Akira (アキラ, Akira^?) (pronounced [ɑkiɺɑ] a-ki-ra) is a 1988 Japanese animated film co-written and directed by Katsuhiro Otomo based on his manga of the same name. The film is set in a neon-lit futuristic post-apocalyptic Tokyo in 2019. While most of the character designs and basic settings were directly adapted from the original 2,182 page manga epic, the restructured plot of the movie differs considerably from the print version, pruning much of the last half of the book. Akira is regarded by critics as one of the greatest animated films ever made.^[1] Akira DVD Cover. ... Katsuhiro Otomo Katsuhiro Otomo (大友克洋 ÅŒtomo Katsuhiro) (born April 14, 1954 in Hasama, Miyagi, Japan) is a Japanese manga artist and anime director. ... Katsuhiro Otomo Katsuhiro Otomo (大友克洋 ÅŒtomo Katsuhiro) (born April 14, 1954 in Hasama, Miyagi, Japan) is a Japanese manga artist and anime director. ... Mitsuo Iwata (岩田 光央 Iwata Mitsuo, born July 31, 1967) is a seiyÅ« who was born in Tokorozawa, Saitama. ... Nozomu Sasaki (佐々木 望 Sasaki Nozomu, born January 25, 1967) is a seiyÅ« who was born in Hiroshima. ... Mami Koyama (小山 茉美 Koyama Mami, born January 17, 1955) is a veteran seiyÅ« who was born in Aichi. ... Cameron A. Clarke (born November 6, 1957 in Burbank, California) is an American voice actor, made famous for his many starring roles in popular video games and animated television and film. ... Jan Rabson (born in East Meadow, New York) is an American actor and voice actor. ... Lara Cody is an American voice actress. ... Johnny Yong Bosch (January 6, 1976) is an American television actor of partial Korean descent. ... Joshua Seth (born December 17, 1970) was born in Kent, Ohio and attended NYU film school. ... Wendee Lee (born April 29, 1955 in Los Angeles, CA) is an American voice actress, one of the most prolific and experienced in the business. ... Tsutomu ÅŒhashi (大橋力, 1933-) is a Japanese artist and scientist. ... The English-language version of Tohos famous logo, used from the early 1960s to the late 1990s. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Geneon Entertainment, Inc. ... Manga Entertainment is a licensor and distributor of Japanese animation (anime) in the United States and United Kingdom. ... is the 199th day of the year (200th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar). ... For other uses of terms redirecting here, see US (disambiguation), USA (disambiguation), and United States (disambiguation) Motto In God We Trust(since 1956) (From Many, One; Latin, traditional) Anthem The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. Largest city New York City National language English (de facto)1 Demonym American... is the 25th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the 1991 Gregorian calendar). ... is the 128th day of the year (129th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the 1991 Gregorian calendar). ... is the 128th day of the year (129th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the 1991 Gregorian calendar). ... is the 129th day of the year (130th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the 1991 Gregorian calendar). ... ISO 4217 Code JPY User(s) Japan Inflation -0. ... USD redirects here. ... // Michael Jacksons first film was Moonwalker Rain Man, starring Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise Who Framed Roger Rabbit, starring Bob Hoskins Coming to America, starring Eddie Murphy Big, starring Tom Hanks Twins, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito Crocodile Dundee II Die Hard, starring Bruce Willis The Naked Gun... Animé redirects here. ... This article is about motion pictures. ... Katsuhiro Otomo Katsuhiro Otomo (大友克洋 ÅŒtomo Katsuhiro) (born April 14, 1954 in Hasama, Miyagi, Japan) is a Japanese manga artist and anime director. ... For the eponymous film, see Akira (film) Serialized in Young Magazine Original run 20 December 1982 – 25 June 1990 Volumes 6[1] Akira ) is a cyberpunk serial manga by Katsuhiro Otomo ). An identically titled anime film adaptation was released in 1988. ... For other uses, see Neon (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Tokyo (disambiguation). ... 2019 (MMXIX) will be a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... While there is no agreement upon the greatest film of all time, it is possible to list films considered the greatest ever by a sizeable populace of the film-watching community in the English-speaking world. ...

