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Release Date:
24 July 2001 (USA)
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Tagline:
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Plot:
A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psionic psychopath that only two kids and a group of psionics can stop. Full summary » | Full synopsis »
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Cast
(in credits order) | Mitsuo Iwata | ... | Shôtarô Kaneda (voice) |
| Nozomu Sasaki | ... | Tetsuo Shima (voice) |
| Mami Koyama | ... | Kei (voice) |
| Tesshô Genda | ... | Ryûsaku (voice) (as Tetsusho Genda) |
| Hiroshi Ohtake | ... | Nezu (voice) (as Hiroshi Otake) |
| Kôichi Kitamura | ... | Priestess Miyako (voice) |
| Michihiro Ikemizu | ... | Inspector (voice) |
| Yuriko Fuchizaki | ... | Kaori (voice) |
| Masaaki Ôkura | ... | Yamagata (voice) |
| Tarô Arakawa | ... | Eiichi Watanabe (voice) |
| Takeshi Kusao | ... | Kai (voice) |
| Kazumi Tanaka | ... | Army (voice) |
| Masayuki Katô | ... | Engineer Sakiyama (voice) |
| Yôsuke Akimoto | ... | Harukiya Bartender (voice) |
| Masato Hirano | ... | Yûji Takeyama (voice) |
| Yukimasa Kishino | ... | Mitsuru Kuwata (voice) |
| Kazuhiro Kamifuji | ... | Masaru (voice) (as Kazuhiro Kandô) |
| Tatsuhiko Nakamura | ... | Takashi (voice) |
| Fukue Itô | ... | Kiyoko (voice) (as Sachie Itô) |
| Issei Futamata | ... | Additional voices (voice) |
| Kôzô Shioya | ... | Follower of Miyako (voice) |
| Michitaka Kobayashi | ... | Additional voices (voice) |
| Hideyuki Umezu | ... | Additional voices (voice) |
| Satoru Inagaki | ... | Additional voices (voice) |
| Kayoko Fujii | ... | Girl A (voice) |
| Masami Toyoshima | ... | Girl B (voice) |
| Yuka Ôno | ... | Girl C (voice) (as Yuka Ohno) |
| Tarô Ishida | ... | Colonel Shikishima (voice) |
| Mizuho Suzuki | ... | Doctor Ônishi (voice) |
| Cam Clarke | ... | Kaneda (voice: English version) (as Jimmy Flinders) |
| Steve Kramer | ... | Roy (voice: English version) (as Drew Thomas) |
| Lewis Lemay | ... | Doctor (voice: English version) |
 | Barbara Goodson | ... | Takashi / Kaori (voice: English version) (as Barbara Larsen) |
| Jan Rabson | ... | Tetsuo Shima (voice: English version) (as Stanley Gurd Jr.) |
| Tony Pope | ... | Colonel / Yama / Nezu (voice: English version) (as Tony Mozdy) |
| Lara Cody | ... | Kei (voice: English version) (as Deanna Morris) |
| Bob Bergen | ... | Masaru / Kai (voice: English version) |
 | Melora Harte | ... | Kiyoko (voice: English version) (as Marylin Lane) |
| Watney Held | ... | Additional voices (voice: English version) |
| Wally Burr | ... | Additional voices (voice: English version) (as Burt Walters) |
| Julie Phelan | ... | Additional voices (voice: English version) |
| Eddie Frierson | ... | Additional voices (voice: English version) (as Christy Mathewson) |
| Brad Wurst | ... | Additional voices (voice: English version) |
 | Bruce Winant | ... | Additional voices (voice: English version) (as Jim Warrington) |
 | Johnny Yong Bosch | ... | Kaneda (voice: English version) |
 | Joshua Seth | ... | Tetsuo Shima (voice: English version) |
| Wendee Lee | ... | Kei (voice: English version) |
 | Sandy Fox | ... | Kiyoko (voice: English version) |
| Jamieson Price | ... | Colonel (voice: English version) (as James Lyon) |
| Cody MacKenzie | ... | Takashi (voice: English version) |
| Bob Buchholz | ... | Ryu (voice: English version) (as Robert Wicks) |
| Kirk Thornton | ... | Additional Voices (voice: English version) (as Sparky Thornton) |
| Chloe Thornton | ... | Additional Voices (voice: English version) |
| Detroit Louie | ... | Additional Voices (voice: English version) |
 | Matthew Mercer | ... | Kai (voice: English version) (as Matt 'Masamune' Miller) |
| Matthew Hustin | ... | Additional Voices (voice: English version) |
| Michael Lindsay | ... | Yamagata (voice: English version) (as Dylan Tully) |
| Michael Sorich | ... | Additional Voices (voice: English version) |
| Michael Forest | ... | Additional Voices (voice: English version) (as Russell Thor) |
| Mike Reynolds | ... | Nezu (voice: English version) (as Ray Michaels) |
| Paul St. Peter | ... | Additional Voices (voice: English version) (as George C. Cole) |
| Lee Kelso | ... | Additional Voices (voice: English version) |
| Patricia Ja Lee | ... | Additional Voices (voice: English version) (as Pee Jay Lee) |
| Mona Marshall | ... | Additional Voices (voice: English version) |
 | Michael McConnohie | ... | Additional Voices (voice: English version) |
| Michelle Ruff | ... | Kaori (voice: English version) (as Georgette Rose) |
| Peter Lee | ... | Additional Voices (voice: English version) |
| Jim Taggert | ... | Additional Voices (voice: English version) |
 | Robert Axelrod | ... | Additional Voices (voice: English version) |
| Rebecca Forstadt | ... | Additional Voices (voice: English version) (as Reba West) |
 | Steve Staley | ... | Additional Voices (voice: English version) (as Steve Cannon) |
| Derek Stephen Prince | ... | Additional Voices (voice: English version) (as David Umansky) |
