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Akira (1988)
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Ratings: 7.9/10 from 53,749 users
Metascore:
76/100
Reviews: 373 user | 106 critic | 4 from Metacritic.com 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. Director:Katsuhiro Ohtomo |
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Mitsuo Iwata | ... |
Shôtarô Kaneda
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Nozomu Sasaki | ... |
Tetsuo Shima
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Mami Koyama | ... |
Kei
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Tesshô Genda | ... |
Ryûsaku
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Hiroshi Ohtake | ... |
Nezu
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Kôichi Kitamura | ... |
Priestess Miyako
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Michihiro Ikemizu | ... |
Inspector
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Yuriko Fuchizaki | ... |
Kaori
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Masaaki Ôkura | ... |
Yamagata
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Tarô Arakawa | ... |
Eiichi Watanabe
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Takeshi Kusao | ... |
Kai
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Kazumi Tanaka | ... |
Army
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Masayuki Katô | ... |
Engineer Sakiyama
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Yôsuke Akimoto | ... |
Harukiya Bartender
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Masato Hirano | ... |
Yûji Takeyama
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Storyline
Kaneda is a bike gang leader whose close friend Tetsuo gets involved in a government secret project known as Akira. On his way to save Tetsuo, Kaneda runs into a group of anti-government activists, greedy politicians, irresponsible scientists and a powerful military leader. The confrontation sparks off Tetsuo's supernatural power leading to bloody death, a coup attempt and the final battle in Tokyo Olympiad where Akira's secrets were buried 30 years ago. Written by Tzung-I Lin <tzung@hugo.att.com>
Plot Summary | Plot SynopsisTaglines:
Neo-Tokyo is about to E.X.P.L.O.D.E. See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
JapanLanguage:
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Akira: The Special Edition See more »Box Office
Budget:
¥1,100,000,000 (estimated)Gross:
$553,171 (USA)Company Credits
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70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | DTS (re-release) | Dolby (35 mm prints) | Dolby Digital (2001 re-issue)Color:
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1.85 : 1
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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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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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Crazy Credits
The date of the first coming of Akira is the exact same date as it was released originally in Japan. See more »
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