The movie led the way for the growing popularity of anime in the West, with Akira considered a forerunner of the second wave of anime fandom that began in the early 1990s. One of the reasons for the movie's success was the highly advanced quality of its animation. At the time, most anime was notorious for cutting production corners with limited motion, such as having only the characters' mouths move while their faces remained static. Akira broke from this trend with meticulously detailed scenes, exactingly lip-synched dialogue — a first for an anime production (voices were recorded before the animation was completed, rather than the opposite) — and super-fluid motion as realized in the film's more than 160,000 animation cels.^[2] Notable motifs in the film include youth culture, delinquency, psionic awareness, social unrest and future uncertainty weighed against the historical spectre of nuclear destruction and Japan's post-war economic revival. Animé redirects here. ... Occident redirects here. ... Fandom (from the noun fan and the affix -dom, as in kingdom, dukedom, etc. ... Lip synchronization is the synchronization of audio signals (sometimes with corresponding video signals) so that there is no noticeable lack of simultaneity between them. ... See Cel programming language for the programming language A cel, short for celluloid, is a transparent sheet on which objects are drawn or painted for traditional, hand-drawn animation. ... Delinquency means failure to do that which is required by law or by duty. ... The mushroom cloud over Hiroshima after the dropping of Little Boy. ...

Plot summary

The story begins in 1988 in Tokyo, just as the city is destroyed by what seems to be a nuclear explosion. Presumably due to international confusion following the incident, the explosion leads to the start of World War III. Year 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar). ... For other uses, see Tokyo (disambiguation). ... It has been suggested that Nuclear explosive be merged into this article or section. ... A nuclear holocaust is often associated with World War III For other uses, see World War III (disambiguation). ...

Thirty-one years later, in the year 2019, the futuristic metropolis of Neo-Tokyo stands on an artificial island in Tokyo Bay. A gang of teenage bikers, led by smug 16-year-old delinquent Shotaro Kaneda, find themselves involved in a street fight with a rival gang called the Clowns. Tetsuo Shima, Kaneda's best friend, having chased two Clown members into the abandoned Tokyo, finds a child with wizened features blocking his path. The boy, Takashi, had been previously set free from a government facility by a member of the terrorist Resistance, but teleported to the highway after the rescuer was killed by soldiers during a riot. As Tetsuo tries to avoid Takashi, his bike inexplicably explodes. When the gang reaches the scene, several military helicopters also arrive. Led by Colonel Shikishima, armed soldiers take Takashi and the injured Tetsuo away while Kaneda and his friends are arrested. 2019 (MMXIX) will be a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Akira DVD cover Akira (Japanese アキラ) is a manga and 1988 anime movie by Katsuhiro Otomo. ... Tokyo Bay from space Tokyo Bay ) is a bay in the southern Kantō region of Japan. ... A Motorcycle Club (MC) is an organized club of motorcycle riders who follow a series of traditional rules for participation in the club, including, but not limited to, a group of elected officers; a probationary period for new members; the wearing of a specific club patch (or patches) adorned with... Shotaro Kaneda (金田正太郎 Kaneda Shōtarō) is the main protagonist of the famous cyberpunk anime movie Akira. ... Tetsuo Shima (島鉄雄 Shima Tetsuo) is a fictional character and major protagonist in the manga and 1988 anime movie Akira, and could be seen as one of the villains as well. ... This article is becoming very long. ... Colonel Shikishima (しきしま Shikishima) (first name unknown) is one of the main characters in Katsuhiro Otomos popular anime movie and manga, Akira. ...

The gang is brought in for questioning, but the interrogators are soon convinced the boys are not members of the Resistance. Among the other detainees, Kaneda recognizes a female Resistance member named Kei from an earlier-spied mugshot and, finding her attractive, gets the soldiers to release her by convincing them she is part of their gang. Kei abruptly leaves the scene, leaving a spurned Kaneda behind. When the boys are returned to their vocational training school, they are harshly disciplined by the school administration. Kei (ケイ Kei) (family name unknown) is one of the main characters of the famous anime movie, Akira. ...

Meanwhile, Colonel Shikishima, engaged in discussion of a Supreme Executive Council inquiry into Takashi's escape, is summoned by Doctor Onishi, who is monitoring Tetsuo at the government lab. Tetsuo is displaying strong mental frequencies that are reminiscent of something called "Akira," which apparently had something to do with the explosion that destroyed Tokyo thirty-one years earlier. The Colonel orders the Doctor to kill Tetsuo without hesitation should his power grow beyond control.

