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Akira (1998)

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A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath that only two kids and a group of psychics can stop.

Genre:

Action, Sci-Fi, Animation

Actors:

Mitsuo Iwata, Nozomu Sasaki, Mami Koyama, Tesshô Genda, Hiroshi Ôtake, Kôichi Kitamura, Michihiro Ikemizu, Yuriko Fuchizaki, Masaaki Ôkura, Tarô Arakawa, Takeshi Kusao, ...»

Director:

Katsuhiro Ôtomo

Country:

Japan

Release:

1988

IMDb:

8.0

Quality:

Duration:

124 min

KEYWORDS:

#Akira #Katsuhiro Ôtomo #Mami Koyama #Mitsuo Iwata #Nozomu Sasaki

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VK1965 SolarMovie user

Widely regarded as one of the greatest anime movies of all time, as well as one of the best action\science fiction movies of all time. And it isn't a world war that destroys Tokyo in 1998 as is widely reported in reviews of the film - it's destroyed by Akira when he achieves psychic singularity, achieves godlike power. A stunning animated movie that holds up some 30 years on, a Japanese classic film.

2023-02-04 20:02

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ACTORS OF "Akira (1998)"

Mitsuo Iwata

31 July 1967, Saitama, Japan

Nozomu Sasaki

25 January 1967, Hiroshima, Japan

Mami Koyama

17 January 1955, Aichi, Japan

Tesshô Genda

20 May 1948, Okayama, Japan

Hiroshi Ôtake

14 March 1932, Tokyo, Japan

Kôichi Kitamura

18 December 1931

Michihiro Ikemizu

11 April 1943, Kanagawa, Japan

Yuriko Fuchizaki

5 December 1968, Tokyo, Japan

Masaaki Ôkura

Tarô Arakawa

Takeshi Kusao

20 November 1965, Saitama, Japan

Kazumi Tanaka

11 August 1951, Suginami, Tokyo, Japan

Masayuki Katô

29 January 1932, Kitakyushu, Japan

Yôsuke Akimoto

5 February 1944, Tokyo, Japan

15 March 1955, Aomori, Japan

Kôzô Shioya

18 August 1955, Kagoshima, Japan

Michitaka Kobayashi

Hideyuki Umezu

24 July 1955, Nagoya, Japan

16 March 1944, Kyoto, Japan

Mizuho Suzuki

23 October 1927, Tokyo, Japan

Cam Clarke

6 November 1957, Los Angeles, California, USA

Steve Kramer

24 December 1950, San Juan Capistrano, California, USA

Lewis Arquette

14 December 1935, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Barbara Goodson

16 August 1949, Brooklyn, New York, USA

Jan Rabson

14 June 1954, East Meadow, Long Island, New York, USA

Tony Pope

22 March 1947, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Lara Cody

8 September 1957, Los Angeles, California, USA

Bob Bergen

8 March 1964, St. Louis, Missouri, USA

2 June 1924, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Julie Phelan

Eddie Frierson

22 November 1959, Akron, Ohio, USA

Brad Wurst

Bruce Winant

9 April 1957, Santa Monica, California, USA

Johnny Yong Bosch

6 January 1976, Kansas City, Missouri, USA

Joshua Seth

2 December 1970, Kent, Ohio, USA

Wendee Lee

20 February 1960, Los Angeles, California, USA

Sandy Fox

13 July 1963, Monroeville, Pennsylvania, USA

Jamieson Price

28 April 1961, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA

Cody MacKenzie

Bob Buchholz

1 June 1957, Norwalk, Connecticut, USA

Kirk Thornton

13 May 1956, Portland, Oregon, USA

27 May 1992, Phoenix, Arizona, USA

Michael Lindsay

Michael Sorich

23 March 1958, Burbank, California, USA

Michael Forest

17 April 1929, Harvey, North Dakota, USA

Mike Reynolds

21 November 1929

Paul St. Peter

26 April 1958, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Paul Carr

1 February 1934, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Patricia Ja Lee

19 July 1975

Mona Marshall

31 August 1947, Los Angeles, California, USA

Michael McConnohie

23 July 1951, Mansfield, Ohio, USA

Michelle Ruff

22 September 1967, Detroit, Michigan, USA

Robert Axelrod

29 May 1949, New York City, New York, USA

Rebecca Forstadt

16 December 1953, Denver, Colorado, USA

Steve Staley

25 August 1969, Denver, Colorado, USA

Derek Stephen Prince

5 February 1969, Los Angeles, California, USA

