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Akira won the Silver Scream Award, the audience award of the Amsterdam-based Imagine Film Festival, in 1992 and was nominated for the American Anime Awards' Best Anime Feature award in 2007.
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Akira
TBAAKIRA（アキラ）
AnimeMovieFinished AiringR+ - Mild Nudity
StudioTokyo Movie Shinsha
1 Episodes
2 hr 4 min
8.16
ActionHorrorSci-FiGoreMilitarySuper PowerSeinen
Japan, 1988. An explosion caused by a young boy with psychic powers tears through the city of Tokyo and ignites the fuse that leads to World War III. In order to prevent any further destruction, he is captured and taken into custody, never to be heard from again. Now, in the year 2019, a restored version of the city known as Neo-Tokyo—an area rife with gang violence and terrorism against the current government—stands in its place. Here, Shoutarou Kaneda leads "the Capsules," a group of misfits known for riding large, custom motorcycles and being in constant conflict with their rivals "the Clowns." During one of these battles, Shoutarou's best friend Tetsuo Shima is caught up in an accident with an esper who finds himself in the streets of Tokyo after escaping confinement from a government institution. Through this encounter, Tetsuo begins to develop his own mysterious abilities, as the government seeks to quarantine this latest psychic in a desperate attempt to prevent him from unleashing the destructive power that could once again bring the city to its knees. [Written by MAL Rewrite]
Characters & Voice Cast
AkiraSupporting
Doctor OnishiSupportingVA:Suzuki, MizuhoJapanese/Prescott, SimonEnglish/de Moraes, Luiz CarlosPortuguese (BR)+9
Harukiya BarkeeperSupportingVA:Akimoto, YousukeJapanese/Snyder, JohnEnglish/Roberto, IvoPortuguese (BR)+3
Staff & Creators
Maseba, YutakaProducer
Otomo, KatsuhiroDirector, Script, Original Creator, Original Character Design
Aketagawa, SusumuSound Director
Hashimoto, IzouScript
Machado, NelsonScript
Aoyama, HiroyukiKey Animation
Arai, KouichiKey Animation
Araújo, AlessandraADR Director
Droze, JeanADR Director
Ebisawa, KazuoBackground Art
Emura, ToyoakiKey Animation
Endou, MasaakiKey Animation
Production
Studios
Tokyo Movie Shinsha
Producers
Mainichi Broadcasting SystemKodanshaPioneer LDCBandaiTOHOSumitomoHakuhodo
Licensors
FunimationBandai EntertainmentGeneon Entertainment USABandai Visual USAStreamline Pictures
Details
AiredJul 16, 1988
MAL Rank#506
Popularity#209