Tetsuo escapes and meets up with his girlfriend, Kaori. Deciding to run away together, they steal Kaneda's bike, which stalls just as the two are leaving the city. They are immediately attacked by Clown members, who are about to destroy the bike when Kaneda and his gang show up and defeat them. Tetsuo and Kaneda then enter a confrontation during which Tetsuo declares his longstanding resentment for Kaneda. Tetsuo then has a painful headache accompanied by disturbing hallucinations. Scientists and bodyguards, acting on orders of the Doctor, sweep in to recapture Tetsuo and take him away. Kaori (last name unknown) is a fictional character from the popular anime movie and manga, Akira. ... A hallucination is a false sensory perception in the absence of an external stimulus, as distinct from an illusion, which is a misperception of an external stimulus. ...

That night, as the gang hangs out in the city, they are interrupted by a terrorist attack. Kaneda glimpses Kei and Ryu, and follows as they flee the scene. Kei separates from Ryu and enters the sewers, but is spotted by soldiers; In the scuffle, Kei shoots and kills a soldier. Kei and Kaneda flee the scene.

Meanwhile, Tetsuo remains hospitalized, dreaming of his childhood and having violent hallucinations. He suddenly wakes, his headache causing a nearby light to shatter.

At the government nursery, Kiyoko, a psionically gifted yet wizened child (an Esper), tells the Colonel that she dreamt of Akira and Neo-Tokyo's destruction. The Colonel and the Doctor agree that it might be Kiyoko's precognition at work, and the Doctor notes that the Supreme Executive Council will want to hear about it. The Colonel travels to Akira's underground cryonic storage chamber, finding all of its systems to be operating normally. The Espers, Masaru ), Kiyoko (キヨコ) and Takashi (タカシ), are paranormal human test subjects of the Japanese government in the movie and manga Akira. ... Precognition (from the Latin præ-, “prior to,” + cognitio, “a getting to know”) denotes a form of extra-sensory perception wherein a person is able to perceive information about places or events before they happen through paranormal means. ... Cryonics is the practice of preserving organisms, or at least their brains, for possible future revival by storing them at cryogenic temperatures where metabolism and decay are almost completely stopped. ...

Kaneda and Kei make their way to the hideout of the Resistance. The group privately reviews their next assignment: to gain access to a government facility to rescue a new test subject named Tetsuo Shima. After being discovered eavesdropping, Kaneda explains to the suspicious group that he and Tetsuo are friends, and that he can help. After Ryu meets with the Resistance leader Nezu, and they both agree to use Kaneda as a decoy should there be any trouble, the group later decides to bring him along. Nezu (根津様 Nezu) (first name unknown) is a fictional character in the hit anime and manga, Akira. ...

Appearing before the Supreme Executive Council, the Colonel is angered when the Council members scoff at his requests for further funding for the project, and question his sense of duty as a soldier. The Resistance leader Nezu is revealed to be a Council member and a government mole mentioned earlier in the story. Frustrated by the Council's arguing on better ways to spend the project's budget, the Colonel abruptly leaves the meeting.

In his hospital room at the government facility that night, Tetsuo is attacked by the Espers -- Takashi, Kiyoko, and a third child, Masaru -- who pose as gigantic toys and destroy the room, leaking milk the whole time. Tetsuo steps on a glass and cuts his foot which scares away the Espers, who are apparently frightened at the sight of blood. Tetsuo then discovers the location of their nursery nearby. After breaking out of his room, Tetsuo begins traveling to the nursery, killing soldiers and wreaking destruction. A glass of cows milk. ...

Meanwhile, the Resistance group, having made it into the facility disguised as cable workers, is spotted sneaking in the sewers and a chase ensues. During the violent shootout, Kaneda manages to hijack a "flying platform" -- a small aerial vehicle flown by soldiers -- and takes Kei as they flee the scene. Kiyoko possesses Kei and leads Kaneda to the government nursery, where Tetsuo has already arrived. Tetsuo has begun using his mind to attack both the Colonel's army and the Espers. He has learned about Akira and is eager to find out what it is, hoping to make his headaches stop. Using his new powers, Tetsuo escapes and heads for Akira's location beneath the city's Olympic Stadium, currently under construction.

Kei and Kaneda are locked in a holding cell. Kiyoko speaks through Kei once again, warning of Tetsuo's immense power. The cell door becomes unlocked and the two escape.

