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Akira
Directed by
Katsuhiro Otomo
R
1988
2h 4m
Science Fiction
,
Animation
,
and more
8.0
91%
90%
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A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath who can only be stopped by a teenager, his gang of biker friends and a group of psychics.
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Cast of Akira
Mitsuo Iwata
Shotaro Kaneda (voice)
Nozomu Sasaki
Tetsuo Shima (voice)
Mami Koyama
Kei (voice)
Tarō Ishida
Colonel Shikishima
Mizuho Suzuki
Doctor Ônishi
Tessyo Genda
Ryûsaku (voice)
Koichi Kitamura
Priestess Miyako / Council A (voice)
Yuriko Fuchizaki
Kaori (voice)
Masaaki Okura
Yamagata (voice)
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 Ôtake
Nezu (voice)
Kazumi Tanaka
Army (voice)
Masato Hirano
Committee F / Spy / Yûji Takeyama / Terrorist (voice)
Masayuki Katô
Engineer Sakiyama / Committe D (voice)
Michihiro Ikemizu
Inspector / Committee I (voice)
Tarô Arakawa
Army / Committee G / Eiichi Watanabe (voice)
Masami Toyoshima
Girl B (voice)
Anthony Pulcini
Kai (voice)
Travis Weaver
Masaru / No. 27 (voice)
Cody Mackenzie
Takashi / No. 26 (voice)
Akira Ratings & Reviews
Movie_Nerd
February 16, 2025
Watch it and see for yourself, needn’t I say more
Dave Barnes
March 12, 2025
Interesting, but quite dull movie. Great art for that genre, but ulimitly dissapointing.
gooserex
January 8, 2025
God status level anime.
ChrisStuckmann.com
Chris Stuckmann
The opening motorbike chase is still thrilling, but the dedication to the backgrounds as well as crowds of people filling the screen, explosions happening in the distance, and a jaw-dropping sense of scope make Akira the classic that it is.
Polygon
Matt Patches
I've seen the movie four times, and this go-around my jaw was lower on the floor than ever before, somehow.
Rotoscopers
Rachel Wagner
It's dark and violent but, because it is so creative, it is a really fun experience. It's like Inception but way more trippy!
Antagony & Ecstasy
Tim Brayton
Handsome and preposterously ambitious, and even its worst narrative missteps are a factor of that ambition.
Chicago Tribune
Dave Kehr
Pounding away, it becomes monotonous.
Baltimore Sun
Stephen Hunter
[Akira] is a blast and a half, a twisted dystopian parable of violence and rock and roll, Japanese-style. It's Disney on PCP, mean, rotten, psychotic, but incredibly vivid.
Common Sense Media
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Extremely violent classic introduced anime to Westerners.
Eye for Film
Donald Munro
Like Snow White before it, Akira was a step change in what animation could show.
TIME Magazine
Jay Cocks
The movie, even at 124 minutes, has the densely packed sweep and go-for-it pep of a pop epic.
Panorama
Jean-François Vandeuren
Un film qui plaira autant aux fans du genre manga qu'à ses détracteurs.
Film Threat
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Still one of the best techno science fiction thrillers of all time
Chicago Reader
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Grade-school violence freaks may find a few kicks here, but even they may have trouble coping with this ugly movie's ending about eight separate times.
TV Guide
There is a moral here about mankind's lust for power, but it never clearly emerges from the spectacle of destruction and violence.
Variety
Variety Staff
A lavish animation extravaganza produced at a cost of $8 million, this futuristic exploration is a followup by author-director Katsuhiro Otomo to his tremendously popular comic books.
Lessons of Darkness
Nick Schager
A furious spectacle of lush colors and dynamic movement.
New York Times
Janet Maslin
A phenomenal work of animation with all the hallmarks of an instant cult classic.
Austin Chronicle
Marjorie Baumgarten
Set the modern standard of excellence for Japanese anime despite the movie's emphasis on blood and violence.
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