Akira (1988)

Director:

Katsuhiro Ôtomo

Writers:

Katsuhiro Ôtomo (graphic novel) and
Izô Hashimoto (screenplay)
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Release Date:

24 July 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Action | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

Neo-Tokyo is about to E.X.P.L.O.D.E.

Plot:

A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psionic psychopath that only two kids and a group of psionics can stop.

Plot Keywords:

Secret | Gang | Government | Scientist | Friend

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Mitsuo Iwata	...	Shôtarô Kaneda (voice)
Nozomu Sasaki	...	Tetsuo Shima (voice)
Mami Koyama	...	Kei (voice)
Tesshô Genda	...	Ryûsaku (voice) (as Tetsusho Genda)
Hiroshi Ôtake	...	Nezu (voice)
Kôichi Kitamura	...	Priestess Miyako / Council A (voice)
Michihiro Ikemizu	...	Inspector / Council I (voice)
Yuriko Fuchizaki	...	Kaori (voice)
Masaaki Ôkura	...	Yamagata (voice)
Tarô Arakawa	...	Eiichi Watanabe / Council G / Army (voice)
Takeshi Kusao	...	Kai (voice)
Kazumi Tanaka	...	Army (voice)
Masayuki Katô	...	Engineer Sakiyama / Council D (voice)
Yôsuke Akimoto	...	Harukiya Bartender (voice)
Masato Hirano	...	Yûji Takeyama / Spy / Council F (voice)
Yukimasa Kishino	...	Mitsuru Kuwata / Terrorist / Assistant / Council B (voice)
Kazuhiro Kamifuji	...	Masaru (No. 27) (voice) (as Kazuhiro Kandô)
Tatsuhiko Nakamura	...	Takashi (No. 26) (voice)
Fukue Itô	...	Kiyoko (No. 25) (voice) (as Sachie Itô)
Issei Futamata	...	(voice)
Kôzô Shioya	...	Follower of Miyako (voice)
Michitaka Kobayashi	...	(voice)
Hideyuki Umezu	...	(voice)
Satoru Inagaki	...	(voice)
Kayoko Fujii	...	Girl A (voice)
Masami Toyoshima	...	Girl B (voice)
Yuka Ôno	...	Girl C (voice) (as Yuka Ohno)
Tarô Ishida	...	Colonel Shikishima (voice)
Mizuho Suzuki	...	Doctor Ônishi (voice)
Bob Bergen	...	Masaru / Kai (voice: English version)
Cam Clarke	...	Kaneda (voice: English version) (as Jimmy Flinders)
Watney Held	...	Additional Voices (Streamline version 1989) (voice: English version)
Steve Kramer	...	Ryu (Streamline version 1989) (voice: English version) (as Drew Thomas)
Melora Harte	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version) (as Marylin Lane)
Lewis Lemay	...	Additional Voices (Streamline version 1989) (voice: English version)
Jan Rabson	...	Tetsuo / Additional Voices (voice: English version) (as Stanley Gurd Jr.)
Barbara Goodson	...	Kaori (Streamline version 1989) (voice: English version) (as Barbara Larsen)
Eddie Frierson	...	Additional Voices (Streamline version 1989) (voice: English version) (as Christy Mathewson)
Lara Cody	...	Kei (Streamline version 1989) (voice: English version) (as Deanna Morris)
Tony Pope	...	Additional Voices (Streamline version 1989) (voice: English version) (as Tony Mozdy)
Julie Phelan	...	Additional Voices (Streamline version 1989) (voice: English version)
Burt Walters	...	Additional Voices (Streamline version 1989) (voice: English version)
Bruce Winant	...	Additional Voices (Streamline version 1989) (voice: English version)
Brad Wurst	...	Additional Voices (Streamline version 1989) (voice: English version)
Robert Axelrod	...	Resistance Member (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version)
William Bassett	...	Additional Voices (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version)
Johnny Yong Bosch	...	Kaneda (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version)
Ivan Buckley	...	Bartender (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version)
Emily Brown	...	Newscaster / Nurse (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version) (as Emilie Brown)
Steve Staley	...	Helicopter Reporter (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version) (as Steve Cannon)
Paul St. Peter	...	Interrogator #2 (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version) (as George C. Cole)
Dan Woren	...	Additional Voices (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version) (as Jackson Daniels)
Bambi Darro	...	Girl In Kaneda's Gang (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version)
Josil Ferhardt	...	Additional Voices (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version)
Rebecca Forstadt	...	Additional Voices (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version)
Sandy Fox	...	Kiyoko (voice: English version)
Jessica Gee	...	Additional Voices (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version)
Dougary Grant	...	Additional Voices (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version)
Skip Stellrecht	...	Additional Voices (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version) (as Henry Douglas Grey)
W.T. Hatch	...	Additional Voices (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version)
Julie Ann Taylor	...	Additional Voices (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version) (as Jean Howard)
Matthew Hustin	...	Additional Voices (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version)
Simon Prescott	...	The Doctor (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version) (as Simon Isaacson)
Christopher Joyce	...	Additional Voices (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version)
Lee Kelso	...	Additional Voices (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version)
William Knight	...	Additional Voices (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version) (as William Frederick Knight)
Lex Lang	...	Additional Voices (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version)
Patricia Ja Lee	...	Additional Voices (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version) (as Pee Jay Lee)
Peter Lee	...	Additional Voices (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version)
Wendee Lee	...	Kei (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version)
Mike Lembaw	...	Additional Voices (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version)
Detroit Louie	...	Additional Voices (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version)
Steve Blum	...	Nurse (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version) (as David Lucas)
Jamieson Price	...	Colonel (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version)
Cody MacKenzie	...	Additional Voices (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version)
Mona Marshall	...	Additional Voices (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version)
Dan Martin	...	Additional Voices (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version)
Michael McConnohie	...	Additional Voices (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version)
Mike Reynolds	...	Mr. Nezu (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version) (as Ray Michaels)
Ezra Weisz	...	Additional Voices (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version) (as Ethan Murray)
Tony Oliver	...	Police Car Driver (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version)
Jonathan C. Osborne	...	Additional Voices (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version)
Guy Pinkham	...	Additional Voices (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version)
Richard Plantagenet	...	Additional Voices (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version)
Ted Rae	...	Additional Voices (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version)
Joe Romersa	...	Additional Voices (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version)
Michelle Ruff	...	Kaori (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version)
Tony Sarducci	...	Additional Voices (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version)
Joshua Seth	...	Tetsuo Shima (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version)
Adam Sholder	...	Additional Voices (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version)
Michael Sorich	...	Additional Voices (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version)
Peter Spellos	...	Council Member (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version)
Doug Stone	...	Council Member (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version)
Sam Strong	...	Additional Voices (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version)
Jim Taggert	...	Additional Voices (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version)
Lisa Tarulli	...	Additional Voices (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version)
Michael Forest	...	Colonel's Council Connection (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version) (as Russell Thor)
Chloe Thornton	...	Additional Voices (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version)
Kirk Thornton	...	Additional Voices (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version) (as Sparky Thornton)
Michael Lindsay	...	Member of Kaneda's Gang (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version) (as Dylan Tully)
Derek Stephen Prince	...	Additional Voices (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version) (as David Umansky)
Bob Buchholz	...	Ryu (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version) (as Robert Wicks)
Kurt P. Wimberger	...	Additional Voices (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version) (as Kurt Wimberger)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Matthew Mercer	...	Various Characters (voice: English version) (as Matt 'Masamune' Miller)

