Rent Akira (1988)
3.9 of 5 from 315 ratings
1h 59min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- It's 2019, the world is on the brink of absolute destruction. Tokyo shimmers with tech-noir fetishism, gangs of cyber-punk bikers cruise the sprawl of the post-atomic city and rioting crowds surge under the neon-topped buildings looming a thousand storeys into the sky. Now, old gods return to do battle with Akira and something more than comic book ultra-violence is unleashed...
- Actors:
- Mitsuo Iwata, Nozomu Sasaki, Mami Koyama, Tesshô Genda, Hiroshi Ôtake, Kôichi Kitamura, Michihiro Ikemizu, Yuriko Fuchizaki, Masaaki Ôkura, Tarô Arakawa, Takeshi Kusao, Kazumi Tanaka, Masayuki Katô, Yôsuke Akimoto, Masato Hirano, Yukimasa Kishino, Kazuhiro Kamifuji, Tatsuhiko Nakamura, Fukue Itô, Issei Futamata
- Directors:
- Katsuhiro Ôtomo
- Producers:
- Shunzo Kato, Ryôhei Suzuki
- Voiced By:
- Nozomu Sasaki, Mami Koyama, Mitsuo Iwata, Tesshô Genda, Hiroshi Ôtake, Kôichi Kitamura, Michihiro Ikemizu, Yuriko Fuchizaki, Masaaki Ôkura, Tarô Arakawa, Takeshi Kusao, Kazumi Tanaka, Masayuki Katô, Yôsuke Akimoto, Masato Hirano, Yukimasa Kishino, Kazuhiro Kamifuji, Tatsuhiko Nakamura, Fukue Itô, Issei Futamata
- Writers:
- Katsuhiro Ôtomo, Izô Hashimoto
- Studio:
- Manga Entertainment
- Genres:
- Anime & Animation
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- Countries:
- Japan
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 27/06/2011
- Run Time:
- 119 minutes
- Languages:
- English Dolby Digital 2.0, English Dolby TrueHD 5.1, Japanese Dolby Digital 2.0, Japanese Dolby TrueHD 5.1
- Subtitles:
- English, Japanese
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.78:1 / 16:9
- Colour:
- Colour
- Bonus:
- Trailers
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 07/12/2020
- Run Time:
- 125 minutes
- Languages:
- English Dolby Digital 2.0, English Dolby Digital 5.1
- Subtitles:
- English
- DVD Regions:
- Region 2
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
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Reviews (3) of Akira
Earache - Akira review by HM
A none stop shoot out, not a single scene where people are not screaming at the top of their voice. Worn out plot and a million miles from studio Ghibli quality in animation and humanity. Too much violence for a young audience and too stupid for adults. An ordeal watching it.
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Hmmm... - Akira review by Other Worlds
Akira is a movie who's reputation defends it from honest assessment. While it is undoubtedly true that its influence on many movies that followed it has been substantial, its also got a plot that is practically unintelligible and the animation is a little bit crude by Studio Ghibli standards.
While worth watching to put it in context from a historical / cultural perspective. It is in truth a bit of a slog.
Also its claim to be the antecedent of the Matrix seems dubious to me, to my eyes it has taken far more from movies like Blade Runner and Aliens than it ever passed on to the Matrix.
1 out of 3 members found this review helpful.
Kids are scary - Akira review by HW
Good to watch this again: an absolutely relentless train of action and carnage about society’s fear of youth, instability and the apocalypse - and it’s a cartoon! While I think the original mangas are the superior, more epic version of the story, the original creator did a great job at condensing and streamlining his immense, mind-bending vision into a feature-length film. The English dubbing isn’t bad either. Visually stunning for an animation as well, with slow-mo, realistic action and an overwhelming urban nightmare as a backdrop. Was 2019 as bad as this? Maybe…
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