Steve Blum

29 April 1960, Santa Monica, California, USA

Skip Stellrecht

5 September 1959, Fullerton, California, USA

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DIRECTORS OF "Akira (1998)"

Katsuhiro Ôtomo

14 April 1954, Miyagi, Japan

CREATORS OF "Akira (1998)"

Izô Hashimoto

21 February 1954, Shimane Prefecture, Japan

Katsuhiro Ôtomo

14 April 1954, Miyagi, Japan

HEROES OF "Akira (1998)"

Kaneda

Played by: Mitsuo Iwata

Tetsuo Shima

Played by: Nozomu Sasaki

Kei

Played by: Mami Koyama

Played by: Tesshô Genda

Nezu

Played by: Hiroshi Ôtake

Lady Miyako

Played by: Kôichi Kitamura

Inspector

Played by: Michihiro Ikemizu

Kaori

Played by: Yuriko Fuchizaki

Yamagata

Played by: Masaaki Ôkura

Army

Played by: Tarô Arakawa

Kai

Played by: Takeshi Kusao

Engineer Sakiyama

Played by: Masayuki Katô

Harukiya Bartender

Played by: Yôsuke Akimoto

Played by: Masato Hirano

Mitsuru Kuwata

Played by: Yukimasa Kishino

Masaru

Played by: Kazuhiro Kamifuji

Takashi

Played by: Tatsuhiko Nakamura

Kiyoko

Played by: Fukue Itô

Follower of Miyako

Played by: Kôzô Shioya

Girl A

Played by: Kayoko Fujii

Girl B

Played by: Masami Toyoshima

Girl C

Played by: Yuka Ôno

Colonel Shikishima

Played by: Tarô Ishida

Doctor

Played by: Mizuho Suzuki

Kay

Played by: Lara Cody

Man on Nezu's Phone

Played by: Paul Carr

Shimazaki

Played by: Robert Axelrod

CRITICS OF "Akira (1998)"

Common Sense Media

Extremely violent classic introduced anime to Westerners.

March 15, 2013

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Los Angeles Times

A compendium of the worst cliches of Japanese animation -- two hours of chases, laser attacks, machine-gun battles, spilled stage blood, computer-animated backgrounds and hokey dialogue.

April 10, 2013

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Antagony & Ecstasy

Handsome and preposterously ambitious, and even its worst narrative missteps are a factor of that ambition.

July 04, 2015

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Time Out

An impressive achievement, often suggesting a weird expressionist blend of 2001, The Warriors, Blade Runner and Forbidden Planet.

February 09, 2006

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Baltimore Sun

[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.

April 10, 2013

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Little White Lies

While its typically convoluted sci-fi plotting and sprawling ensemble of characters occasionally lead it to border on the incoherent, it's hard not to be in awe of the giant hand-drawn cityscapes that make up the backdrop for the eye-popping action.

July 18, 2013

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News of the World

Plenty of superb recent blockbusters, including The Matrix, The Dark Knight, Minority Report, Dark City and Inception, are all in its debt - not to mention a fair number of shockers, like Star Wars Episode II and the most recent Resident Evil atrocity.

June 25, 2011

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Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Canada)

Moments that can only be captured as animation make Akira still worth watching: gusts of wind from chopper blades, ka-tooming bursts of fiery explosions, Tetsuo's visions.

January 12, 2012

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Variety

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.

April 16, 2007

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Chicago Tribune

Pounding away, it becomes monotonous.

April 10, 2013

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TIME Magazine

The movie, even at 124 minutes, has the densely packed sweep and go-for-it pep of a pop epic.

September 07, 2008

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Chicago Reader

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.

April 16, 2007

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