AKIRA
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)
Rankings
#117 highest rated all time
#19 most popular all time
Data
Format
MOVIE
Episodes
1
Episode Duration
125 minutes
Status
FINISHED
Start Date
Tue Aug 16 1988
End Date
Tue Aug 16 1988
Season
SUMMER 1988
Average Score
79%
Mean Score
79%
Popularity
176537
Favourites
6369
Studios
Producers
Funimation
Mainichi Broadcasting System
Kodansha
Bandai Entertainment
Toho
Madman Entertainment
Source
MANGA
Genres
Action, Adventure, Horror, Psychological, Sci-Fi, SupernaturalRomaji
AKIRA
English
Akira
Native
AKIRA
Synonyms
アキラ
External & Streaming links
Relations
SOURCE
AKIRA
MANGA · FINISHED
Characters
Shoutarou Kaneda
MAIN
Mitsuo Iwata
JAPANESE
Kei
MAIN
Mami Koyama
JAPANESE
Tetsuo Shima
MAIN
Nozomu Sasaki
JAPANESE
Takashi
SUPPORTING
Tatsuhiko Nakamura
JAPANESE
Masaru
SUPPORTING
Kazuhiro Kandou
JAPANESE
Kaori
SUPPORTING
Yuriko Fuchizaki
JAPANESE
Nezu
SUPPORTING
Hiroshi Ootake
JAPANESE
Kai
SUPPORTING
Takeshi Kusao
JAPANESE
Miyako
SUPPORTING
Kouichi Kitamura
JAPANESE
Ryuusaku
SUPPORTING
Tesshou Genda
JAPANESE
Staff
Katsuhiro Ootomo
Director
Kouji Morimoto
Assistant Animation Director
Hiroaki Satou
Assistant Director
Toshiharu Mizutani
Art Director
Takashi Nakamura
Animation Director
Yoshio Takeuchi
Assistant Director
Katsuhiro Ootomo
Original Creator
Susumu Aketagawa
Sound Director
Takashi Nakamura
Character Design
Katsuji Misawa
Director of Photography
Status Distribution
- CURRENT
2409 Users
- PLANNING
49897 Users
- COMPLETED
122483 Users
- DROPPED
709 Users
- PAUSED
1039 Users