 | Steve Blum | ... | Additional Voices (voice: English version) (as David Lucas) |
 | Skip Stellrecht | ... | Additional Voices (voice: English version) (as Henry Douglas Grey) |
| Simon Prescott | ... | Doctor (voice: English version) (as Simon Isaacson) |
 | Ted Rae | ... | Additional Voices (voice: English version) |
| Tony Oliver | ... | Additional Voices (voice: English version) (as Raphael Antonio) |
| William Knight | ... | Additional Voices (voice: English version) (as William Frederick) |
 | William Bassett | ... | Additional Voices (voice: English version) (as Frederick Bloggs) |
| Kurt P. Wimberger | ... | Additional Voices (voice: English version) (as Kurt Wimberger) |
| Lisa Tarulli | ... | Additional Voices (voice: English version) |
| Jessica Gee | ... | Additional Voices (voice: English version) |
| Joe Romersa | ... | Additional Voices (voice: English version) |
| Ivan Buckley | ... | Bartender (voice: English version) |
| Jonathan C. Osborne | ... | Additional Voices (voice: English version) |
| Josil Ferhardt | ... | Additional Voices (voice: English version) |
| Julie Ann Taylor | ... | Additional Voices (voice: English version) (as Jean Howard) |
| Guy Pinkham | ... | Additional Voices (voice: English version) |
| Mike Lembaw | ... | Additional Voices (voice: English version) |
 | Peter Spellos | ... | Additional Voices (voice: English version) (as Harold Muckle) |
| Doug Stone | ... | Additional Voices (voice: English version) |
| Bambi Darro | ... | Additional Voices (voice: English version) |
| Emily Brown | ... | Additional Voices (voice: English version) (as Emilie Brown) |
| Ezra Weisz | ... | Additional Voices (voice: English version) (as Ethan Murray) |
| Sam Strong | ... | Additional Voices (voice: English version) |
| Steve McGowan | ... | Additional Voices (voice: English version) (as Richard Plantagenet) |
 | Dan Martin | ... | Additional Voices (voice: English version) |
| Dan Woren | ... | Additional Voices (voice: English version) (as Jackson Daniels) |
| W.T. Hatch | ... | Additional Voices (voice: English version) |
| Christopher Joyce | ... | Additional Voices (voice: English version) |
 | Adam Sholder | ... | Additional Voices (voice: English version) |
| Tony Sarducci | ... | Additional Voices (voice: English version) |
 | Lex Lang | ... | Additional Voices (voice: English version) |
| Dougary Grant | ... | Additional Voices (voice: English version) (as Harold Muckle) |
Directed by | |||
| Katsuhiro Ohtomo | (supervising director) (as Katsuhiro Otomo) | ||
Writing credits | ||
| Katsuhiro Ohtomo | (screenplay) (as Katsuhiro Otomo) and | |
| Izô Hashimoto | (screenplay) | |
| Katsuhiro Ohtomo | (graphic novel) (as Katsuhiro Otomo) | |
Produced by | |||
| Haruyo Kanesaku | .... | producer | |
| Shunzo Kato | .... | producer | |
| James Yosuke Kobayashi | .... | executive producer | |
| Yutaka Maseba | .... | producer | |
| Yoshimasa Mizuo | .... | associate producer | |
| Sawako Noma | .... | executive producer | |
| Ryohei Suzuki | .... | producer | |
| Hiroe Tsukamoto | .... | producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| Shoji Yamashiro | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| Katsuji Misawa | (director of photography) | ||
Film Editing by | |||
| Takeshi Seyama | |||
Production Design by | |||
| Kazuo Ebisawa | |||
| Yuji Ikehata | |||
| Koji Ono | (as Koji Ohno) | ||
Art Direction by | |||
| Toshiharu Mizutani | |||
Production Management | |||
| Yoichi Ikeda | .... | production manager | |
| Yokinori Sakai | .... | production manager | |
| Takahisa Yokomizo | .... | production manager | |
Sound Department | |||
| Susumu Akitagawa | .... | sound recording director (as Susumu Aketagawa) | |
| Les Claypool III | .... | sound editor (as Les E. Claypool) | |
| Lisa Hannan | .... | sound editor | |
| Shizuo Kusahashi | .... | sound effects supervisor | |
| Masafumi Mima | .... | assistant to sound recording director | |
| Mikio Mori | .... | stereo sound consultant: Dolby | |
| Yukie Naito | .... | sound recording engineer | |
| Kozo Ogata | .... | sound recording production manager | |
| Toyo Onkyo | .... | foley artist | |
| Tetsuo Segawa | .... | sound recording supervisor | |
| Toshifumi Seike | .... | sound recording engineer | |
| Kevin Seymour | .... | adr supervisor | |
| Kenji Shibazaki | .... | foley artist (as Kenji Shibasaki) | |
| Tokuya Shimada | .... | sound recording producer | |
| Keiji Urata | .... | sound recording architect | |
| Heidi Wilbur | .... | adr supervisor | |
Special Effects by | |||
| Takashi Maekawa | .... | special effect artist | |
| Noriko Takaya | .... | special effects backgrounds | |
Visual Effects by | |||
| Yuriko Amemiya | .... | computer graphics | |
| Hiroyuki Aoyama | .... | computer graphics artist: Telecom Company | |
| Ryoichiro Debuchi | .... | computer graphics | |
| Toyoaki Emura | .... | computer graphics artist: High-Tech Labs | |
| Masaaki Endo | .... | computer graphics artist: High Tech Labs | |
| Atsuko Fukushima | .... | computer graphics artist: High-Tech Labs | |
