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Akira
Akira © Dragon / Nakamura / Telecom Animation

In the 21st Century, 30 years after a devasting global nuclear war, mankind is once again on the brink of total annihilation. In a world populated by rival motorcycle gangs and petty politicians, a powerful psychic force, known only as "AKIRA" suddenly resurfaces in Neo-Tokyo. Tetsuo--a young inexperienced biker--is driven beyond the boundaries of sanity by the power of AKIRA and forced to conjure up demons laying within his subconscious

Created by: Dragon / Nakamura / Telecom Animation
Released: 1988
Language: English subtitled / English dub / Japanese
Country of Origin: Japan
Style: 2D animation
Rated: R
Viewer Warning: contains scenes of nudity and graphic violence
[ Japanese ] Featuring the voices of:
Mitsuo Iwata ... Shotaro Kaneda
Nozomu Sasaki ... Tetsuo Shima
Mami Koyama ... Kay
Tesshô Genda ... Ryu
Hiroshi Ôtake ... Nezu
Kôichi Kitamura ... Miyako
Michihiro Ikemizu ... Inspector
Yuriko Fuchizaki ... Kaori
Masaaki Ôkura ... Yamagata
Tarô Arakawa ... Watanabe
Takeshi Kusao ... Kai
Masayuki Katô ... Engineer Sakiyama
Masato Hirano ... Takeyama
[ English dub ] Featuring the voices of:
Jimmy Flinders ... Kaneda
Bob Bergen ... Masaru
Directed by: Katsuhiro Ôtomo
Produced by: Shunzo Kato and Ryohei Suzuki
Executive Producers: Sawako Noma
Musical Score by: Shoji Yamashiro
Writing Credits: Izo Hashimoto
Based on: the comics by Katsuhiro Ôtomo
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