Synopsis
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.
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Cast
- Mitsuo IwataShotaro Kaneda (voice)
- Nozomu SasakiTetsuo Shima (voice)
- Mami KoyamaKei (voice)
- Tessyo GendaRyûsaku (voice)
- Koichi KitamuraPriestess Miyako / Council A (voice)
- Yuriko FuchizakiKaori (voice)
- Masaaki OkuraYamagata (voice)
- Takeshi KusaoKai (voice)
- Kazuhiro KamifujiMasaru / No. 27 (voice)
- Tatsuhiko NakamuraTakashi / No. 26 (voice)
Recommendations
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Total Film
Conceived on an unprecedented scale in ambition and technique, Otomo’s rich visuals and awe-inspiring action depict a post-apocalyptic dystopia where the threat of feral biker gangs is dwarfed by the rise of an uncontrollable psychic. - 100
Austin Chronicle
Adapted by Katsuhiro Otomo from his sprawling, post-apocalyptic cyberpunk tale of government conspiracies, street gangs, and psychic powers that can save or destroy the world, it's still an all-time classic, and has never looked better. - 80
New Times (L.A.)
One of the few unanimously acclaimed classics of Japanese animation. - 80
The New York Times
Violent as it is on the surface, Akira is tranquil at its core. The story's sanest characters plead for the wise use of mankind's frightening new powers, lending the whole film the feeling of a cautionary tale. - 80
Washington Post
The most expensive animated feature ever made in Japan (over 1 billion yen) and it's easily the most impressive, as well. - 80
The Guardian
Akira’s strangeness is very startling and sometimes bewildering. But there is a thanatonic rapture to its vision of a whole world ending and being reborn as something else. - 80
Time Out
It’s a towering achievement of imagination and the detail of each frame is a miracle of film artistry. - 80
Variety
A remarkable technical achievement in every respect, from the imaginative and detailed design of tomorrow to the booming Dolby effects on the soundtrack, pic’s only drawback is the slight stiffness in the drawing of human movement.