The Colonel, having initiated a coup d'etat, mobilizes his men to the stadium, and also has the members of the Supreme Executive Council arrested. Upon hearing this at his home, the mole Nezu murders his staff. When Ryu arrives to inform him of the mission's failure, Nezu shoots him and leaves with a briefcase full of money. In an alley, Nezu later dies of a heart attack. Ryu, having followed Nezu, also dies from his wounds. A coup détat, or simply a coup, is the sudden overthrow of a government, usually done by a small group that just replaces the top power figures. ...

Tetsuo is now wreaking havoc across Neo-Tokyo on his way to the Olympic Stadium, destroying tanks and helicopters. Kei, again possessed by Kiyoko, attempts to fight him but is soon thrown aside. When Tetsuo tears Akira's entire cryonic chamber from underground and opens it, he finds nothing left of except dissected body parts housed in canisters.

Making his way though wreckage of the scene, Kaneda, now armed with a laser cannon, confronts Tetsuo, and they begin to fight. In the middle of the skirmish, the Colonel activates an orbital weapon called SOL, and its laser beam severs Tetsuo's right arm in the process. An enraged Tetsuo flies into space and pulls SOL out of orbit, causing it to disintegrate in the atmosphere. Orbital weaponry is any weapon that is in orbit around a large body such as a planet or moon. ... The SOL satellite The Satellite Orbital Laser canon or SOL, is a fictional orbital weapon depicted in the popular anime film Akira. ... For alternative meanings see laser (disambiguation). ...

That night, Tetsuo hides out at the Olympic Stadium, where Kaori finds him screaming in pain. He has fashioned a new, apparently mechanical arm, which seems to throb with a life of its own. The Colonel soon appears, asking Tetsuo to come back to the lab with him, but Tetsuo attacks him. When the Colonel shoots back, Tetsuo's arm transforms into a horrific blob that attempts to swallow the Colonel. Kaneda arrives and shoots the monstrous appendage, causing it to recede. Meanwhile, the Espers have arrived at the stadium and seem to be communicating with the canisters that Tetsuo took from the cryonic chamber.

As Tetsuo and Kaneda fight again, Tetsuo's body swells into a huge protoplasmic mutation. Tetsuo's gruesome form grabs and kills Kaori, and nearly kills Kaneda before he can escape.

Akira suddenly appears, revealed to be a young boy without a physical body. His arrival triggers another explosion. Kiyoko touches the Colonel, instantly teleporting him to safety. The explosive energy sphere starts to absorb Tetsuo, who pleads for Kaneda's help. Kaneda, desperate to save his friend in need, follows Tetsuo into the energy sphere. In an effort to save Kaneda, the Espers decide to enter as well, intending to use their combined powers to free him. The Espers tell Tetsuo that Akira will be sending him "away" (to an undisclosed destination). Kaneda then seems to be ejected from the inside of Akira's onslaught, awakening outside the explosion upon hearing Kei's voice calling his name, perhaps telepathically communicated by the Espers.

Neo-Tokyo is destroyed by the violently expanding sphere; streets are gutted and flooded by the event, and Doctor Onishi is killed when his laboratory collapses. Kaneda survives, as do Kei, Kaisuke (one of Kaneda's gang), and the Colonel. The former three meet up at the ruins of the Olympic Stadium, wondering if Tetsuo is truly dead. They then ride their damaged bikes across a bridge into the ruined city to start a new beginning.

Somewhere, a stylized "big bang" breaches the cosmic darkness and Tetsuo's voice echoes, "I am Tetsuo."