Directed by
Katsuhiro Ôtomo		(supervising)

Writing credits
Katsuhiro Ôtomo		(graphic novel)
Izô Hashimoto		screenplay
Katsuhiro Ôtomo		screenplay

Produced by
Haruyo Kanesaku	....	producer
Shunzo Kato	....	producer
James Yosuke Kobayashi	....	executive producer
Yutaka Maseba	....	producer
Yoshimasa Mizuo	....	associate producer
Sawako Noma	....	executive producer
Ryohei Suzuki	....	producer
Hiroe Tsukamoto	....	producer

Original Music by
Shoji Yamashiro

Cinematography by
Katsuji Misawa		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Takeshi Seyama

Production Design by
Kazuo Ebisawa
Yuji Ikehata
Koji Ono		(as Koji Ohno)

Art Direction by
Toshiharu Mizutani

Production Management
Yoichi Ikeda	....	production manager
Yokinori Sakai	....	production manager
Takahisa Yokomizo	....	production manager

Sound Department
Susumu Akitagawa	....	sound recording director (as Susumu Aketagawa)
Les Claypool III	....	sound editor (as Les E. Claypool)
Lisa Hannan	....	sound editor
Shizuo Kusahashi	....	sound effects supervisor
Masafumi Mima	....	assistant to sound recording director
Mikio Mori	....	stereo sound consultant: Dolby
Yukie Naito	....	sound recording engineer
Kozo Ogata	....	sound recording production manager
Toyo Onkyo	....	foley artist
Tetsuo Segawa	....	sound recording supervisor
Toshifumi Seike	....	sound recording engineer
Kevin Seymour	....	adr supervisor
Kenji Shibazaki	....	foley artist (as Kenji Shibasaki)
Tokuya Shimada	....	sound recording producer
Keiji Urata	....	sound recording architect
Heidi Wilbur	....	adr supervisor