| Chie Furubayashi | .... | computer graphics | |
| Makiko Futaki | .... | computer graphics artist: High-Tech Labs | |
| Kenji Hachizaki | .... | computer graphics artist: Telecom Company | |
| Shinji Hashimoto | .... | computer graphics artist: High-Tech Labs | |
| Satoshi Hirayama | .... | computer graphics artist: High-Tech Labs | |
| Toshiuki Hontani | .... | computer graphics artist: High Tech Labs | |
| Toshiyuki Inoue | .... | computer graphics artist: High-Tech Labs | |
| Yoshinori Kanada | .... | computer graphics artist: High Tech Labs | |
| Jirô Kanai | .... | computer graphics artist: High Tech Labs | |
| Yukiko Katsuya | .... | computer graphics | |
| Toshio Kawaguchi | .... | computer graphics artist: High Tech Labs | |
| Masuji Kigami | .... | computer graphics artist: High-Tech Labs | |
| Hiroyuki Kitakubo | .... | computer graphics artist: High Tech Labs | |
| Yûko Kusumoto | .... | computer graphics artist: Telecom Company | |
| Koichi Maruyama | .... | computer graphics artist: Telecom Company | |
| Toshihiko Masuda | .... | computer graphics artist: Telecom Company | |
| Shôichi Masuo | .... | computer graphics artist: High Tech Labs | |
| Kyoko Matsubara | .... | computer graphics artist: High Tech Labs | |
| Yoshinobu Michihata | .... | computer graphics artist: Telecom Company | |
| Naoko Motoyoshi | .... | computer graphics | |
| Seiji Muta | .... | computer graphics artist: High-Tech Labs | |
| Takashi Nakamura | .... | computer graphics artist: High-Tech Labs | |
| Hideki Nimura | .... | computer graphics artist: High Tech Labs | |
| Hiroaki Noguchi | .... | computer graphics artist: Telecom Company | |
| Hidekazu Ohara | .... | computer graphics artist: High Tech Labs | |
| Yoshiyuki Okiura | .... | computer graphics artist: High-Tech Labs | |
| Tomihiko Okubo | .... | computer graphics artist: High-Tech Labs | |
| Masanori Ono | .... | computer graphics artist: Telecom Company | |
| Shinji Otsuka | .... | computer graphics artist: High Tech Labs | |
| Sadahiko Sakamaki | .... | computer graphics artist: High-Tech Labs | |
| Chiharu Sato | .... | computer graphics artist: High Tech Labs | |
| Hiroaki Satô | .... | computer graphics artist: High-Tech Labs | |
| Yasuhiro Seo | .... | computer graphics artist: High Tech Labs | |
| Masatomo Sudoh | .... | computer graphics artist: High Tech Labs | |
| Hirozaka Suenaga | .... | computer graphics artist: Telecom Company | |
| Shinichi Suzuki | .... | computer graphics artist: High Tech Labs | |
| Hiroki Takagi | .... | computer graphics artist: High-Tech Labs | |
| Akinobu Takahashi | .... | computer graphics artist: High Tech Labs | |
| Kazuyoshi Takeuchi | .... | computer graphics artist: High-Tech Labs | |
| Yoshio Takeuchi | .... | computer graphics artist: High-Tech Labs | |
| Seiichi Takiguchi | .... | computer graphics artist: Telecom Company | |
| Tatsuyuki Tanaka | .... | computer graphics artist: High-Tech Labs | |
| Ryuno Tatsuo | .... | computer graphics artist: High Tech Labs | |
| Shinichi Terasawa | .... | computer graphics artist: High Tech Labs | |
| Yoshinori Tokiya | .... | computer graphics artist: High Tech Labs | |
| K. Tomita | .... | computer graphics artist: High Tech Labs | |
| Keiko Tomizawa | .... | computer graphics artist: Telecom Company | |
| Ami Tomobuki | .... | computer graphics artist: High Tech Labs | |
| Hitoshi Ueda | .... | computer graphics artist: High Tech Labs | |
| Yasuomi Umetsu | .... | computer graphics artist: High Tech Labs | |
| Satoshi Urushihara | .... | computer graphics artist: High Tech Labs | |
| Satoru Utsunomiya | .... | computer graphics artist: High-Tech Labs | |
| Toshiya Washida | .... | computer graphics artist: Telecom Company | |
| Kazuyoshi Yaginuma | .... | computer graphics artist: High-Tech Labs | |
| Cindy H. Yamauchi | .... | computer graphics artist: High Tech Labs (as Hideko Yamauchi) | |
| Yuichiro Yano | .... | computer graphics artist: Telecom Company | |
| Kenji Yazaki | .... | computer graphics artist: Telecom Company | |
Camera and Electrical Department | |||
| Yuki Asaine | .... | animation camera: Asahi Production | |
| Kazuta Furubayashi | .... | animation camera: Asahi Production | |
| Hajime Hasegawa | .... | animation camera: Toms Photo | |
| Yoichi Hasegawa | .... | animation camera: Asahi Production | |
| Kazunari Ichinozuka | .... | animation camera: Toms Photo | |
| Shuichi Ito | .... | animation camera: Asahi Production | |
| Hiroshi Kanai | .... | animation camera: Toms Photo | |
| Tetsu Keibu | .... | animation camera: Asahi Production | |
| Kenichi Kobayashi | .... | animation camera: Toms Photo | |
| Kiyoshi Kobayashi | .... | animation camera: Toms Photo | |
| Hiroyuki Matsuzawa | .... | animation camera: Asahi Production | |
| Hitoshi Nishiyama | .... | animation camera: Toms Photo | |
| Takashi Nomura | .... | animation camera: Toms Photo | |
| Takahisa Ogawa | .... | animation camera: Toms Photo | |
| Kazunobu Okeda | .... | animation camera: Asahi Production | |
| Atsushi Okui | .... | animation camera: Asahi Production | |