Characters

• Akira (アキラ) – The eponymous, principal subject of the story. Akira was a young boy who developed transcendent psionic ability when serving as a test subject for secret government ESP experiments in the 1980s. He subsequently lost control of this power and annihilated Tokyo in 1988. After the cataclysmic event, Akira's dead body was recovered and subjected to every test known to modern science, which proved unable to solve the mystery. His remains were placed within a cryogenic chamber underneath the Neo-Tokyo Olympic Stadium, to be entrusted to the study of future generations.
• Shotaro Kaneda (金田 正太郎 Kaneda Shōtarō) – The anthology's main protagonist, Kaneda is a carefree gang-leader who boasts a custom-modified motorcycle. He and Tetsuo have been best friends since early childhood. He is brash and not above teasing Tetsuo despite feeling affection for him as a younger brother. Upon rescuing Kei, Kaneda becomes involved in the activities of her group of anti-government guerillas in hopes of locating Tetsuo.
• Tetsuo Shima (島 鉄雄 Shima Tetsuo) – Kaneda's best friend since preschool and the second principal subject of the story's theme. Tetsuo is shown as a black sheep in the gang he and Kaneda are part of, and quietly suffers from a deeply rooted inferiority complex. He admires his friend yet at the same time strongly resents his own reliance upon him. After his psychokinetic abilities manifest, Tetsuo quickly becomes Kaneda's nemesis; he desires Kaneda's motorcycle (a symbol of status and power), and seeks to prove himself supremely powerful, without need of protection.
• Kei (ケイ) – A young female revolutionary whom Kaneda meets and becomes enamoured with on his quest to find Tetsuo. She is a member of an anti-government faction that Ryu and Nezu are also involved in. Although she does not possess preternatural abilities, Kei is employed by the espers as a type of medium on several occasions.
• Colonel Shikishima (敷島大佐), also known as simply The Colonel – The head of the ongoing government project which was responsible for inadvertently unleashing Akira's power thirty years earlier.
• The Espers – Masaru (マサル, codename "Number 27"), Takashi (タカシ, codename "Number 26") and Kiyoko (キヨコ, codename "Number 25") – Akira's fellow psychic test subjects kept in a perpetual yet aging childhood. They exhibit a variety of paranormal powers which they use to influence the course of events to the best of their ability. While individually of lesser strength than Akira or Tetsuo, their combined effort proves decisive in the story's final confrontation.
• Nezu (根津) – A mole in the government, who is responsible for Takashi/Number 26's kidnapping.
• Yamagata (山形) – One of the most prominent members of Kaneda's gang. He often derides Tetsuo, which leads to harsh feelings between them that will ultimately seal his fate.
• Kaisuke (甲斐) – Another member of Kaneda's gang, Kai plays an important supporting role in the eventual battle against Tetsuo. He appears to be close friends with Yamagata given that they remain together when the gang breaks up.
• Kaori (カオリ) – Tetsuo's girlfriend. She stands by Tetsuo even though he treats her rather harshly sometimes.

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Principal cast

• Nurse: Steven Blum (Animaze Version)
• Animaze's Additional Voices by William H. Bassett, Josil Ferhardt, Rebecca Forstadt, Jessica Gee, Dougary Grant, W.T. Hatch, Matthew Hustin, Christopher Joyce, Lee Kelson, William Frederick Knight, Lex Lang, Patricia Ja Lee, Peter Lee, Mike Lembaw, Detroit Louie, Cody MacKenzie, Mona Marshall, Dan Martin, Michael McConnohie, Steve McGowan, Derek Stephen Prince, Ted Rae, Joe Romersa, Tony Sarducci, Adam Sholder, Michael Sorich, Skip Stellrecht, Sam Strong, Jim Taggert, Lisa Tarulli, Julie Ann Taylor, Chloe Thornton, Kirk Thornton, Ezra Weisz, Kurt P. Wimberger, and Dan Woren
• Streamline's Additional Voiced by Eddie Frierson, Watney Held, Marilyne Lane, Lewis Lemay, Julie Phelan, Tony Pope, Burt Walters, Bruce Winant, and Brad Wurst

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Production

Akira Committee was the name given to a partnership of several major Japanese entertainment companies brought together to realize production of Akira. The group's assembly was necessitated by the unconventionally high budget and ambitious scale of the cinematic project, in order to achieve the desired epic standard equal to Otomo's manga tale.

Akira Committee consisted of:^[2]

• publisher Kodansha Ltd.
• Mainichi Broadcasting System, Inc.
• Bandai Co., Ltd.
• Hakuhodo Incorporated
• distributor Toho Co., Ltd.
• Laserdisc Corporation
• Sumitomo Corporation
• animation producer Tokyo Movie Shinsha Co., Ltd.