Special Effects by
Takashi Maekawa	....	special effect artist
Noriko Takaya	....	special effects backgrounds

Visual Effects by
Yuriko Amemiya	....	computer graphics
Hiroyuki Aoyama	....	computer graphics artist: Telecom Company
Ryoichiro Debuchi	....	computer graphics
Toyoaki Emura	....	computer graphics artist: High-Tech Labs
Masaaki Endo	....	computer graphics artist: High Tech Labs
Atsuko Fukushima	....	computer graphics artist: High-Tech Labs
Chie Furubayashi	....	computer graphics
Makiko Futaki	....	computer graphics artist: High-Tech Labs
Kenji Hachizaki	....	computer graphics artist: Telecom Company
Shinji Hashimoto	....	computer graphics artist: High-Tech Labs
Satoshi Hirayama	....	computer graphics artist: High-Tech Labs
Toshiuki Hontani	....	computer graphics artist: High Tech Labs
Toshiyuki Inoue	....	computer graphics artist: High-Tech Labs
Yoshinori Kanada	....	computer graphics artist: High Tech Labs
Jirô Kanai	....	computer graphics artist: High Tech Labs
Yukiko Katsuya	....	computer graphics
Toshio Kawaguchi	....	computer graphics artist: High Tech Labs
Masuji Kigami	....	computer graphics artist: High-Tech Labs
Hiroyuki Kitakubo	....	computer graphics artist: High Tech Labs
Yûko Kusumoto	....	computer graphics artist: Telecom Company
Koichi Maruyama	....	computer graphics artist: Telecom Company
Toshihiko Masuda	....	computer graphics artist: Telecom Company
Shôichi Masuo	....	computer graphics artist: High Tech Labs
Kyoko Matsubara	....	computer graphics artist: High Tech Labs
Yoshinobu Michihata	....	computer graphics artist: Telecom Company
Naoko Motoyoshi	....	computer graphics
Seiji Muta	....	computer graphics artist: High-Tech Labs
Takashi Nakamura	....	computer graphics artist: High-Tech Labs
Hideki Nimura	....	computer graphics artist: High Tech Labs
Hiroaki Noguchi	....	computer graphics artist: Telecom Company
Shuichi Obara	....	computer graphics artist: High Tech Labs
Yoshiyuki Okiura	....	computer graphics artist: High-Tech Labs
Tomihiko Okubo	....	computer graphics artist: High-Tech Labs
Masanori Ono	....	computer graphics artist: Telecom Company
Shinji Otsuka	....	computer graphics artist: High Tech Labs
Sadahiko Sakamaki	....	computer graphics artist: High-Tech Labs
Chiharu Sato	....	computer graphics artist: High Tech Labs
Hiroaki Satô	....	computer graphics artist: High-Tech Labs
Yasuhiro Seo	....	computer graphics artist: High Tech Labs
Masatomo Sudoh	....	computer graphics artist: High Tech Labs
Hirozaka Suenaga	....	computer graphics artist: Telecom Company
Shinichi Suzuki	....	computer graphics artist: High Tech Labs
Hiroki Takagi	....	computer graphics artist: High-Tech Labs
Akinobu Takahashi	....	computer graphics artist: High Tech Labs
Kazuyoshi Takeuchi	....	computer graphics artist: High-Tech Labs
Yoshio Takeuchi	....	computer graphics artist: High-Tech Labs
Seiichi Takiguchi	....	computer graphics artist: Telecom Company
Tatsuyuki Tanaka	....	computer graphics artist: High-Tech Labs
Ryuno Tatsuo	....	computer graphics artist: High Tech Labs
Shinichi Terasawa	....	computer graphics artist: High Tech Labs
Yoshinori Tokiya	....	computer graphics artist: High Tech Labs
K. Tomita	....	computer graphics artist: High Tech Labs
Keiko Tomizawa	....	computer graphics artist: Telecom Company
Ami Tomobuki	....	computer graphics artist: High Tech Labs
Hitoshi Ueda	....	computer graphics artist: High Tech Labs
Yasuomi Umetsu	....	computer graphics artist: High Tech Labs
Satoshi Urushihara	....	computer graphics artist: High Tech Labs
Satoru Utsunomiya	....	computer graphics artist: High-Tech Labs
Toshiya Washida	....	computer graphics artist: Telecom Company
Kazuyoshi Yaginuma	....	computer graphics artist: High-Tech Labs
Hideko Yamauchi	....	computer graphics artist: High Tech Labs
Yuichiro Yano	....	computer graphics artist: Telecom Company
Kenji Yazaki	....	computer graphics artist: Telecom Company

