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Movie Facts

Status: Released

Runtime: 124

Budget: $10,000,000

Revenue: $0

Language: ja

Webpage: Link

Release Info

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  1988-07-16
   -

• 

  1988-10-19
   R

• 

  1991-01-24
   15

• 

  1991-05-07
   U

• 

  1991-05-09
   16

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Plot Keywords

• saving the world
• rauschgift
• wissenschaftlerin
• total destruction
• megacity
• stadium
• atomic bomb
• mutation
• kind
• motorräder
• army
• anime
• cyberpunk
• underground
• general
• experiment

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Content Score: 100

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Overview

Childhood friends Tetsuo and Kaneda are pulled into the post-apocalyptic underworld of Neo-Tokyo and forced to fight for their very survival. Kaneda is a bike gang leader, and Tetsuo is a member of a tough motorcycle crew who becomes involved in a covert government project called Akira. But a bloody battle ensues when Kaneda sets out to save his friend.

Tagline

Neo-Tokyo is about to E.X.P.L.O.D.E.

Crew

Director:	Katsuhiro Ōtomo
Writers:	Katsuhiro Ōtomo, Izô Hashimoto

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Cast

Mitsuo Iwata as Shôtarô Kaneda (voice… Nozomu Sasaki as Tetsuo Shima (voice) Mami Koyama as Kei (voice) Tesshô Genda as Ryûsaku (voice)

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Genres

• Animation

Production Companies

Bandai Visual Company, TMS Entertainment, Akira Committee Company Ltd., Kodansha, Mainichi Broadcasting System (MBS), Sumitomo Corporation, Toho Company, Tokyo Movie Shinsha (TMS)

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