| Akio Saitô | .... | animation camera: Asahi Production | |
| Yukinori Sakai | .... | animation camera: Asahi Production | |
| Hitoshi Shirao | .... | animation camera: Toms Photo | |
| Hideko Takahashi | .... | animation camera: Asahi Production | |
| Moriyuki Terashita | .... | animation camera: Toms Photo | |
| Youji Toki | .... | animation camera: Asahi Production | |
| Toshiyuki Umeda | .... | animation camera: Asahi Production | |
| Atsushi Yoshino | .... | animation camera: Toms Photo | |
| Hironori Yoshino | .... | animation camera: Toms Photo | |
Animation Department | |||
| Miyuki Aoki | .... | inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd. | |
| Hiroyuki Aoyama | .... | key animator: Telecom Animation Film | |
| Mariko Araki | .... | inbetween animator: Dragon Production | |
| Seiko Azuma | .... | inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd. | |
| Shusaku Chiba | .... | inbetween animator: Nakamura Production | |
| Katsumoto Ehara | .... | inbetween animator: Dragon Production (as Katsutomo Ehara) | |
| Toyoaki Emura | .... | key animator | |
| Masaaki Endo | .... | key animator | |
| Yukari Fujii | .... | inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd. | |
| Yoshiko Fujita | .... | inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd. | |
| Atsushi Fujitsuka | .... | ink and paint supervisor | |
| Yoshiuki Fukuda | .... | inbetween animator: Nakamura Production | |
| Atsuko Fukushima | .... | key animator | |
| Akira Furuya | .... | background artist: Studio Uni | |
| Makiko Futaki | .... | key animator | |
| Hirofumi Hagimiwa | .... | background artist: Baku Production | |
| Shunsuke Harada | .... | inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd. | |
| Katsufumi Haryu | .... | background artist: Studio Fuga (as Katsufumi Hariu) | |
| Kôichi Hashimoto | .... | key animator | |
| Shinji Hashimoto | .... | key animator | |
| Fukiko Hashizume | .... | background artist: Ishigaki Production | |
| Masako Hayashi | .... | inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd. | |
| Tokuhiro Hiragi | .... | background artist: Studio Fuga (as Tokuhiro Hiraki) | |
| Emiko Hirama | .... | inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd. | |
| Teiji Hiramatsu | .... | inbetween animator: Nakamura Production | |
| Satoshi Hirayama | .... | key animator | |
| Toru Hishiyama | .... | background artist: Studio Fuga | |
| Osamu Honda | .... | background artist: Baku Production | |
| Kaoru Honma | .... | background artist: Ishigaki Production | |
| Toshiaki Hontani | .... | key animator | |
| Hiroyuki Horiuchi | .... | key animator | |
| Sanae Ichioka | .... | background artist: Studio Fuga | |
| Akiyoshi Iijima | .... | background artist: Studio Uni | |
| Takuya Iinuma | .... | inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd. | |
| Kazuyuki Iizuka | .... | inbetween animator: Nakamura Production | |
| Michiko Ikeuchi | .... | color key stylist | |
| Tatsuo Imamura | .... | background artist: Baku Production | |
| Toshiyuki Inoue | .... | key animator | |
| Junko Isaka | .... | inbetween animator: Dragon Production | |
| Takayuki Ishizuka | .... | inbetween animator: Nakamura Production | |
| Mika Isuda | .... | ink and paint artist | |
| Masatoshi Kai | .... | background artist: Studio Fuga | |
| Nobuo Kamaki | .... | inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd. | |
| Kenji Kamiyama | .... | background artist: Studio Fuga | |
| Yoshinori Kanada | .... | key animator (as Yoshinori Kaneda) | |
| Jirô Kanai | .... | key animator | |
| Yoshi Kanajima | .... | background artist: Ishigaki Production (as Yoshie Kanajima) | |
| Yuriko Kashiwakura | .... | ink and paint checker | |
| Kenichi Katsui | .... | inbetween animator: Dragon Production | |
| Takashi Kawaguchi | .... | inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd. | |
| Toshio Kawaguchi | .... | key animator | |
| Yumiko Kawaguchi | .... | ink and paint artist | |
| Naoko Kawakami | .... | ink and paint artist | |
| Jiro Kawano | .... | background artist: Studio Uni | |
| Hirotsugu Kawasaki | .... | key animator | |
| Koji Kawasaki | .... | inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd. | |
| Akiko Kawauchi | .... | inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd. | |
| Masuji Kigami | .... | key animator | |
| Yoshiji Kigami | .... | key animator | |
| Mayumi Kimura | .... | ink and paint artist | |
| Shinji Kimura | .... | background artist: Kobayashi Production | |
| Kazuhiro Kinoshita | .... | background artist: Ishigaki Production | |
| Hiroyuki Kitakubo | .... | key animator | |
| Mariko Kobayashi | .... | background artist: Studio Fuga | |
| Asako Kodaira | .... | background artist: Studio Fuga | |
| Himako Komatsu | .... | inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd. (as Hinako Komatsu) | |
| Hisahiko Komiya | .... | animation checker | |
| Takeshi Konakawa | .... | inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd. | |
| Mamoru Konno | .... | background artist: Ishigaki Production | |
| Kitaro Kosaka | .... | key animator | |