Camera and Electrical Department
Yuki Asaine	....	animation camera: Asahi Production
Kazuta Furubayashi	....	animation camera: Asahi Production
Hajime Hasegawa	....	animation camera: Toms Photo
Yoichi Hasegawa	....	animation camera: Asahi Production
Kazunari Ichinozuka	....	animation camera: Toms Photo
Shuichi Ito	....	animation camera: Asahi Production
Hiroshi Kanai	....	animation camera: Toms Photo
Tetsu Keibu	....	animation camera: Asahi Production
Kenichi Kobayashi	....	animation camera: Toms Photo
Kiyoshi Kobayashi	....	animation camera: Toms Photo
Hiroyuki Matsuzawa	....	animation camera: Asahi Production
Hitoshi Nishiyama	....	animation camera: Toms Photo
Takashi Nomura	....	animation camera: Toms Photo
Takahisa Ogawa	....	animation camera: Toms Photo
Kazunobu Okeda	....	animation camera: Asahi Production
Atsushi Okui	....	animation camera: Asahi Production
Akio Saitô	....	animation camera: Asahi Production
Yukinori Sakai	....	animation camera: Asahi Production
Hitoshi Shirao	....	animation camera: Toms Photo
Hideko Takahashi	....	animation camera: Asahi Production
Moriyuki Terashita	....	animation camera: Toms Photo
Youji Toki	....	animation camera: Asahi Production
Toshiyuki Umeda	....	animation camera: Asahi Production
Atsushi Yoshino	....	animation camera: Toms Photo
Hironori Yoshino	....	animation camera: Toms Photo

