Akira

(Akira)

Synopsis

Childhood friends Tetsuo and Kaneda's motorcycle gang encounters a military operation to retrieve an escaped experimental subject. The military captures Tetsuo and conducts experiments on him that unleash his latent psychic ability, but when these new powers rage out of control, Tetsuo lashes out at the world that has oppressed him!

A movie directed by Katsuhiro Ohtomo

1988 - 124 minutes - Color - Stereo - 1.33

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Main Cast

  • Kaneda (voice)
  • Tetsuo (voice)
  • Kei (voice)
  • Ryu (voice)
  • Nezu (voice)
  • Miyako / Council 1 (voice)
  • Inspector / Council 8 (voice)
  • Kaori (voice)
  • Yamagata (voice)
  • Watanabe / Council 7 / Army (voice)
  • Kai (voice)
  • Army (voice)
  • Sakiyama / Council 4 (voice)
  • Harukiya Bartender (voice)
  • Yûji / Council 6 / Spy (voice)

Also Known As

  • Akira: The Special Edition (us)

Release dates

  • July 16, 1988
  • December 25, 1989
  • June 27, 1991 (English version)
  • July 16, 1988
  • November 09, 2002
  • October 21, 2012 (Morioka Cinema Street Film Festival)
  • January 25, 1991 (English version)
  • June 24, 2011
  • July 13, 2013
  • December 25, 1989
  • March 30, 2001 (New York City, New York)
  • April 28, 2001 (Los Angeles Film Festival)
  • July 24, 2001 (English version)