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Title: Akira (1988)
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| Mitsuo Iwata | ... | Kaneda (voice) | |
| Nozomu Sasaki | ... | Tetsuo (voice) | |
| Mami Koyama | ... | Kei (voice) | |
| Tesshô Genda | ... | Ryu (voice) | |
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Hiroshi Ôtake | ... | Nezu (voice) |
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Kôichi Kitamura | ... | Lady Miyako / Committee A (voice) |
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Michihiro Ikemizu | ... | Inspector / Committee I (voice) |
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Yuriko Fuchizaki | ... | Kaori (voice) |
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Masaaki Ôkura | ... | Yamagata (voice) |
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Tarô Arakawa | ... | Army / Committee G / Eiichi Watanabe (voice) |
| Takeshi Kusao | ... | Kai (voice) | |
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Kazumi Tanaka | ... | Army (voice) |
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Masayuki Katô | ... | Engineer Sakiyama / Committe D (voice) |
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Yôsuke Akimoto | ... | Harukiya Bartender (voice) |
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Masato Hirano | ... | Committee F / Spy / Yûji Takeyama / Terrorist (voice) |
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>
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I was probably around 8, when I first saw Akira. It was my step dad who asked me if I was interested in watching this Japanese cartoon. I expected something like, my favorite children movies like The Lion King or The Land before Time.
Akira however, was something else. At the time I was to young to understand English, since it was a second language for me. But I remember what kind of an affect it had on me. It was brutal, it was hard, it was edgy. The drums and Neo Tokyo lights flew through my little body as butter, as I witnessed death, gore and sadistic killings. Something my pure and innocent eyes had never seen before. And yet I was strangely excited. I was never tough as a kid. I was a afraid of the dark and often had nightmares about all kinds of things. But Akira, despite it's mature nature, just had me in awe. When I finally re-saw it many years later, when I was an old teenager, I was still in awe.
Akira is simply a wonderful and entertaining sci-fi movie. It was what introduced me to anime, and innovation in a hole new way. If you want to start watching anime or see, what all the fuss is about, then Akira is a good place to start. Even though it's over 17 years old today, it is still a fantastic and visually stunning animation. Even if you don't appreciate animation you owe it to yourself, to check it out. It has spectacular action, motorcycle-chase-sequences, mad scientists and tons of blood and shooting.
8/10