Animation Department
Miyuki Aoki	....	inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd.
Mariko Araki	....	inbetween animator: Dragon Production
Seiko Azuma	....	inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd.
Shusaku Chiba	....	inbetween animator: Nakamura Production
Katsumoto Ehara	....	inbetween animator: Dragon Production (as Katsutomo Ehara)
Toyoaki Emura	....	key animator
Masaaki Endo	....	key animator
Yukari Fujii	....	inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd.
Yoshiko Fujita	....	inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd.
Atsushi Fujitsuka	....	ink and paint supervisor
Yoshiuki Fukuda	....	inbetween animator: Nakamura Production
Atsuko Fukushima	....	key animator
Akira Furuya	....	background artist: Studio Uni
Makiko Futaki	....	key animator
Hirofumi Hagimiwa	....	background artist: Baku Production
Shunsuke Harada	....	inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd.
Katsufumi Haryu	....	background artist: Studio Fuga (as Katsufumi Hariu)
Kôichi Hashimoto	....	key animator
Shinji Hashimoto	....	key animator
Fukiko Hashizume	....	background artist: Ishigaki Production
Masako Hayashi	....	inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd.
Tokuhiro Hiragi	....	background artist: Studio Fuga (as Tokuhiro Hiraki)
Emiko Hirama	....	inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd.
Teiji Hiramatsu	....	inbetween animator: Nakamura Production
Satoshi Hirayama	....	key animator
Toru Hishiyama	....	background artist: Studio Fuga
Osamu Honda	....	background artist: Baku Production
Kaoru Honma	....	background artist: Ishigaki Production
Toshiaki Hontani	....	key animator
Hiroyuki Horiuchi	....	key animator
Sanae Ichioka	....	background artist: Studio Fuga
Akiyoshi Iijima	....	background artist: Studio Uni
Takuya Iinuma	....	inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd.
Kazuyuki Iizuka	....	inbetween animator: Nakamura Production
Michiko Ikeuchi	....	color key stylist
Tatsuo Imamura	....	background artist: Baku Production
Toshiyuki Inoue	....	key animator
Junko Isaka	....	inbetween animator: Dragon Production
Takayuki Ishizuka	....	inbetween animator: Nakamura Production
Mika Isuda	....	ink and paint artist
Masatoshi Kai	....	background artist: Studio Fuga
Nobuo Kamaki	....	inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd.
Keni Kamiyama	....	background artist: Studio Fuga (as Kenji Kamiyama)
Yoshinori Kanada	....	key animator (as Yoshinori Kaneda)
Jirô Kanai	....	key animator
Yoshi Kanajima	....	background artist: Ishigaki Production (as Yoshie Kanajima)
Yuriko Kashiwakura	....	ink and paint checker
Kenichi Katsui	....	inbetween animator: Dragon Production
Takashi Kawaguchi	....	inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd.
Toshio Kawaguchi	....	key animator
Yumiko Kawaguchi	....	ink and paint artist
Naoko Kawakami	....	ink and paint artist
Jiro Kawano	....	background artist: Studio Uni
Hirotsugu Kawasaki	....	key animator
Koji Kawasaki	....	inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd.
Akiko Kawauchi	....	inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd.
Masuji Kigami	....	key animator
Yoshiji Kigami	....	key animator
Mayumi Kimura	....	ink and paint artist
Shinji Kimura	....	background artist: Kobayashi Production
Kazuhiro Kinoshita	....	background artist: Ishigaki Production
Hiroyuki Kitakubo	....	key animator
Mariko Kobayashi	....	background artist: Studio Fuga
Asako Kodaira	....	background artist: Studio Fuga
Himako Komatsu	....	inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd. (as Hinako Komatsu)
Hisahiko Komiya	....	animation checker
Takeshi Konakawa	....	inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd.
Mamoru Konno	....	background artist: Ishigaki Production
Kitaro Kosaka	....	key animator
Miyuki Kudo	....	background artist: Studio Fuga
Yoshiko Kuriihara	....	inbetween animator: Dragon Production
Satoshi Kuroda	....	background artist: Studio Fuga
Tatsuya Kushida	....	background artist: Studio Fuga
Koichi Maruyama	....	key animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd.
Shôichi Masuo	....	key animator
Kyoko Matsubara	....	key animator
Yoshiaki Matsuo	....	inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd.
Yukihiko Michimoto	....	ink and paint artist
Tomoko Mitsui	....	ink and paint artist (as Tomoka Mitsui)
Hiroyuki Mitsumoto	....	background artist: Ishigaki Production
Yuichi Miura	....	inbetween animator: Dragon Production
Kaori Miyagawa	....	inbetween animator: Dragon Production
Mitsuharu Miyamae	....	background artist: Baku Production
Minako Mori	....	ink and paint artist
Kôji Morimoto	....	assistant to chief animator (as Kouji Morimoto)
Masato Mukai	....	inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd.
Miyuki Murai	....	inbetween animator: Dragon Production
Mitsunori Murata	....	animation checker
Seiji Muta	....	key animator
Osamu Nabeshima	....	key animator
Midori Nagaoka	....	inbetween animator: Dragon Production
Yasushi Nagaoka	....	key animator
Yoko Nagashima	....	inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd.
Tokumi Nagayasu	....	special cooperator for background (as Takumi Nagayasu)
Kayoko Nakafuji	....	inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd.
Toshio Nakagome	....	inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd. (as Toshie Nikagome)
Noriyuki Nakajima	....	inbetween animator: Nakamura Production
Morifumi Naka	....	key animator
Akiko Nakamura	....	inbetween animator: Dragon Production
Takashi Nakamura	....	background artist: Studio Uni
Takashi Nakamura	....	chief animator
Yuji Nakamura	....	inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd.
Shihoko Nakayama	....	ink and paint artist
Yôji Nakaza	....	background artist: Ishigaki Production
Tatsushi Narita	....	inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd.
Rie Niidome	....	inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd.
Hideki Nimura	....	key animator (as Hideki Nemura)
Shoujirou Nishimi	....	inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd. (as Shojiro Nishimi)
Eiichiro Nishiyama	....	inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd.
Emiko Nishiyama	....	animation in-betweener: Telecom Animation
Takashi Noto	....	inbetween animator: Nakamura Production
Shuichi Obara	....	key animator
Noriko Ogawa	....	ink and paint checker
Hiroyuki Ogura	....	background artist: Ishigaki Production
Shin'ya Ôhira	....	key animator
Daihachi Okajima	....	inbetween animator: Dragon Production
Hidehiko Okano	....	key animator
Yoshiyuki Okiura	....	key animator
Tomihiko Okubo	....	key animator
Masayuki Osawa	....	inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd.
Nobuhiro Otsuka	....	background artist: Kobayashi Production
Shinji Otsuka	....	key animator
Junko Saito	....	inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd.
Norio Saito	....	inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd.
Sadahiko Sakamaki	....	key animator
Yoko Sakurai	....	inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd.
Noboru Sasaki	....	inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd.
Shinichi Sasaki	....	inbetween animator: Nakamura Production
Atsushi Sato	....	ink and paint artist (as Atsushi Sano)
Chiharu Sato	....	key animator
Hiroaki Satô	....	animation director
Hiroshi Sato	....	inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd.
Kazuhiro Sato	....	background artist: Baku Production
Yasuhiro Seo	....	key animator
Yukihiro Shibutani	....	background artist: Ishigaki Production
Kazutoshi Shimizu	....	background artist: Ishigaki Production
Masayoshi Shimura	....	inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd.
Takayaki Shimura	....	inbetween animator: Dragon Production (as Takayuki Shimura)
Yasuyuki Shimuzu	....	inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd.
Takuro Shinbo	....	inbetween animator: Nakamura Production (as Takuro Shinpo)
Chieko Shiobara	....	inbetween animator: Dragon Production
Noriko Shiotani	....	ink and paint checker
Hiromi Shirouchi	....	ink and paint artist
Hajime Soga	....	background artist: Studio Fuga
Eiko Sudo	....	background artist: Ishigaki Production
Masatomo Sudoh	....	key animator (as Masatomo Sudo)
Mayumi Suzuki	....	inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd.
Shinichi Suzuki	....	key animator
Masaharu Tada	....	key animator
Koichi Taguchi	....	inbetween animator: Nakamura Production
Hiroyuki Takagi	....	key animator
Akinobu Takahashi	....	key animator
Kenichi Takahashi	....	background artist: Ishigaki Production
Natsuko Takahashi	....	inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd.
Hiroko Takatani	....	inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd.
Masami Takebuchi	....	inbetween animator: Dragon Production
Tomoko Takei	....	inbetween animator: Dragon Production
Mariko Takekuchi	....	inbetween animator: Dragon Production
Yasuhiro Takema	....	inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd.
Kazuyoshi Takeuchi	....	key animator
Yoshio Takeuchi	....	animation director
Kiyomi Tanaka	....	layout artist
Setsuko Tanaka	....	color key stylist
Tatsuyuki Tanaka	....	key animator
Hitomi Tateno	....	animation checker
Teruyo Tateyama	....	ink and paint checker
Noboru Tatsuike	....	background artist: Studio Fuga
Ryuno Tatsuo	....	key animator
Shinichi Terasawa	....	key animator
Yoshinori Tokiya	....	key animator
Yoyoi Toki	....	inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd. (as Yayoi Toki)
Takuo Tominaga	....	inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd.
Kuni Tomita	....	key animator
Ami Tomobuki	....	key animator (as Ayumi Tomobuki)
Akira Tsukada	....	inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd.
Tatehiko Uchida	....	background artist: Studio Uni
Tsutomu Uchida	....	background artist: Studio Fuga
Miho Uchiyama	....	ink and paint artist
Hitoshi Ueda	....	key animator
Junichi Uehara	....	ink and paint artist
Minoru Ueno	....	ink and paint artist
Junko Uenoyama	....	inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd.
Tatsuya Uetsu	....	inbetween animator: Nakamura Production
Takashi Umeda	....	inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd.
Yasuomi Umetsu	....	key animator
Satoshi Urushihara	....	key animator (as Satoshi Urushibara)
Satoru Utsunomiya	....	key animator
Yoshiaki Wakaki	....	inbetween animator: Dragon Production
Takashi Watabe	....	layout artist
Hiroko Watanabe	....	inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd.
Kazuyoshi Yaginuma	....	key animator
Hideyuki Yagisawa	....	ink and paint artist
Kenji Yamamoto	....	inbetween animator: Dragon Production
Kimie Yamana	....	color key stylist
Kaori Yamasaki	....	background artist: Studio Uni
Hideko Yamauchi	....	key animator
Hisao Yamazaki	....	inbetween animator: Nakamura Production
Yumi Yanagawa	....	inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd.
Haruni Yatsu	....	ink and paint artist (as Harumi Yatsu)
Hisao Yokobori	....	inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd. (as Hisao Yokohori)
Akiko Yoshii	....	inbetween animator: Dragon Production
Hiroko Yoshizawa	....	inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd.
Keiko Yozawa	....	inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd.

