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- Akira (1988 film)
Akira (Japanese: アキラ) is a 1988 Japanese animated cyberpunk action film directed by Katsuhiro Otomo, produced by Ryōhei Suzuki and Shunzō Katō, and written by Otomo and Izo Hashimoto, based on Otomo's 1982 manga of the same name.
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Akira: Directed by Katsuhiro Ôtomo. With Mitsuo Iwata, Nozomu Sasaki, Mami Koyama, Tesshô Genda. A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath who can only be stopped by a teenager, his gang of biker friends and a group of psychics.
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Akira is a Japanese cyberpunk media franchise based on Katsuhiro Otomo 's seminal manga, Akira, published from 1982 to 1990. It was adapted into a 1988 anime film and two video games. A live-action feature film has also been in development since 2000, and a new anime television series by Otomo was also announced in 2019.
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Akira - Metacritic. Summary Based on Katsuhiro Otomo's 2,000 page manga, Akira begins on July 16, 1988, when what was believed to be an atomic bomb was dropped on Tokyo, completely destroying the city and marking the beginning of WWIII. Animation. Action. Drama. Fantasy. Sci-Fi. Thriller. Written By: Katsuhiro Ôtomo, Izô Hashimoto. Akira.
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