Akira

Akira

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

1988•2h 4m•7.9/10

AnimationScience FictionAction

Ratings

🎬TMDb

7.9/10(5K)

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.

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Production

MBS, Sumitomo Corporation, TOHO, Kodansha, Tokyo Movie Shinsha, Bandai, Hakuhodo, LaserDisc Corporation

Language

JA

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Mitsuo Iwata

Mitsuo Iwata

Shotaro Kaneda (voice)

Nozomu Sasaki

Nozomu Sasaki

Tetsuo Shima (voice)

Mami Koyama

Mami Koyama

Kei (voice)

Taro Ishida

Taro Ishida

Colonel Shikishima

Mizuho Suzuki

Mizuho Suzuki

Doctor Ônishi

Tessyo Genda

Tessyo Genda

Ryûsaku (voice)

Koichi Kitamura

Koichi Kitamura

Priestess Miyako / Council A (voice)

Yuriko Fuchizaki

Yuriko Fuchizaki

Kaori (voice)

Masaaki Okura

Masaaki Okura

Yamagata (voice)

Takeshi Kusao

Takeshi Kusao

Kai (voice)

Kazuhiro Kamifuji

Masaru / No. 27 (voice)

Tatsuhiko Nakamura

Takashi / No. 26 (voice)

Fukue Itô

Kiyoko / No. 25 (voice)

Yuka Ôno

Girl C (voice)

Hiroshi Otake

Hiroshi Otake

Nezu (voice)

Kazumi Tanaka

Kazumi Tanaka

Army (voice)

Masato Hirano

Masato Hirano

Committee F / Spy / Yûji Takeyama / Terrorist (voice)

Masayuki Kato

Masayuki Kato

Engineer Sakiyama / Committe D (voice)

Michihiro Ikemizu

Michihiro Ikemizu

Inspector / Committee I (voice)

Tarô Arakawa

Army / Committee G / Eiichi Watanabe (voice)

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