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Akira (1988) [R]

Release Date:
June 10, 1988

Original Title:
AKIRA

Alternate Titles:
AKIRA：1988
Akira
อากีรา ไม่เหมือนคน
アキラ
亚基拉
光明战士阿基拉
아키라
폭풍 소년

Genres:
Action | Animation | Science Fiction

Production Companies:
Bandai Entertainment
Kodansha
MBS
Studio Aoi
Studio Fuga
Sumitomo Corporation
TOHO
Tokyo Movie Shinsha

Production Countries:
Japan

Ratings / Certifications:
AU: M  BR: 14  CH: 16  DE: 16  DK: 15  ES: 12  FI: K-12  FR: U|16  GB: 15  HK: IIB  IT: T  KR: 15  LT: N-13  MX: B-15  NL: 12  NO: 15  NZ: M  PL: 16  SE: 15  TW: 15+  US: R 

Runtime: 124

Neo-Tokyo is about to E.X.P.L.O.D.E.

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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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Production

Animation:
Yuuji Yanase

Animation Director:
Takashi Nakamura

Art Designer:
Kazuo Ebisawa
Yuji Ikehata
Hiroshi Ohno

Art Direction:
Toshiharu Mizutani

Assistant Director:
Hiraoki Sato
Yoshio Takeuchi

Associate Producer:
Yoshimasa Mizuo

Background Designer:
Kaoru Honma

Character Designer:
Takashi Nakamura

Comic Book:
Katsuhiro Otomo

Director:
Katsuhiro Otomo

Director of Photography:
Katsuji Misawa

Editor:
Takeshi Seyama

Executive Producer:
Sawako Noma

Key Animation:
Yoshinobu Michihata
Satoru Utsunomiya
Shinya Ohira
Hideki Futamura
Koichi Suenaga
Yuko Kusumoto
Keiko Tomizawa
Hiroaki Noguchi
Yuichiro Yano
Kitaro Kosaka
Kenji Hachizaki
Hiroyuki Aoyama
Masanori Ono
Toshihiko Masuda
Teiichi Takiguchi
Toshiya Washida
Koichi Maruyama
Hiroyuki Horiuchi
Hiroyuki Takagi
Hideki Hamasu
Masatomo Sudo
Shinichi Suzuki
Masaaki Endou
Shinji Hashimoto
Tatsuo Ryuno
Hidekazu Ohara
Kouichi Hashimoto
Morifumi Naka
Osamu Nabeshima
Akinobu Takahashi
Cindy H. Yamauchi
Hiroki Takagi
Jiro Kanai
Ami Tomobuki
Hiroyuki Okiura
Katsuro Fukushima
Kazuyoshi Takeuchi
Hitoshi Ueda
Kiyoshi Muta
Yasuhiro Seo
Shoichi Masuo
Makiko Futaki
Kuni Tomita
Sadahiko Sakamaki
Toshiaki Hontani
Kyoko Matsubara
Toyoaki Emura
Yoshinori Tokiya
Hiroyuki Kitakubo
Kouichi Arai
Masaharu Tada
Yasuchika Nagaoka
Hidehiko Okano
Toshio Kawaguchi
Yasuomi Umetsu
Yoshinori Kanada
Atsuko Fukushima
Tatsuyuki Tanaka
Shinji Otsuka
Shinsuke Terasawa
Toshiaki Motoya
Jirô Koganei
Chiharu Sato
Tomihiko Ohkubo
Satoshi Urushihara
Satoshi Hirayama
Hirotsugu Kawasaki
Toshiyuki Inoue
Kazuyoshi Yaginuma
Yoshiji Kigami

Music Director:
Shoji Yamashiro

Music Editor:
Hiruhiko Ono

Original Music Composer:
Shoji Yamashiro

Producer:
Shunzo Kato
Ryohei Suzuki

Screenplay:
Izo Hashimoto
Katsuhiro Otomo

Sound Designer:
Keiji Muraki

Sound Director:
Susumu Aketagawa

Sound Effects:
Shizuo Kurahashi

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