| Miyuki Kudo | .... | background artist: Studio Fuga | |
| Yoshiko Kuriihara | .... | inbetween animator: Dragon Production | |
| Satoshi Kuroda | .... | background artist: Studio Fuga | |
| Tatsuya Kushida | .... | background artist: Studio Fuga | |
| Yûko Kusumoto | .... | key animator: Telecom Animation Film | |
| Koichi Maruyama | .... | key animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd. | |
| Toshihiko Masuda | .... | key animator: Telecom Animation Film | |
| Shôichi Masuo | .... | key animator | |
| Kyoko Matsubara | .... | key animator | |
| Yoshiaki Matsuo | .... | inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd. | |
| Yoshinobu Michihata | .... | key animator: Telecom Animation Film | |
| Yukihiko Michimoto | .... | ink and paint artist | |
| Tomoko Mitsui | .... | ink and paint artist (as Tomoka Mitsui) | |
| Hiroyuki Mitsumoto | .... | background artist: Ishigaki Production | |
| Yuichi Miura | .... | inbetween animator: Dragon Production | |
| Kaori Miyagawa | .... | inbetween animator: Dragon Production | |
| Mitsuharu Miyamae | .... | background artist: Baku Production | |
| Minako Mori | .... | ink and paint artist | |
| Kôji Morimoto | .... | assistant to chief animator (as Kouji Morimoto) | |
| Masato Mukai | .... | inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd. | |
| Miyuki Murai | .... | inbetween animator: Dragon Production | |
| Mitsunori Murata | .... | animation checker | |
| Seiji Muta | .... | key animator | |
| Osamu Nabeshima | .... | key animator | |
| Midori Nagaoka | .... | inbetween animator: Dragon Production | |
| Yasushi Nagaoka | .... | key animator | |
| Yoko Nagashima | .... | inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd. | |
| Tokumi Nagayasu | .... | special cooperator for background (as Takumi Nagayasu) | |
| Morifumi Naka | .... | key animator | |
| Kayoko Nakafuji | .... | inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd. | |
| Toshio Nakagome | .... | inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd. (as Toshie Nikagome) | |
| Noriyuki Nakajima | .... | inbetween animator: Nakamura Production | |
| Akiko Nakamura | .... | inbetween animator: Dragon Production | |
| Takashi Nakamura | .... | background artist: Studio Uni | |
| Takashi Nakamura | .... | chief animator | |
| Yuji Nakamura | .... | inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd. | |
| Shihoko Nakayama | .... | ink and paint artist | |
| Yôji Nakaza | .... | background artist: Ishigaki Production | |
| Tatsushi Narita | .... | inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd. | |
| Rie Niidome | .... | inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd. | |
| Hideki Nimura | .... | key animator (as Hideki Nemura) | |
| Shoujirou Nishimi | .... | inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd. (as Shojiro Nishimi) | |
| Eiichiro Nishiyama | .... | inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd. | |
| Emiko Nishiyama | .... | animation in-betweener: Telecom Animation | |
| Hiroaki Noguchi | .... | key animator: Telecom Animation Film | |
| Takashi Noto | .... | inbetween animator: Nakamura Production | |
| Noriko Ogawa | .... | ink and paint checker | |
| Hiroyuki Ogura | .... | background artist: Ishigaki Production | |
| Hidekazu Ohara | .... | key animator | |
| Daihachi Okajima | .... | inbetween animator: Dragon Production | |
| Hidehiko Okano | .... | key animator | |
| Yoshiyuki Okiura | .... | key animator | |
| Tomihiko Okubo | .... | key animator | |
| Masanori Ono | .... | key animator: Telecom Animation Film | |
| Masayuki Osawa | .... | inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd. | |
| Nobuhiro Otsuka | .... | background artist: Kobayashi Production | |
| Shinji Otsuka | .... | key animator | |
| Junko Saito | .... | inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd. | |
| Norio Saito | .... | inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd. | |
| Sadahiko Sakamaki | .... | key animator | |
| Yoko Sakurai | .... | inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd. | |
| Noboru Sasaki | .... | inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd. | |
| Shinichi Sasaki | .... | inbetween animator: Nakamura Production | |
| Atsushi Sato | .... | ink and paint artist (as Atsushi Sano) | |
| Chiharu Sato | .... | key animator | |
| Hiroshi Sato | .... | inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd. | |
| Kazuhiro Sato | .... | background artist: Baku Production | |
| Hiroaki Satô | .... | animation director | |
| Yasuhiro Seo | .... | key animator | |
| Yukihiro Shibutani | .... | background artist: Ishigaki Production | |
| Kazutoshi Shimizu | .... | background artist: Ishigaki Production | |
| Masayoshi Shimura | .... | inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd. | |
| Takayaki Shimura | .... | inbetween animator: Dragon Production (as Takayuki Shimura) | |
| Yasuyuki Shimuzu | .... | inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd. | |
| Takuro Shinbo | .... | inbetween animator: Nakamura Production (as Takuro Shinpo) | |
