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Akira (Japanese: アキラ) is a 1988 Japanese animated cyberpunk action film directed by Katsuhiro Otomo, produced by Ryōhei Suzuki and Shunzō Katō, and written by Otomo and Izo Hashimoto, based on Otomo's 1982 manga of the same name.
- Akira (Manga)
The film Akira is regarded by many critics as a landmark...
- Tsutomu Ōhashi
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- Akira (Franchise)
Akira is a Japanese cyberpunk media franchise based on...
- Cam Clarke
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- Video Game
Akira (アキラ) is a 1988 adventure video game by TOSE for the...
- Akira (Manga)
Akira: Directed by Katsuhiro Ôtomo. With Mitsuo Iwata, Nozomu Sasaki, Mami Koyama, Tesshô Genda. 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.
- Katsuhiro Ôtomo
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Akira (1988) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
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Synopsis. On July 16, 1988 an atom bomb vaporizes Tokyo. 31 years after WW3 in 2019, Neo-Tokyo has risen, a decrepit city filled with violence and desolation. In a grungy part of town, a man goes to a bar where the bartender ( Yôsuke Akimoto) sells drugs to a customer and the TV recaps the day's news.
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On July 16th, 1988, Tokyo is engulfed in a massive explosion that obliterates the city, and starts World War III. In 2019, 31 years after the explosion, Tokyo gets rebuilt as Neo-Tokyo in order to recover. In August 2019, Shotaro Kaneda leads the Capsules, his bōsōzoku gang, to fight against the rival gang known as the Clowns. However, Kaneda's bes...
After working on the character design and script for Harmagedon: Genma Taisenin 1983, Otomo was intrigued with the idea of putting his own work on the big screen. Main production was completed in 1987 with a teaser trailer released that year. AKIRA started with a very high budget of ¥1.1 billion ($8.2 million), spending it much on the quality of an...
AKIRA contains a total of 160,000+ animation cels.AKIRA's final budget was $10 million (¥1.1 billion), making it the most expensive Japanese animated film before Studio Ghibli's Spirited Away released in 2001.Many acrylic-based colors have been invented for this movie, most notably a shade of red later termed "Akirared".The film sparked the modern anime fan following outside of Japan in the early 90s.
