Akira

Akira

  • Director: Katsuhiro Ôtomo
  • Writer: Katsuhiro Ôtomo,Izô Hashimoto
  • Countries of origin: Japan
  • Language: Japanese
  • Release date: July 16, 1988
  • Runtime: 2h 4min
  • Sound mix: Dolby Stereo
  • Aspect ratio: 1.85 : 1
  • Also known as: Akira: The Special Edition
  • "AKIRA" is produced by Toho Company, Limited , directed by Otomo Katsuhiro , Iwata Mitsuo ,さきのぞみ, Koyama Mami , Genda Tesshō , Kimura Hajimu and other dubbed science fiction animation films. It was released in Japan on July 16, 1988. The 4K version will be released in Japan on March 14, 2020   .
    This work is based on Otomo Katsuhiro's original comics and tells the story of the huge disaster caused by the "AKIRA" project secretly carried out by the military in Tokyo, Japan in the future   .

    Details

    • Release date July 16, 1988
    • Filming locations Tokyo, Japan
    • Production companies Akira Committee Company Ltd., Akira Studio, TMS Entertainment

    Box office

    Budget

    ¥1,100,000,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $553,171

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $11,263

    Gross worldwide

    $2,562,351

    Movie reviews

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    • By Adam 2022-06-27 12:04:53

      Akira: A Controlling Power that Requires Fetters and Calls

      Akira goes from life to death, from death to life, some people think he is light, hope, energy that exists in everyone's body, waiting to wake up.
      I also think of it as an energy, a controlling force that needs to be fettered and called.

      Scientists have been looking for the power to control superpowers. The three superpowers children have powerful powers and can control them. In addition to drug control, they also have fetters, and then they called the...

    • By Stephania 2022-04-24 07:01:05

      Reflections on strength and power in Akira

      The reason why human power is limited is because human beings do not deserve stronger power. Learning, introspection, and exercise are all necessary. At the same time, one must not be afraid of power and face it in order to control it.

      Regarding power, Akira satirized the people and the politicians. Centralization and democracy are both imperfect systems. Politicians are selfish, ruthless and disgusting, so elitism is destined to safeguard class interests and create class divisions;...

    • By Archibald 2022-04-24 07:01:05

      The coquettish flavor of cyberpunk

      The world view is grand, covering technology, politics and human nature, and the coquettish charm of cyberpunk is coming.

      The meaning of the amoeba and the shocking big bang at the end endow the theme with philosophical thinking. The collapse of reality is the collapse of time and space between the past and the future. All concepts instantly turn into ethereal spots of light, making people palpitate. A million years later, perhaps the space junk is still...

    • By Einar 2022-04-24 07:01:05

      Akira - Silent Snap of Fingers

      The ending was too shocking. As the power of destroying the sky and destroying the earth slowly dissipated with the invasion of sunlight, the three people rode a motorcycle and galloped through the ruins. Everything had ended, but everything had just begun. The upside-down of the world is as indistinguishable as a Mobius ring. From the perspective of human civilization, the passing of life and the...

    • By Emie 2022-04-24 07:01:05

      Small love dissolves small desires, big love dissolves big desires

      Four and six:

      stills

      Today, I will plant a masterpiece in my mind: Akira, AKIRA means "bright" or "bright" in Japanese.

      As an animated film shot in 1988, it has been 30 years, but in terms of filming, style, and plot, it is a level beyond the reach of most animations. The reason why the masterpiece is called a masterpiece...

    User comments

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    • By Hailee 2023-09-20 11:46:08

      After watching the movie, there are many small feelings: the mob will still be swallowed by desire even if they obtain totalitarianism, the politician will only flee in a panic, the selfish desire of human beings promotes the continuous progress of human beings, but after all, they get out of control because of their limitations, and finally they get rid of it ( I always feel that this paragraph is a bit of an allusion to nuclear capabilities), only pure hearts and hot-blooded youth can save...

    • By Carmine 2023-08-11 00:58:30

      Not very thirst-quenching, although it feels very painful, but the meaning is strange. ....

    • By Dasia 2023-07-27 15:02:25

      The first animation I watched by Otomo Keyang was actually a work from 1992. The style of painting is very different from that of Oshii Mamoru. The storyline seems a bit old-fashioned...

    • By Layne 2023-06-29 15:31:16

      The philosophical view is not strong, but it creates a chaotic spectacle. It is a violent tear wrapped in painful memories, and the best self is summoned when the soul is annihilated. The cutscenes are all in a hurry, but a kind of force slowly gathers, and the character finally becomes a ball of light. The light of "Blade Runner" was scattered, and looking up, it was a bluffing high-rise building and palace on the ruins, bizarre and vulnerable. By the end, the audience is already enveloped in...

    • By Mariano 2023-06-04 05:10:35

      I finally finished watching what everyone called "God Movies", but for me there is no "God" at all. It seems that the scene is grand and the exploration of human nature is profound, but in fact it has no connotation at all. The plot is always indulged in the creation and destruction of the world by teenagers, as if it is a mania of a middle-aged two teenagers. It seems to have foreshadowed the helplessness of Japan in the past 30...

    Movie plot

    In 1988, a big explosion occurred in Tokyo, Japan. Destroyed the entire Tokyo. Caused serious casualties. 31 years later, in 2019, after a catastrophe in Tokyo, the reconstructed "New Tokyo" was brilliantly lit, but under the bustling, it was full of ubiquitous ugliness. The economic depression, the social and political situation was turbulent, and the city was plunged into unprecedented revolutionary riots. Fights between small gangs,...
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    Evaluation action

    A major feature of the film is the persistent pursuit of realism, which transcends the scope of animation and is close to real movies. In terms of music, the Entero Yamashiro group of the folk music series was used, and the future world was expressed with Japanese folk music, which has a unique charm. The director's intention is to give modern people who are accustomed to stimulation a new theme of "destroy" and regeneration, and to...
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    Movie quotes

    • Yamagata: [Glancing at the bar tender's corpse] Kai was right you did this didn't you!

      Tetsuo: All you're good for now is telling me where Kaneda's bike is

      Yamagata: Tetsuo!

      Tetsuo: It's a piece of shit anyway.

    • female in crowd: Those are so fattening!

    • Gym Coach: Discipline!