Editorial Department
Hiroshi Adachi	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Sugata Ida Bagus	....	musician: "Balinese tantra" (as Geinoh Yamashirogumi)
Yukihiro Issoh	....	musician: "Noh performance: Fue Kata" (as Geinoh Yamashirogumi)
Tsuyoshi Kon	....	musician: electric guitar (as Geinoh Yamashirogumi)
Junzo Miyamasu	....	musician: "Noh performance: Tsuzumi Kata" (as Geinoh Yamashirogumi)
Tokihiko Morishita	....	musician: keyboard (as Geinoh Yamashirogumi)
Keiji Muraki	....	music recording director
Takashi Namba	....	musician: keyboard (as Geinoh Yamashirogumi)
Kenji Ni-ina	....	musician: synthesizer "EMU" (as Geinoh Yamashirogumi)
Hiruhiko Ono	....	musical editor (as Haruhiko Ohno)
Nobu Saito	....	musician: percussion (as Geinoh Yamashirogumi)
Shirô Sasaki	....	music recording director
Nobuyuki Shirasaka	....	musician: "Noh performance: Ohkawa Kata" (as Geinoh Yamashirogumi)
Hideo Takada	....	music recording engineer
Kunihiko Tominaga	....	musician: synthesizer (as Geinoh Yamashirogumi)
Hideo Yamaki	....	musician: drums (as Geinoh Yamashirogumi)
Shoji Yamashiro	....	conductor
Shoji Yamashiro	....	musical director
Masamichi Yamazaki	....	musician: "Noh performance: Shite Kata" (as Geinoh Yamashirogumi)
Heizo Yoda	....	music recording engineer
Keiichiro Yoshioka	....	music recording engineer
Kiyoshi Yoshitani	....	musician: "Noh performance: Taiko Kata" (as Geinoh Yamashirogumi)

