Akira

The Resource Akira
Label
Akira
Statement of responsibility
Honneamise ; produced by Akira Committee ; screenplay, Katsuhiro Otomo, Izo Hashimoto ; original story & director, Katsuhiro Otomo ; chief animator, Takashi Nakamura
Contributor
Subject
Genre
Language
  • jpn
  • eng
  • eng
  • jpn
Summary
World War III breaks loose in 1988. In 2019, Tokyo is a megalopolis. Kaneda is the leader of a group of young robust delinquents who spends his nights tearing through the urban wastes and racing his motorbike against rival groups. One night while out riding with his gang, his friend Tetsuo suddenly encounters a strange boy. He is the product of human experimentation and is injured in an ensuing crash. Shortly therafter, a military squadron appears on the scene to take the boy and Tetsuo away to an army research facility. Determined to free Tetsuo, Kaneda sneaks into the facitily. However, a regimen of extreme experimental procedures has awakened a new power in his friend, and now he is consumed by madness
Cataloging source
GZD
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Director of photography, Katsuji Misawa ; character designer, Katsuhiro Otomo ; editor, Takeshi Seyama ; musical director, Shoji Yamashiro ; music, Geinoh Yamashiro Gumi
Language note
Japanese or dubbed English dialogue, optional English subtitles
PerformerNote
Japanese voices: Mitsuo Iwata, Nozomu Sasaki, Mami Koyama, Taro Ishida, Tessyo Genda, Mizuho Suzuki, Tatsuhiko Nakamura, Sachie Ito, Kazuhiro Kando
Runtime
124
Technique
animation
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