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Akira is a japonais film of genre Science fiction directed by Takashi Nakamura released in USA on 19 october 1988 with Mitsuo Iwata
Akira (1988)
Akira アキラ
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 19 october 1988
Length 2h4
OriginJapon
Themes Films about computing, Seafaring films, Post-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Transport films, Motocyclette, Films set in the future, Political films, Road movies, Cyberpunk films, Dystopian films, Disaster films
Rating79%
Akira (stylized as AKIRA) is a 1988 Japanese animated science fiction film directed by Katsuhiro Otomo. It was written by Otomo and Izo Hashimoto and based on Otomo's manga of the same name, focusing mainly on the first half of the story. The film depicts a dystopian version of Tokyo in the year 2019, with cyberpunk tones. The plot focuses on teenage biker Tetsuo Shima and his psychic powers, and the leader of his biker gang, Shotaro Kaneda. Kaneda tries to prevent Tetsuo from releasing the imprisoned psychic Akira. While most of the character designs and settings were adapted from the original manga, the restructured plot of the movie differs considerably from the print version, pruning much of the last half of the manga.
The film has garnered a large following as a cult film since its theatrical release, and is widely considered to be a landmark in Japanese animation. It is considered by many critics to be one of the greatest animated and science fiction movies of all time.
Synopsis
On 16 July 1988, an orb of light destroys Tokyo and World War III begins. Thirty-one years later, in the city of Neo-Tokyo, Shotaro Kaneda has his bōsōzoku gang, the Capsules, battle their rival gang, the Clowns. While there, Kaneda's best friend, Tetsuo Shima, crashes his motorcycle into Takashi, an esper with psychic powers, who had fled from a secret government laboratory with help from a covert operative. Colonel Shikishima, assisted by another esper called Maseru, has Takashi escorted back to his original lodgings and Tetsuo is abducted. When Kaneda and his gang are interrogated, he encounters Kei, a member of the revolutionary group, and arranges her release along with the Capsules.Actors
Mitsuo Iwata
(Shotaro Kaneda (voice))
Nozomu Sasaki
(Tetsuo Shima (voice))
Mami Koyama
(Kei (voice))
Tesshō Genda
(Ryûsaku (voice))
Tarō Ishida
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