Other crew
Ryosuke Kumai	....	publicist
Goro Morita	....	quick action recorder operator
Keiko Nobumoto	....	production assistant
Clay Loring Roberts	....	production assistant
Kevin Seymour	....	adr director
Kevin Seymour	....	adr screenplay
Ken Tsunoda	....	production coordinator
Heidi Wilbur	....	adr screenplay

Production Companies

• Akira Committee Company Ltd.
• Bandai
• Kodansha
• Mainichi Broadcasting System (MBS)
• Sumitomo Corporation
• Toho Company
• Tokyo Movie Shinsha (TMS)

Distributors

• Streamline Pictures (1990) (USA) (theatrical) (dubbed)
• Forum Distribution (1991) (France) (theatrical)
• Toho Company (1988) (Japan) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
• A-Film Home Entertainment (2001) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• AV Channel (2001) (Australia) (DVD)
• Bandai Media Department (1988) (Japan) (VHS)
• Bandai Visual Company (2001) (Japan) (DVD)
• Bandai Visual Company (2009) (Japan) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Criterion Collection, The (1995) (USA) (laserdisc)
• Emina (2003) (Sweden) (DVD)
• Europa Carat (19??) (Brazil) (VHS)
• Living Colour Entertainment (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Manga Films
• Manga Video (1990) (UK) (VHS)
• Manga Video (2001) (UK) (DVD)
• Orion Home Video (1999) (USA) (VHS) (dubbed)
• Pioneer LDC (2002) (Japan) (DVD)
• Pioneer Video (2001) (USA) (DVD)
• Pioneer Video (2001) (USA) (VHS)
• R.S. Entertainment
• Selecta Vision (Spain) (DVD)
• Stormovie (2005) (Italy) (DVD)

