Details & Synopsis
Neo-Tokyo, 2019. A biker gang, a military conspiracy, and a psychic child whose power could unmake the city. Otomo Katsuhiro's Akira landed in 1988 with a budget that rewrote what anime could look like on screen, fluid motion, hand-painted luminosity, and a dystopia so detailed it still outclasses most of what gets made today. For many Western fans of a certain age, this was the film that proved anime wasn't a genre; it was a medium capable of something entirely its own. Before the Matrix borrowed its motorcycle slide. Before every cyberpunk skyline owed it rent.
Alt Title
アキラ
Studio
TMS Entertainment
Network
Theatrical
Aired
1988
Runtime
2h 4m
Genre
Sci-Fi, Cyberpunk, Action, Psychological
Status
Completed
Guides and reference pages for this series. More coming.
