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Akira

Original title: AKIRA

Neo-Tokyo is about to E.X.P.L.O.D.E.

1988 · R · 2h 4m

Directed by Katsuhiro Otomo

7.9

TMDB audience score
5,103 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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

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Official options in the United States:

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  • Apple TV Store
  • Fandango At Home

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Cast

  • Mitsuo Iwata
    Shotaro Kaneda (voice)

  • Nozomu Sasaki
    Tetsuo Shima (voice)

  • Mami Koyama
    Kei (voice)

  • Taro 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)

  • Hiroshi Otake
    Nezu (voice)

  • Kazumi Tanaka
    Army (voice)

  • Masato Hirano
    Committee F / Spy / Yûji Takeyama / Terrorist (voice)

  • Masayuki Kato
    Engineer Sakiyama / Committe D (voice)

  • Michihiro Ikemizu
    Inspector / Committee I (voice)