AKIRA
AKIRA

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

  • #130 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

    187303

  • Favourites

    6691

  • Studios

    Tokyo Movie Shinsha

  • Producers

    Funimation

    Mainichi Broadcasting System

    Kodansha

    Bandai Entertainment

    Toho

    Madman Entertainment

  • Source

    MANGA

  • Genres

    Action, Adventure, Horror, Psychological, Sci-Fi, Supernatural
  • Romaji

    AKIRA

  • English

    Akira

  • Native

    AKIRA

  • Synonyms

    アキラ

Tags

  • Cyberpunk

    97%

  • Post-Apocalyptic

    93%

  • Dystopian

    93%

  • Super Power

    88%

  • Urban

    87%

  • Tragedy

    84%

  • Male Protagonist

    83%

  • Primarily Male Cast

    80%

  • Seinen

    77%

  • Delinquents

    76%

  • Body Horror

    75%

  • Urban Fantasy

    75%

  • Motorcycles

    74%

  • Anti-Hero

    73%

  • Conspiracy

    73%

  • Gangs

    70%

  • Military

    68%

  • Gore

    68%

  • Philosophy

    64%

  • Crime

    61%

  • Orphan

    60%

  • Politics

    54%

  • Mythology

    48%

  • Aliens

    48%

  • Nudity

    35%

Relations

Characters

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Staff

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  • Katsuhiro Ootomo

    Katsuhiro Ootomo

    Director

  • Kouji Morimoto

    Kouji Morimoto

    Assistant Animation Director

  • Hiroaki Satou

    Hiroaki Satou

    Assistant Director

  • Toshiharu Mizutani

    Toshiharu Mizutani

    Art Director

  • Takashi Nakamura

    Takashi Nakamura

    Animation Director

  • Yoshio Takeuchi

    Yoshio Takeuchi

    Assistant Director

  • Katsuhiro Ootomo

    Katsuhiro Ootomo

    Original Creator

  • Susumu Aketagawa

    Susumu Aketagawa

    Sound Director

  • Takashi Nakamura

    Takashi Nakamura

    Character Design

  • Katsuji Misawa

    Katsuji Misawa

    Director of Photography

Status Distribution

  • CURRENT

    2664 Users

  • PLANNING

    53355 Users

  • COMPLETED

    129430 Users

  • DROPPED

    752 Users

  • PAUSED

    1102 Users

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