| Chieko Shiobara | .... | inbetween animator: Dragon Production | |
| Noriko Shiotani | .... | ink and paint checker | |
| Hiromi Shirouchi | .... | ink and paint artist | |
| Hajime Soga | .... | background artist: Studio Fuga | |
| Eiko Sudo | .... | background artist: Ishigaki Production | |
| Masatomo Sudoh | .... | key animator (as Masatomo Sudo) | |
| Hirokazu Suenaga | .... | key animator: Telecom Animation Film | |
| Mayumi Suzuki | .... | inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd. | |
| Shinichi Suzuki | .... | key animator | |
| Masaharu Tada | .... | key animator | |
| Koichi Taguchi | .... | inbetween animator: Nakamura Production | |
| Hiroyuki Takagi | .... | key animator | |
| Akinobu Takahashi | .... | key animator | |
| Kenichi Takahashi | .... | background artist: Ishigaki Production | |
| Natsuko Takahashi | .... | inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd. | |
| Hiroko Takatani | .... | inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd. | |
| Masami Takebuchi | .... | inbetween animator: Dragon Production | |
| Tomoko Takei | .... | inbetween animator: Dragon Production | |
| Mariko Takekuchi | .... | inbetween animator: Dragon Production | |
| Yasuhiro Takema | .... | inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd. | |
| Kazuyoshi Takeuchi | .... | key animator | |
| Yoshio Takeuchi | .... | animation director | |
| Seiichi Takiguchi | .... | key animator: Telecom Animation Film | |
| Kiyomi Tanaka | .... | layout artist | |
| Setsuko Tanaka | .... | color key stylist | |
| Tatsuyuki Tanaka | .... | key animator | |
| Hitomi Tateno | .... | animation checker | |
| Teruyo Tateyama | .... | ink and paint checker | |
| Noboru Tatsuike | .... | background artist: Studio Fuga | |
| Ryuno Tatsuo | .... | key animator | |
| Shinichi Terasawa | .... | key animator | |
| Yoyoi Toki | .... | inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd. (as Yayoi Toki) | |
| Yoshinori Tokiya | .... | key animator | |
| Takuo Tominaga | .... | inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd. | |
| Kuni Tomita | .... | key animator | |
| Keiko Tomizawa | .... | key animator: Telecom Animation Film | |
| Ami Tomobuki | .... | key animator (as Ayumi Tomobuki) | |
| Akira Tsukada | .... | inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd. | |
| Tatehiko Uchida | .... | background artist: Studio Uni | |
| Tsutomu Uchida | .... | background artist: Studio Fuga | |
| Miho Uchiyama | .... | ink and paint artist | |
| Hitoshi Ueda | .... | key animator | |
| Junichi Uehara | .... | ink and paint artist | |
| Minoru Ueno | .... | ink and paint artist | |
| Junko Uenoyama | .... | inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd. | |
| Tatsuya Uetsu | .... | inbetween animator: Nakamura Production | |
| Takashi Umeda | .... | inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd. | |
| Yasuomi Umetsu | .... | key animator | |
| Satoshi Urushihara | .... | key animator (as Satoshi Urushibara) | |
| Satoru Utsunomiya | .... | key animator | |
| Yoshiaki Wakaki | .... | inbetween animator: Dragon Production | |
| Toshiya Washida | .... | key animator: Telecom Animation Film | |
| Takashi Watabe | .... | layout artist | |
| Hiroko Watanabe | .... | inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd. | |
| Kazuyoshi Yaginuma | .... | key animator | |
| Hideyuki Yagisawa | .... | ink and paint artist | |
| Kenji Yamamoto | .... | inbetween animator: Dragon Production | |
| Kimie Yamana | .... | color key stylist | |
| Kaori Yamasaki | .... | background artist: Studio Uni | |
| Cindy H. Yamauchi | .... | key animator (as Hideko Yamauchi) | |
| Hisao Yamazaki | .... | inbetween animator: Nakamura Production | |
| Yumi Yanagawa | .... | inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd. | |
| Yuichiro Yano | .... | key animator: Telecom Animation Film | |
| Haruni Yatsu | .... | ink and paint artist (as Harumi Yatsu) | |
| Kenji Yazaki | .... | key animator: Telecom Animation Film | |
| Hisao Yokobori | .... | inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd. (as Hisao Yokohori) | |
| Akiko Yoshii | .... | inbetween animator: Dragon Production | |
| Hiroko Yoshizawa | .... | inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd. | |
| Keiko Yozawa | .... | inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd. | |
| Shin'ya Ôhira | .... | key animator | |
Editorial Department | |||
| Hiroshi Adachi | .... | assistant editor | |
Music Department | |||
| Sugata Ida Bagus | .... | musician: "Balinese tantra" (as Geinoh Yamashirogumi) | |
| Yukihiro Issoh | .... | musician: "Noh performance: Fue Kata" (as Geinoh Yamashirogumi) | |
| Tsuyoshi Kon | .... | musician: electric guitar (as Geinoh Yamashirogumi) | |
| Junzo Miyamasu | .... | musician: "Noh performance: Tsuzumi Kata" (as Geinoh Yamashirogumi) | |
| Tokihiko Morishita | .... | musician: keyboard (as Geinoh Yamashirogumi) | |
| Keiji Muraki | .... | music recording director | |
| Takashi Namba | .... | musician: keyboard (as Geinoh Yamashirogumi) | |
