AKIRA

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#117 All-Time Ranking

#19 All-Time Popularity

Format
MOVIE
Episodes
1
Episode Duration
125 minutes
Status
finished
Start Date
7-16-1988
End Date
7-16-1988
Season
summer 1988
Average Score
7.9
Mean Score
7.9
Studios
Tokyo Movie Shinsha
Producers
Funimation Mainichi Broadcasting System Kodansha Bandai Entertainment Toho Madman Entertainment
Source
manga
Genres
Action Adventure Horror Psychological Sci-Fi Supernatural

It's the year 2019, thirty-one years have passed since the start of World War III. A top-secret child with amazing powers of the mind breaks free from custody and accidentally gets a motorcycle gang involved in the project. This incident triggers psychic powers within one of the gang members, Tetsuo, and he is taken by the army to be experimented on. His mind has been altered and is now on the path of war, seeking revenge on the society that once called him weak.


(Source: FUNimation)

Relations

Characters

Shoutarou Kaneda

Shoutarou Kaneda

main

Mitsuo Iwata

Japanese

Mitsuo Iwata
Tetsuo Shima

Tetsuo Shima

main

Nozomu Sasaki

Japanese

Nozomu Sasaki
Kei

Kei

main

Mami Koyama

Japanese

Mami Koyama
Shikishima Taisa

Shikishima Taisa

supporting

Tarou Ishida

Japanese

Tarou Ishida
Kaori

Kaori

supporting

Yuriko Fuchizaki

Japanese

Yuriko Fuchizaki
Resistance Member

Resistance Member

supporting

Masato Hirano

Japanese

Masato Hirano

Staff

Katsuhiro Ootomo

Katsuhiro Ootomo

Original Creator

Katsuhiro Ootomo

Katsuhiro Ootomo

Director

Hiroaki Satou

Hiroaki Satou

Assistant Director

Yoshio Takeuchi

Yoshio Takeuchi

Assistant Director

Takashi Nakamura

Takashi Nakamura

Character Design

Toshiharu Mizutani

Toshiharu Mizutani

Art Director

Recommendations

Trailer

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Shoutarou Kaneda

Shoutarou Kaneda

main

Mitsuo Iwata

Japanese

Mitsuo Iwata
Tetsuo Shima

Tetsuo Shima

main

Nozomu Sasaki

Japanese

Nozomu Sasaki
Kei

Kei

main

Mami Koyama

Japanese

Mami Koyama
Shikishima Taisa

Shikishima Taisa

supporting

Tarou Ishida

Japanese

Tarou Ishida
Kaori

Kaori

supporting

Yuriko Fuchizaki

Japanese

Yuriko Fuchizaki
Resistance Member

Resistance Member

supporting

Masato Hirano

Japanese

Masato Hirano
Yamagata

Yamagata

supporting

Masaaki Ohkura

Japanese

Masaaki Ohkura
Kai

Kai

supporting

Takeshi Kusao

Japanese

Takeshi Kusao
Kiyoko

Kiyoko

supporting

Sachie Itou

Japanese

Sachie Itou
Takashi

Takashi

supporting

Tatsuhiko Nakamura

Japanese

Tatsuhiko Nakamura
Masaru

Masaru

supporting

Kazuhiro Kandou

Japanese

Kazuhiro Kandou
Ryuusaku

Ryuusaku

supporting

Tesshou Genda

Japanese

Tesshou Genda
Nezu

Nezu

supporting

Hiroshi Ootake

Japanese

Hiroshi Ootake
 Miyako

Miyako

supporting

Kouichi Kitamura

Japanese

Kouichi Kitamura
Akira

Akira

background

Katsuhiro Ootomo

Katsuhiro Ootomo

Original Creator

Katsuhiro Ootomo

Katsuhiro Ootomo

Director

Hiroaki Satou

Hiroaki Satou

Assistant Director

Yoshio Takeuchi

Yoshio Takeuchi

Assistant Director

Takashi Nakamura

Takashi Nakamura

Character Design

Toshiharu Mizutani

Toshiharu Mizutani

Art Director

Hiroshi Oono

Hiroshi Oono

Art Design

Kazuo Ebisawa

Kazuo Ebisawa

Art Design

Yuuji Ikehata

Yuuji Ikehata

Art Design

Katsuji Misawa

Katsuji Misawa

Director of Photography

Takeshi Seyama

Takeshi Seyama

Editing

Susumu Aketagawa

Susumu Aketagawa

Sound Director

Shizuo Kurahashi

Shizuo Kurahashi

Sound Effects

Kenji Shibazaki

Kenji Shibazaki

Sound Effects

Shouji Yamashiro

Shouji Yamashiro

Music

Shouji Yamashiro

Shouji Yamashiro

Music Director

Youichi Ikeda

Youichi Ikeda

Production Desk

Takahisa Yokomizo

Takahisa Yokomizo

Production Desk

Katsuhiro Ootomo

Katsuhiro Ootomo

Script

Izou Hashimoto

Izou Hashimoto

Script

Takashi Watabe

Takashi Watabe

Layout

Kiyomi Tanaka

Kiyomi Tanaka

Layout

Takashi Nakamura

Takashi Nakamura

Animation Director

Kouji Morimoto

Kouji Morimoto

Assistant Animation Director

Satoshi Urushihara

Satoshi Urushihara

Key Animation

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