Shikishima

Popularity: 1.1

Mizuho Suzuki

Doctor Ônishi

Popularity: 1.3

Tessyo Genda

Ryûsaku (voice)

Popularity: 2.2

Koichi Kitamura

Priestess Miyako / Council A (voice)

Popularity: 1.6

Yuriko Fuchizaki

Kaori (voice)

Popularity: 1.9

Masaaki Okura

Yamagata (voice)

Popularity: 0.9

Takeshi Kusao

Kai (voice)

Popularity: 2.0

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Kazuhiro Kamifuji

Masaru / No. 27 (voice)

Popularity: 0.1

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Tatsuhiko Nakamura

Takashi / No. 26 (voice)

Popularity: 0.2

Key Crew

Director Katsuhiro Otomo

Screenplay Izo Hashimoto, Katsuhiro Otomo

Producer Shunzo Kato, Ryohei Suzuki

Editor Takeshi Seyama

Executive Producer Sawako Noma

Production

MBS

Sumitomo Corporation

TOHO

Studio Fuga

Kodansha

Tokyo Movie Shinsha

Videos & Trailers

AKIRA Rerelease Theatrical Trailer [1988]

Trailer

Akira (1988) - Trailer (U.S. Trailer) HD 1080p

Trailer

AKIRA - 25th Anniversary Edition - Coming Soon - Trailer

Clip

Akira' | Critics' Picks | The New York Times

Featurette

Image Gallery

Backdrops

Posters

Keywords

army street gang saving the world total destruction experiment general megacity atomic bomb stadium underground mutation dystopia cyberpunk based on manga motorcycle gang adult animation psychotronic anime philosophical 2010s

Reviews from TMDB

Ted Fraraccio 10/10

Feb 26, 2019

Let's make one thing clear right off the bat: this review is gonna be positive. _Akira_ is not only my favorite anime but my favorite animated film bar none and one of my favorite films in general. Katsuhiro Otomo has crafted an animated sci-fi actioner for adults that's good, great in fact, a rarit ... Read more

badelf 10/10

Jul 14, 2023

It has been said that when Oppenheimer witnessed the first atom bomb test, he said, "Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds." This may actually be a mis-translation of the Bhagavad-Gita, which deals with illusion and impermanence. Nevertheless, the sentiment that great achievement in science ... Read more

Filipe Manuel Neto 2/10

Oct 6, 2023

**Technically very good, but so confusing that it doesn't work.** I'm 33 years old and my childhood saw the popularization of Japanese anime in Europe and the West thanks to hits like “Dragon Ball” and others. However, I have to say that, even as a child, I hated this type of highly stylized ... Read more