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Akira
AKIRA / アキラSummary
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)
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Details
- Format
- Movie
- Number of Episodes
- 1
- Length
- 125 min
- Season
- Summer 1988
- Start date
- July 16, 1988
- End date
- July 16, 1988
- Status
- Finished
- Source
- Manga
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Studios
- Tokyo Movie Shinsha
- Romaji title
- AKIRA
- English title
- Akira
- Native title
- AKIRA
- Other titles
- アキラ
Relations
Characters 15
Main characters
- Shoutarou Kaneda金田正太郎Main
- KeiケイMain
- Tetsuo Shima島鉄雄Main
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- KaoriカオリSupporting
- Kai甲斐Supporting
- Shikishima Taisa敷島大佐Supporting
- Yamagata山形Supporting
- KiyokoキヨコSupporting
- TakashiタカシSupporting
- MasaruマサルSupporting
- Nezu根津Supporting
- MiyakoミヤコSupporting
- Ryuusaku竜作Supporting
- Resistance MemberSupporting
- AkiraアキラBackground
Staff and studios
Studios
Key staff
- Katsuhiro OotomoDirector
- Katsuhiro OotomoOriginal creator
- Takashi NakamuraCharacter design
- Toshiharu MizutaniArt director
- Susumu AketagawaSound director
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- Kouji MorimotoAssistant Animation Director
- Hiroaki SatouAssistant Director
- Takashi NakamuraAnimation Director
- Yoshio TakeuchiAssistant Director
- Katsuji MisawaDirector of Photography
- Carlo LevyExecutive Producer (French)
- Jorge Gabarró FrauExecutive Producer (Spanish; Selecta Vision)
- Albert Trifol SegarraADR Director (Spanish; Manga Films)
- Luis De ValExecutive Producer (Spanish; Manga Films)
- Keiko NobumotoProduction Office
- Hiroshi HirataTitle Logo Calligraphy
- Shinichi SuzukiKey Animation
- Hiroyuki OkiuraKey Animation
- Satoshi UrushiharaKey Animation
- Yoshiji KigamiKey Animation
- Seiji MutaKey Animation
- Atsuko FukushimaKey Animation
- Toshiyuki InoueKey Animation
- Hiroyuki HoriuchiKey Animation
- Hidekazu OharaKey Animation