Akira

Information

Type: MovieStatus: Finished AiringEpisodes: 1Duration: 2hr 4minAired: July 16, 1988 to ?Source: MangaStudios: Tokyo Movie ShinshaGenre: Action, Horror, Sci-FiTheme: Gore, Military, Super PowerDemographics: SeinenProducers: Mainichi Broadcasting System, Kodansha, Pioneer LDC, Bandai, TOHO, Sumitomo, HakuhodoLicensors: Funimation, Bandai Entertainment, Geneon Entertainment USA, Bandai Visual USA, Streamline PicturesRating: R+ - Mild Nudity

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Synopsis

Japan, 1988. An explosion caused by a young boy with psychic powers tears through the city of Tokyo and ignites the fuse that leads to World War III. In order to prevent any further destruction, he is captured and taken into custody, never to be heard from aga...

Background

Akira won the Silver Scream Award, the audience award of the Amsterdam-based Imagine Film Festival, in 1992 and was nominated for the American Anime Awards' Best Anime Feature award in 2007.

CharactersMore info

Kaneda, ShoutarouMain

KeiMain

ShikishimaMain

Shima, TetsuoMain

AkiraSupporting

Arasaka HLR-12X Firing Squad LeaderSupporting

Lurie, Peter

Bonfire SpeakerSupporting

Woren, Dan

Doctor OnishiSupporting

Suzuki, Mizuho

Female NurseSupporting

Brown, Emilie

Harukiya BarkeeperSupporting

JokerSupporting

KaiSupporting

KaoriSupporting

KiyokoSupporting

Man on PhoneSupporting

MasaruSupporting

Bergen, Bob

MiyakoSupporting

Kitamura, Kouichi

NezuSupporting

Ootake, Hiroshi

Resistance MemberSupporting

Blum, Steven

RyuusakuSupporting

Genda, Tesshou

TakabaSupporting

TakashiSupporting

MacKenzie, Cody

Takeyama, YujiSupporting

Hirano, Masato

Watanabe, EiichiSupporting

Arakawa, Tarou

YamagataSupporting

Ookura, Masaaki