Akira

Jun 10, 1988

2h 4m

★ 7.9

Neo-Tokyo is about to E·X·P·L·O·D·E

Overview

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.

Genres

Animation

Science Fiction

Action

Production Companies

MBS

Sumitomo Corporation

TOHO

Studio Fuga

Studio Aoi

Kodansha

Bandai Entertainment

Tokyo Movie Shinsha

Akira Trailers

Cast

Shotaro Kaneda (voice)

Mitsuo Iwata

Tetsuo Shima (voice)

Nozomu Sasaki

Kei (voice)

Mami Koyama

Colonel Shikishima

Tarō Ishida

Doctor Ônishi

Mizuho Suzuki

Ryûsaku (voice)

Tessyo Genda

Priestess Miyako / Council A (voice)

Koichi Kitamura

Kaori (voice)

Yuriko Fuchizaki

Yamagata (voice)

Masaaki Okura

Kai (voice)

Takeshi Kusao

Masaru / No. 27 (voice)

Kazuhiro Kamifuji

Takashi / No. 26 (voice)

Tatsuhiko Nakamura

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