

Akira
Neo-Tokyo is about to E.X.P.L.O.D.E.
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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7.9/10
5,071 votes
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $5.7M
- Box office
- $56.7M
- Language
- Japanese
- army
- street gang
- saving the world
- total destruction
- experiment
- general
- megacity
- atomic bomb
- stadium
- underground
- mutation
- dystopia
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- Theatrical (limited)NRNew York City, New York / Los Angeles, California (English dub)25 Dec 1989
- PhysicalNRThe Criterion Collection Laserdisc4 Nov 1992
- Theatrical (limited)RRe-release1 Mar 2001
- Theatrical (limited)R4K restoration (IMAX)24 Sept 2020
- TheatricalR4K restoration4 Sept 2026
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical1225 Jan 1991
EstoniaEE
- Theatrical (limited)4K restoration16 Jul 2025
JapanJP
- Theatrical16 Jul 1988
SwedenSE
- PremiereStockholm International Film Festival6 Nov 1998
Frequently asked questions
Akira was released on 16 July 1988.
Audience reviews
3- T10/10
Ted Fraraccio
2/26/2019
Let's make one thing clear right off the bat: this review is gonna be positive. _Akira_ is not only my favorite anime but my favorite animated film bar none and one of my favorite films in general. Katsuhiro Otomo has crafted an animated sci-fi actioner for adults that's good, great in fact, a rarity since the vast majority of "adult" animation fails miserably by relying on dopey sex jokes and idiotic plot rather tha…
- B10/10
badelf
7/14/2023
It has been said that when Oppenheimer witnessed the first atom bomb test, he said, "Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds." This may actually be a mis-translation of the Bhagavad-Gita, which deals with illusion and impermanence. Nevertheless, the sentiment that great achievement in science, like great power, carries great responsibility, remains true. Yet to date, homo sapiens has consistently shown that…
- F2/10
Filipe Manuel Neto
10/6/2023
**Technically very good, but so confusing that it doesn't work.** I'm 33 years old and my childhood saw the popularization of Japanese anime in Europe and the West thanks to hits like “Dragon Ball” and others. However, I have to say that, even as a child, I hated this type of highly stylized animation, so different from what I was used to seeing. Even so, it is necessary to grant this film some value. The anima…
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