Special Effects

• High-Tech Lab. Japan
• Telecom Japan

Other Companies

• Akira Committee Company Ltd.  music produced by
• Akira Studio  production studio
• Animal-ya  
• Animaze  English dialog (English version)
• Anime Art  animation studio
• Aoi Studio  sound recording studio
• Asahi Production  animation camera shooting studio
• Asunaro Studio  animation studio
• Baku Production  background art
• Body Planning  ink and paint support studio
• Captions  subtitling (English version)
• Continental Far East  dolby stereo consaltant
• Digital Sound Design Studio Eureka  sound recording studio
• Dragon Production  inbetween animation
• Easy World  ink and paint support studio
• Fantasia  animation studio
• Gainax  animation studio
• Group Lynus  animation studio
• High-Tech Lab. Japan  computer graphics
• IM Studio  ink and paint support studio
• IVC  digitally remastered at (english version)
• Ishigaki Production  background art
• JVC Aoyama Studio  musical recording studio
• Kobayashi Production  background art
• Kodansha  based on graphic novel published by
• Kyoto Animation  animation studio
• M I  ink and paint support studio
• Magic Bus  animation studio
• Magnitude 8 Post  recording facility (english version)
• Marchen-Sha  animation studio
• Mook Company Ltd.  animation studio
• Nakamura Production  inbetween animation
• Next One  animation studio
• Office Next One  ink and paint support studio
• Oh Production  animation studio
• Osaka Animation Studio  ink and paint support studio
• POP Sound  remixed at (English version)
• Radical Party  animation studio
• Raijin Film  animation studio
• Samatack  animation studio
• Shindo Production  animation studio
• Showa Women's University Hitomi Memorial Hall  music recording studio
• Studio Boomerang  animation studio
• Studio DEEN  animation studio
• Studio Dub  animation studio
• Studio Fantasia  animation studio
• Studio Fuga  background art
• Studio Kuma  animation studio
• Studio Look  animation studio
• Studio Look  ink and paint support studio
• Studio Marine  ink and paint support studio
• Studio Musashi  animation studio
• Studio Noel  ink and paint support studio
• Studio Pierrot Co. Ltd.  animation studio
• Studio Robin  ink and paint support studio
• Studio UNI  background art
• Sumisho Electronic Systems  
• Super Spirits  animation studio
• Suzuki Animation Planning  
• Tamazawa Animation  animation studio
• Telecom Animation Film Company  inbetween animation
• Telecom Animation Film Company  ink and paint support studio
• Tezuka Production Company Ltd.  animation studio
• Tiger Production  animation studio
• Tokyo Laboratory Co. Ltd.  film laboratory
• Tokyo Movie Shinsha (TMS)  animation production
• Toms Photo  animation camera shooting studio
• Trans Arts Company  
• Vario-Hall  music recording studio
• Victor Musical Industries  music produced by
• WARP  animation studio
• Wavefront Technologies  
• Yuminsha  ink and paint
• Yuminsha  ink and paints
• ZRO Limit Productions  in association with (english version)
• ZRO Limit Productions  translation & subtitle timing (english version)

Also Known As:

Akira: The Special Edition (USA) (reissue title)
Akira (Argentina) (Spain) [es]
Akira (Greece) (TV title) [el]
Akira (Brazil) [pt]

MPAA:

Rated R for graphic violence and brief nudity.

Runtime:

124 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | DTS (re-release) | Dolby (35 mm prints)

Certification:

Finland:K-12 (video) (1994) | Finland:K-15 (DVD) (2004) | Canada:18 (Nova Scotia) (re-rating) (2003) | Iceland:12 (video rating) | Iceland:14 | Italy:T | Hungary:16 | Netherlands:12 (re-rating) | Canada:18+ (TV rating) | Brazil:14 | South Korea:15 (DVD rating) | UK:15 (re-rating) (2002) | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Canada:14A (Manitoba) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | France:-12 | Netherlands:16 | New Zealand:M (re-rating) (2002) | Norway:15 (DVD rating) | Singapore:NC-16 | Singapore:PG (cut) | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | UK:12 (original rating) | USA:R | West Germany:16 (nf) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:A (Nova Scotia) (original rating)

Company:

Akira Committee Company Ltd.

Trivia:

At one point in the 1990s, Sony contemplated a live-action version of the film, but scrapped the idea when the projected budget went north of US$300 million.

Goofs:

Continuity: When the camera is far away from Akira's capsule, the nameplate is in katakana (a Japanese alphabet). When Tetsuo walks closer, it has mystically been translated to Romaji (English) characters.

Quotes:

Yamagata: Heeey! Don't you know that stuff'll stunt your growth!
Bartender: Hey, why don't you beat it, punk! You'll scare the customers!
Yamagata: Then I wont tell him what's in it, huh?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993)

Soundtrack:

Tokyo Shoeshine Boy

Be careful with this film.

*Stereotype: Akira is a gratuitous bloodbath.

Maybe, but it's also a hard-nosed societal critique. Gore fans get what they want, but they have some morality shoved down their throats, as well. Most people who hate this movie watch it with a predetermined mindset. . . It takes thought and patience to piece together its sophisticated story.

*Stereotype: Akira rocks!!

The animation equals or exceeds Disney's best, the music is awesome, and the characters are complex, but "Akira" has its flaws. Chunked together from a long pre-existing storyline and filled with gritty violence, "Akira" draws fanatics too bloodthirsty to appreciate its message, and scares away critics intelligent enough to understand it. It takes a very open mind to enjoy this movie.

All in all, be careful with this movie; it's not for everyone. Just ignore the hype on BOTH sides and judge for yourself. I recommend the subtitled version; the dub's voice actors suck and anyone who'll understand this movie is obviously smart enough to read.