Parents Guide for
Akira (1988) More at IMDbPro »

Red = Strong sex

Orange = Moderate sex

Blue = Mild sex

- In a bar, a man is seen pestering a woman to get closer to him suggestively, and she seems upset by it.

- A young girl is seized by a gang; they hold her back while the leader tears of her shirt, giving brief full visibility of her breasts, and punch her and slam her to the floor. Afterward, she is seen wearing an open coat, and her breast can be seen for a second again as she moves. Her cleavage is fully visible. Note that this scene is much more about humiliation and violence rather than sexuality.

- A young couple are seen making out in the background of one of the scenes; however this is still visible. The boy has his hand up the girl's shirt and can be seen groping her breast.

NOTE: this section is not complete, there are several violent scenes missing they may need detailing.

Red = Strong violence

Orange = Moderate violence

Blue = Mild violence

- A man walks along with an injury; a lot of blood is seen on his coat.[/rorange]

- A bike gang go on a rampage, attacking people. They throw a large doll throw a window, and a grenade into a car, blowing it up.

- [orange] A man is headbutted off a bike and his arm is run over, crushing it.

- A man falls from a bike, and a teen driving past hits him with a hammer as he goes along, knocking off his helmet and blood spraying.

- Two dogs attempt to attack a man; he shoots them both. Blood is shown graphically.

- A man confronts a firing squad of armed officers and is shot multiple times even while gunned down. Blood is shown graphically pouring from his body, and when he is gunned down again, it hits you like a brick, on how violent this scene is.

- A defenseless girl is brutally attacked by a gang; they hold her still, rip off her shirt (her breasts are seen for a second), punch her in the face and shove her into the floor. She is seen later with a broken, bloody nose and a horribly bruised face.

- A policeman is shot, and one part of his face is completely lacerated with brief but gory blood spray. The exit wound is briefly seen, and he slides into water with a lot of blood trailing him.

- A teenage boy mercilessly pounds on a wounded gang member, punching and kicking him ferociously. He is told to stop, being warning he could kill him.

- A teenage boy hallucinates his insides falling out of his stomach. Intestines, blood, and guts are visible as he attempts to picks them up and return them back into his body. This is only briefly visible, but very gory.

- During a gun fight in a sewer, a man who confronts a flying machine gunner is killed by the large bullets (hardly visible). Shortly after, the gun which the man was holding is recovered by a teenage girl still has the severed arm on the handle, and she shakes it off.

- In a hospital hallway, two guards and a doctor are mangled to nearly nothing but blood and limbs in a hallway from telekinetic powers used by a teenage boy. A massive amount of blood covers the floor, walls, and ceiling. Limbs and blood of the guards are seen dripping from the ceiling as the boy walks away from the scene. Extremely graphic scene.

- Two men are shot, and many are captured; not graphic and would probably be allowed at PG level.

- A suicide-bomber is beaten very severely by strong looking guards. They drag him out of the room, and you see lots of blood stain the floor, when they drag him out.

- Laser weapons are fired upon a mob of rowdy city citizens. The laser pierces through the shoulder joint of one man's arm causing an exaggerated amount of blood to spew.

- A teen's arm is decapitated by a laser weapon fired from the sky. A bloody stump is later seen, and there is a lot of graphic blood.

- The end scene where a boy becomes a giant mutilated mutation is extremely gory and infamous. Probably the most disgusting mutation in any animation or film.

- Towards the end of the movie, there is a clear scene of a girl being crushed into nothing but blood is seen as if she had exploded. Extremely graphic scene.

- There is a brief gory image of some dead bodies in a bathtub; it doesn't linger on detail but there is some blood.

- A man shoots another man out of rage, and he collapses with some blood. He is later seen walking along with blood all over his jumpsuit.

Note: the language varies between different dubs.

Red = Strong language

Orange = Moderate language

Blue = Mild language

English dub (Pioneer):

- "Fuck" is said once as an exclamation. It is seen written at least four times in the background of scenes, but most of the time you'll miss them.

- Almost constant uses of "damn" and "hell" (over 40 times throughout the whole film).

- About 10 uses of "bastard".

- "Bitch" is said harshly once. "Son of a bitch" is said about 5 times.

- One or two uses of "asshole".

- Three uses of 'shit'; one or two are pretty hard to hear though.

- One loud use of 'piss'.

- "Ass" is said once or twice.

- One "crap".

- "Frigging" and "freaking" are used often, in place of more offensive words.

- "Jesus Christ" and "Oh my God" are used a few times.

Original Japanese dub:

- "Fuck" is seen written at least four times in the background of scenes, but most of the time you'll miss them.

- About 5-6 uses of "shit".

- One use of "bitch".

- "Son of a bitch" is said once fully. It is said incompletely ("Son of a...") a few times.

- About 10 "damn"s, one paired with "god".

- About 10 uses of "hell".

- 3-4 uses of "bastard".

- One or two uses of "ass"..

Red = Strong drugs

Orange = Moderate drugs

Blue = Mild drugs

There are more drug references in the Japanese version, but they are not very explicit.

- Teenage boys and their girlfriends are seen smoking and sharing cigarettes in one scene, passing them to each other and lighting them for each other.

- Several adult characters are seen smoking.

- Kaneda, the lead character, sometimes wears a jacket with a picture of a pill or capsule printed on the back. This is only seen, and not suggestive or specifically referred to.

- In the beginning, there is a bar and a few people are seen drinking.

- In one scene, a teenage boy demands a barkeeper sells him 'capsules', which are not specified. He is later seen with the pills, tossing them in his hands.

- In the beginning, a man goes into a bar and demands pills, which the bartender sells him.

- There is an intense scene in which a man drops his medication, a bottle of pills, and dies terrifyingly with lots of pills and vomit pouring from his mouth

Red = Strong horror

Orange = Moderate horror

Blue = Mild horror

- A boy hallucinates bizarre, tense and strange things, whilst moaning loudly in pain. Later, he hallucinates that his intestines pour out of his body. Extemely gory and disturbing!

- A boy has a nightmare; a giant bear, and toy car and a rabbit are seen. This could upset some.

- A man has a heart attack, and cannot take his medication in time. Very intense scene.

- Towards the end of the movie, a teenage boy undergoes a gross mutation. This could upset some.

- There are sequences in which civilians are killed, by both police and by a teenage boy with supernatural powers.