Movies / anime / 1988

Akira

AKIRAAKIRA

Also known as アキラ

Katsuhiro Ootomo (script) · Katsuhiro Ootomo (original creator) · Katsuhiro Ootomo (director) · Izou Hashimoto (script) · Takashi Nakamura (character design) · Tokyo Movie Shinsha (studio)

It's the year 2019, thirty-one years have passed since the start of World War III. A top-secret child with amazing powers of the mind breaks free from custody and accidentally gets a motorcycle gang involved in the project. This incident triggers psychic powers within one of the gang members, Tetsuo, and he is taken by the army to be experimented on. His mind has been altered and is now on the path of war, seeking revenge on the society that once called him weak. (Source: FUNimation)

Release year

1988

Released

Jul 16, 1988

Runtime

125 minutes

Country

Japan

Genres

Action · Adventure · Horror · Psychological · Sci-Fi · Supernatural