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If you were hoping to see that live-action, big screen version of the anime classic Akira, well, stop hoping.

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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 | Rotten Tomatoes
    In 1988 the Japanese government drops an atomic bomb on Tokyo after ESP experiments on children go awry. In 2019, 31 years after nuking the city, Kaneda, a bike gang leader, tries to save his ...
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  • Akira (1988)
    Synopsis. On July 16, 1988 an atom bomb vaporizes Tokyo. 31 years after WW3 in 2019, Neo-Tokyo has risen, a decrepit city filled with violence and desolation. In a grungy part of town, a man goes to a bar where the bartender ( Yôsuke Akimoto) sells drugs to a customer and the TV recaps the day's news.
    05/24/2024 - 6:41 am | View Website
  • Akira (1988) — The Movie Database (TMDB)
    20 %. Written by Filipe Manuel Neto on October 6, 2023. 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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  • Akira (franchise)
    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.
    05/22/2024 - 3:19 pm | View Website
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