Akira (1988 film)
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| Directed by | Katsuhiro Otomo |
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Akira by Katsuhiro Otomo |
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| Music by | Tsutomu Ōhashi |
| Cinematography | Katsuji Misawa |
| Edited by | Takeshi Seyama |
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| Distributed by | Toho |
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124 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
| Budget | ¥1.1 billion |
| Box office | ¥6.35 billion (Japan) |
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| Soundtrack album by Geinō Yamashirogumi (芸能山城組) | ||||
| Released | 1988 | |||
| Recorded | 1988 | |||
| Genre | Anime, film, gamelan, noh | |||
| Length | 69:36 | |||
| Label | Victor Music Industries, Demon Records/JVC Records | |||
| Producer | Shoji Yamashiro | |||
| Geinō Yamashirogumi (芸能山城組) chronology | ||||
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Akira is a 1988 Japanese science fiction anime film directed by Katsuhiro Otomo, produced by Ryōhei Suzuki and Shunzō Katō and written by Otomo and Izo Hashimoto, based on Otomo's manga of the same name.
The film depicts a dystopian, cyberpunk-based Tokyo in 2019, focusing on teenage biker Tetsuo Shima and his leader, Shotaro Kaneda. Because of Tetsuo's superpowers, Kaneda, resistance terrorist Kei, Colonel Shikishima of the JSDF and a trio of espers, attempt to prevent Tetsuo from releasing the imprisoned psychic, Akira. While most of the character designs and settings were adapted from the manga, the plot differs considerably and prunes much of the last half of Akira.
The film has garnered a large cult following since its theatrical release, and is widely considered to be a landmark in Japanese animation. It is considered by many critics to be one of the greatest animated and science fiction movies of all time.
In 1988, Tokyo is destroyed by a psychic singularity, initiating World War III and its reestablishment as Neo-Tokyo. However, by 2019, a year before the XXXII Olympics, sedition and gang violence has grown. One night, Shōtarō Kaneda has his bōsōzoku gang, the Capsules, battle the Clowns. During the brawl, Kaneda's friend, Tetsuo Shima, crashes to avoid Takashi, a psychic esper who fled from a secret government laboratory. Colonel Shikishima of the Japan Self-Defense Forces, assisted by esper Masaru, escorts Takashi home and hospitalizes Tetsuo. When Kaneda and his gang are interrogated, he encounters Kei, a member of the revolutionaries, and arranges her release, alongside the Capsules.
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