Akira
1988 | 124 min | Animation, Science Fiction, Action
Saturday Special
Why it’s a Saturday Special
Audiences adore it (7.9/10), people are still talking about it and it earned strong reviews (91%). A strong pick for the weekend.
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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 teenagers and a group of psychics can stop.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsStrong
91% on Rotten Tomatoes, 68 on Metacritic
- AudiencesVery strong
7.9/10 from 5K viewers
- AwardsWeak
0 wins, 1 other nomination — nominated for Annecy Cristal for a Feature Film
- Box office & staying powerStrong
$57 million worldwide on a $6 million budget
- Buzz & cultural impactVery strong
809K Wikipedia readers in the past year
Where to watch in US
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Trailer
Cast & crew
Directed by Katsuhiro Otomo
- Mitsuo IwataShotaro Kaneda (voice)
- Nozomu SasakiTetsuo Shima (voice)
- Mami KoyamaKei (voice)
- Taro IshidaColonel Shikishima
- Mizuho SuzukiDoctor Ônishi
- Tessyo GendaRyûsaku (voice)
- Koichi KitamuraPriestess Miyako / Council A (voice)
- Yuriko FuchizakiKaori (voice)
- Masaaki OkuraYamagata (voice)
- Takeshi KusaoKai (voice)