| Kenji Ni-ina | .... | musician: synthesizer "EMU" (as Geinoh Yamashirogumi) | |
| Hiruhiko Ono | .... | musical editor (as Haruhiko Ohno) | |
| Nobu Saito | .... | musician: percussion (as Geinoh Yamashirogumi) | |
| Shiro Sasaki | .... | music recording director | |
| Nobuyuki Shirasaka | .... | musician: "Noh performance: Ohkawa Kata" (as Geinoh Yamashirogumi) | |
| Hideo Takada | .... | music recording engineer | |
| Kunihiko Tominaga | .... | musician: synthesizer (as Geinoh Yamashirogumi) | |
| Hideo Yamaki | .... | musician: drums (as Geinoh Yamashirogumi) | |
| Shoji Yamashiro | .... | conductor | |
| Shoji Yamashiro | .... | musical director | |
| Masamichi Yamazaki | .... | musician: "Noh performance: Shite Kata" (as Geinoh Yamashirogumi) | |
| Heizo Yoda | .... | music recording engineer | |
| Keiichiro Yoshioka | .... | music recording engineer | |
| Kiyoshi Yoshitani | .... | musician: "Noh performance: Taiko Kata" (as Geinoh Yamashirogumi) | |
Other crew | |||
| Ryosuke Kumai | .... | publicist | |
| Goro Morita | .... | quick action recorder operator | |
| Keiko Nobumoto | .... | production assistant | |
| Clay Loring Roberts | .... | production assistant | |
| Kevin Seymour | .... | adr director | |
| Kevin Seymour | .... | adr screenplay | |
| Ken Tsunoda | .... | production coordinator | |
| Heidi Wilbur | .... | adr screenplay | |
Production Companies
- TMS Entertainment (presents)
- Akira Committee Company Ltd.
- Bandai
- Kodansha
- Mainichi Broadcasting System (MBS)
- Sumitomo Corporation
- Toho Company
- Tokyo Movie Shinsha (TMS)
- Toho Company (1988) (Japan) (theatrical)
- Bandai Media Department (1988) (Japan) (VHS)
- Manga Video (1990) (UK) (VHS)
- Cinepix / Famous Players Distribution (C/FP) (1990) (Canada) (theatrical) (Streamline version)
- Streamline Pictures (1990) (USA) (theatrical) (dubbed)
- Forum Distribution (1991) (France) (theatrical)
- Criterion Collection, The (1992) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
- Connexion Film (1991) (Germany) (theatrical)
- Sputnik Film (1991) (Germany) (theatrical)
- 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (????) (USA) (DVD)
- A-Film Home Entertainment (2001) (Netherlands) (DVD)
- AV Channel (2001) (Australia) (DVD)
- Bandai Visual Company (2001) (Japan) (DVD)
- Bandai Visual Company (2009) (Japan) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
- Criterion Collection, The (1995) (USA) (laserdisc)
- Emina (2003) (Sweden) (DVD)
- Europa Carat (????) (Brazil) (VHS)
- Living Colour Entertainment (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD)
- Manga Films (????) (Spain) (DVD)
- Manga Video (2001) (UK) (DVD)
- Orion Home Video (1999) (USA) (VHS) (dubbed)
- Pioneer LDC (2002) (Japan) (DVD)
- Pioneer Video (2001) (USA) (DVD)
- Pioneer Video (2001) (USA) (VHS)
- Pioneer Video (2002) (USA) (DVD)
- Pioneer Video (2004) (USA) (DVD)
- R.S. Entertainment
- Selecta Vision (????) (Spain) (DVD)
- Stormovie (2005) (Italy) (DVD)
- Voyager Company, The (????) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
- Warner Home Video (199?) (Germany) (VHS)
- Akira Committee Company Ltd. music produced by
- Akira Studio production studio
- Animal-ya
- Animaze English dialog (English version)
- Anime Art animation studio
- Aoi Studio sound recording studio
- Asahi Production animation camera shooting studio
- Asunaro Studio animation studio
- Baku Production background art
- Body Planning ink and paint support studio
- Captions subtitling (English version)
- Continental Far East dolby stereo consaltant
- Digital Sound Design Studio Eureka sound recording studio
- Dragon Production inbetween animation
- Easy World ink and paint support studio
- Fantasia animation studio
- Gainax animation studio
- Group Lynus animation studio
- High-Tech Lab. Japan computer graphics
- IM Studio ink and paint support studio
- IVC digitally remastered at (english version)
- Ishigaki Production background art
- JVC Aoyama Studio musical recording studio
- Kobayashi Production background art
- Kodansha based on graphic novel published by
- Kyoto Animation animation studio
- M I ink and paint support studio
- Magic Bus animation studio
- Magnitude 8 Post recording facility (english version)
- Marchen-Sha animation studio
- Mook Company Ltd. animation studio
- Nakamura Production inbetween animation
- Next One animation studio
- Office Next One ink and paint support studio
- Oh Production animation studio
- Osaka Animation Studio ink and paint support studio
- POP Sound remixed at (English version)
- Radical Party animation studio
- Raijin Film animation studio
- Samatack animation studio
- Shindo Production animation studio
- Showa Women's University Hitomi Memorial Hall music recording studio
- Studio Boomerang animation studio
- Studio DEEN animation studio
- Studio Dub animation studio
- Studio Fantasia animation studio
- Studio Fuga background art
- Studio Kuma animation studio
- Studio Look animation studio
- Studio Look ink and paint support studio
- Studio Marine ink and paint support studio
