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Quick Info

Rating

7.9/10

Release1988

Runtime2h 4m

StatusReleased

Budget$5,700,000

Revenue$49,000,000

Production

MBS

Sumitomo Corporation

TOHO

Kodansha

Tokyo Movie Shinsha

Bandai

Hakuhodo

LaserDisc Corporation

Movie

Akira

1988

2h 4m

7.9

Animation

Science Fiction

Action

Synopsis

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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