Anime · Film · 1988
Akira
Neo-Tokyo, thirty-one years after an explosion levelled the old city. A biker gang, a military project and a boy whose abilities outrun everyone’s plans for him. Katsuhiro Otomo adapted his own manga and spent the budget on the thing hardest to fake - frame count - which is why the crowd scenes, the lighting and the machinery are still the reference.
The film that set the ceiling for hand-drawn animation, and then stayed there for a decade.
The record
- Format
- Film
- Status
- Completed
- Runtime
- 125 minutes
- Released
- July 16, 1988
- Studio
- Tokyo Movie Shinsha
- Genres
- Action, Adventure, Horror, Psychological, Sci-Fi
- Season
- Summer 1988
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Characters and credits
Characters
- Shoutarou KanedaMainVoice (JP): Mitsuo Iwata
- Tetsuo ShimaMainVoice (JP): Nozomu Sasaki
- KeiMainVoice (JP): Mami Koyama
- Shikishima TaisaSupportingVoice (JP): Tarou Ishida
- KaoriSupportingVoice (JP): Yuriko Fuchizaki
- Resistance MemberSupportingVoice (JP): Masato Hirano
- YamagataSupportingVoice (JP): Masaaki Ookura
- KaiSupportingVoice (JP): Takeshi Kusao
Production
- Director Katsuhiro Ootomo
- Original Creator Katsuhiro Ootomo
- Script Katsuhiro Ootomo
- Production Office Keiko Nobumoto
- Key Animation Satoshi Urushihara
- Title Logo Calligraphy Hiroshi Hirata
Other versions and continuations
Separate works that share this story. They are listed rather than merged, because a sequel, a recap film and a remake are three different things and only one of them is this page.