- Studio Musashi animation studio
- Studio Noel ink and paint support studio
- Studio Pierrot Co. Ltd. animation studio
- Studio Robin ink and paint support studio
- Studio UNI background art
- Sumisho Electronic Systems
- Super Spirits animation studio
- Suzuki Animation Planning
- Tamazawa Animation animation studio
- Telecom Animation Film Company inbetween animation
- Telecom Animation Film Company ink and paint support studio
- Tezuka Production Company Ltd. animation studio
- Tiger Production animation studio
- Tokyo Laboratory Co. Ltd. film laboratory
- Tokyo Movie Shinsha (TMS) animation production
- Toms Photo animation camera shooting studio
- Trans Arts Company
- Vario-Hall music recording studio
- Victor Musical Industries music produced by
- WARP animation studio
- Wavefront Technologies
- Yuminsha ink and paint
- Yuminsha ink and paints
- ZRO Limit Productions in association with (english version)
- ZRO Limit Productions translation & subtitle timing (english version)
Additional Details
Also Known As:
"Akira: The Special Edition" - USA (reissue title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for graphic violence and brief nudity
Parents Guide:
Runtime:
124 min
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Aspect Ratio:
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Sound Mix:
70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | DTS (re-release) | Dolby (35 mm prints) | Dolby Digital (2001 re-issue)
Certification:
Finland:K-12 (video) (1994) | Finland:K-15 (DVD) (2004) | Canada:18 (Nova Scotia) (re-rating) (2003) | Iceland:12 (video rating) | Iceland:14 | Italy:T | Hungary:16 | Netherlands:12 (re-rating) | Canada:18+ (TV rating) | Brazil:14 | South Korea:15 (DVD rating) | Ireland:15 | UK:15 (re-rating) (2002) | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Canada:14A (Manitoba) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | France:-12 | Netherlands:16 | New Zealand:M (re-rating) (2002) | Norway:15 (DVD rating) | Singapore:NC-16 | Singapore:PG (cut) | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | UK:12 (original rating) | USA:R | West Germany:16 (nf) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:A (Nova Scotia) (original rating)
Company:
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Trivia:
Because Madman Entertainment Pty. Ltd. licensed Akira through Manga Entertainment rather than Pioneer/Geneon, the Australian DVD release of Akira has both the original Streamline dub (which Manga has the license to) and Pioneer/Geneon's new English dub.See more »
Goofs:
Continuity: When the camera is far away from Akira's capsule, the nameplate is in katakana (a Japanese alphabet). When Tetsuo walks closer, it has mystically been translated to Romaji (English) characters.See more »
Quotes:
Kaneda:[Tetsuo is brutally beating a member of the Clown gang] You're gonna kill him, Tetsuo. You want that?
Tetsuo:I want him more than dead, I'll split his freaking head open!
Kaneda:Just knock it off now! This all happened because you took my bike for a spin. Enough already.
Tetsuo:Shut up! Don't order me around!
Kaneda:We were just worried.
Tetsuo:Why do you always have to try and save me? I could handle it on my own. Yeah, I admit I've gotten beaten before, but I won't always be on the receiving end, you hear that? You understand?
Kaori:Tetsuo, I...
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Tetsuo:I want him more than dead, I'll split his freaking head open!
Kaneda:Just knock it off now! This all happened because you took my bike for a spin. Enough already.
Tetsuo:Shut up! Don't order me around!
Kaneda:We were just worried.
Tetsuo:Why do you always have to try and save me? I could handle it on my own. Yeah, I admit I've gotten beaten before, but I won't always be on the receiving end, you hear that? You understand?
Kaori:Tetsuo, I...
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Movie Connections:
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Soundtrack:
Tokyo Shoeshine BoySee more »
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*Stereotype: Akira is a gratuitous bloodbath.
Maybe, but it's also a hard-nosed societal critique. Gore fans get what they want, but they have some morality shoved down their throats, as well. Most people who hate this movie watch it with a predetermined mindset. . . It takes thought and patience to piece together its sophisticated story.
*Stereotype: Akira rocks!!
The animation equals or exceeds Disney's best, the music is awesome, and the characters are complex, but "Akira" has its flaws. Chunked together from a long pre-existing storyline and filled with gritty violence, "Akira" draws fanatics too bloodthirsty to appreciate its message, and scares away critics intelligent enough to understand it. It takes a very open mind to enjoy this movie.
All in all, be careful with this movie; it's not for everyone. Just ignore the hype on BOTH sides and judge for yourself. I recommend the subtitled version; the dub's voice actors suck and anyone who'll understand this movie is obviously smart enough to read.