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

KeiMain

AkiraSupporting

Bonfire SpeakerSupporting

Doctor OnishiSupporting

Female NurseSupporting

Harukiya BarkeeperSupporting

JokerSupporting

KaiSupporting

KaoriSupporting

KiyokoSupporting

Man on PhoneSupporting

MasaruSupporting

MiyakoSupporting

NezuSupporting

Resistance MemberSupporting

RyuusakuSupporting

TakabaSupporting

TakashiSupporting

Takeyama, YujiSupporting

Watanabe, EiichiSupporting

YamagataSupporting
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

KeiMain

AkiraSupporting

Bonfire SpeakerSupporting

Doctor OnishiSupporting

Female NurseSupporting

Harukiya BarkeeperSupporting

JokerSupporting

KaiSupporting

KaoriSupporting

KiyokoSupporting

Man on PhoneSupporting

MasaruSupporting

MiyakoSupporting

NezuSupporting

Resistance MemberSupporting

RyuusakuSupporting

TakabaSupporting

TakashiSupporting

Takeyama, YujiSupporting

Watanabe, EiichiSupporting

YamagataSupporting