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For the franchise, see Akira (franchise). For the original 1982 manga, see Akira (manga). AkiraTheatrical release posterJapanese nameKanjiアキラ Directed by
Katsuhiro OtomoScreenplay by Katsuhiro Otomo Izo Hashimoto Based onAkira
by Katsuhiro OtomoProduced by
Ryōhei Suzuki Shunzō Katō Starring Mitsuo Iwata Nozomu Sasaki Mami Koyama Taro Ishida
Tesshō Genda Mizuho Suzuki Tatsuhiko Nakamura Fukue Itō
Kazuhiro Shindō CinematographyKatsuji MisawaEdited byTakeshi SeyamaMusic byShōji YamashiroProduction
companyTokyo Movie Shinsha Co. LtdDistributed byTohoRelease date July 16, 1988 (1988-07-16) Running time124 minutesCountryJapanLanguageJapaneseBudget¥700 million / $5. 7 million[1][2]Box office$49 million[3] Akira (Japanese: アキラ) is a 1988 Japanese animated cyberpunk action film[4] directed by Katsuhiro Otomo, produced by Ryōhei Suzuki and Shunzō Katō, and written by Otomo and Izo Hashimoto, based on Otomo's 1982 manga of the same name. Set in a dystopian 2019, it tells the story of Shōtarō Kaneda, the leader of a biker gang whose childhood friend, Tetsuo Shima, acquires incredible telekinetic abilities after a motorcycle accident, eventually threatening an entire military complex amid chaos and rebellion in the sprawling futuristic metropolis of Neo-Tokyo. While most of the character designs and settings were adapted from the manga, the plot differs considerably and does not include much of the last half of the manga, which continued publication for two years after the film's release. The soundtrack, which draws heavily from traditional Indonesian gamelan as well as Japanese noh music, was composed by Shōji Yamashiro and performed by Geinoh Yamashirogumi. Akira was released in Japan on July 16, 1988, by Toho; it was released the following year in the United States by Streamline Pictures. It garnered an international cult following after various theatrical and VHS releases, eventually earning over $80 million worldwide in home video sales. [5] It has been cited as a masterpiece and is widely regarded by audiences and critics as one of the greatest films ever made, especially in the field of animation and in the action and science fiction genres.
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