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Akira (1988)

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Movie"Neo-Tokyo is about to E.X.P.L.O.D.E."
Audience Score
79
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R 2 hr 4 minOct 19th, 1988Animation, Action, Science Fiction
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A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath that only two teenagers and a group of psychics can stop.
StarringMitsuo IwataNozomu SasakiMami Koyama
DirectorKatsuhiro Otomo

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:October 19th, 1988
On DVD & Blu-ray:November 4th, 1992 - Buy DVD
Movie Budget:$5,700,000
Movie Box Office Gross:$49,000,000 (Worldwide)
Original Language:Japanese
Executive Producers:Sawako Noma
Production Companies:MBS, Sumitomo Corporation, TOHO, Kodansha, Tokyo Movie Shinsha, Bandai, Hakuhodo, LaserDisc Corporation
Movie Tags:
animebased on mangadystopiaexperimentadult animationarmycyberpunkphilosophicalundergroundvibrant