The film was completed and released in 1988, two years before the manga storyline officially ended in 1990. Otomo had immense difficulty completing the manga; he has stated that the inspiration for its conclusion arose from a conversation that he had with Alejandro Jodorowsky in 1990, but Jodorowsky cannot recall what he said to Otomo. The head office of Kodansha Kodansha Limited ) is the largest Japanese publisher of literature and manga, headquartered in (Bunkyo), Tokyo. ... Headquarters of Manichi Broadcasting System Mainichi Broadcasting System, Inc. ... This article is about the Japanese toy manufacturer. ... Hakuhodo (博報堂) is Japans second largest advertising agency with gross sales of approximately 700 hundred million yen. ... The English-language version of Tohos famous logo, used from the early 1960s to the late 1990s. ... Not to be confused with disk laser, a type of solid-state laser in a flat configuration. ... Sumitomo Corporation (住友商事, Sumitomo Shōji) TYO: 8053 is a highly built worldwide trading company (Sogo shosha), and is a diversified corporation based in Tokyo, Japan. ... TMS logo (circa 1987) TMS Entertainment Limited ), formerly known as Tokyo Movie Shinsha ) (TYO: 3585 , a subsidiary of Sega Sammy), is a veteran animation studio located in Japan. ... Alejandro Jodorowsky (IPA: ) (born February 17, 1929, in Tocopilla, Chile) is an amateur scholar in comparative religion, playwright, director, producer, composer, actor, mime, comic book writer, tarot card reader and historian, and psychotherapist. ...

Katsuhiro Otomo is a big fan of the classic 1950s manga Tetsujin-28 (Ironman-28, known as Gigantor in the US). As a result, his naming conventions match the characters featured in Tetsujin-28: Kaneda shares his name with the protagonist of Tetsujin-28; Colonel Shikishima shares his name with Professor Shikishima of Tetsujin-28., while Tetsuo is named after Shikishima's son Tetsuo Shikishima; Akira's Ryūsaku is named after Tetsujin's Ryūsaku Murasame. In addition, Takashi has a "26" tattooed on his hand which closely resembles the font used in Tetsujin-28. The namesake of the anime, Akira, is the 28th in a line of psychics that the government has developed, the same number as Tetsujin-28. Gigantor (originally Tetsujin-nijÅ«hachi-gō 鉄人28号, literally Iron Man #28) was a manga by Mitsuteru Yokoyama published in 1958 which was later made into several anime series, the first in 1963. ... For other uses, see Tattoo (disambiguation). ...

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In the early 1990s, Kodansha Ltd. was in negotiation with Sony Pictures to produce a live-action remake of the film. Talk circulated again a decade later,^[3] but the project has yet to materialize. Rumors circulated that the project was cancelled in both instances when the projected budget for the film was upwards of $300 million. Recent talks have begun again as Warner Brothers has signed on to produce the movie with Stephen Norrington (writer) and Jon Peters (producer).[1] Warner Bros. ... First Movie: Death Machine, SF-Thriller GB 1994 later produced The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and Blade ... Jon Pagano Peters (born on 2 June 1945 in Van Nuys, California to Jack Peters and Helen Pagano) is a former hairdresser turned movie producer. ...

Film

Main article: Akira (2009 film)

Akira will be developed into two live action films with the first scheduled for a summer 2009 release.^[4] Warner Brothers and Apian Way will adapt the two movies from the manga, with each one covering three volumes. Akira will be Ruairi Robinson's directorial debut for a feature film. He was nominated for an short film Oscar in 2002 for Fifty Percent Grey. Gary Whitta is writing the script. Andrew Lazar, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Jennifer Davisson will produce the film. No announcement has been made regarding the cast. Warner Bros. ... http://www. ...

Releases

The original July 16, 1988 release by Toho in Japan set attendance records for an animated film. Fledgling North American distribution company Streamline Pictures soon acquired an existing English-language rendition (originally dubbed for the Hong Kong market)^[5] which saw limited release in North American theatres from late 1989 throughout 1990. Streamline is reported to have become the film's distributor when both George Lucas and Steven Spielberg labelled it unmarketable in the U.S.^[6] VHS releases included the initial Streamline Video offering (May 1991), later wider distribution by MGM/UA Home Video, and a subtitled edition from Orion Home Video (September 1993). The Criterion Collection released a laserdisc edition in 1993, and Pioneer Entertainment issued a DVD and a VHS with a new English dub in 2001. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... George Walton Lucas, Jr. ... Steven Allan Spielberg (born December 18, 1946)[1] is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. ... Bottom view of VHS cassette with magnetic tape exposed Top view of VHS cassette with front casing removed The Video Home System, better known by its abbreviation VHS, is a recording and playing standard. ... For alternate meanings of MGM, see MGM (disambiguation). ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... The Criterion Collection is a joint venture between Janus Films and The Voyager Company that was begun in the mid 1980s for the purpose of releasing authoritative consumer versions of classic and important contemporary films on the laserdisc and DVD formats. ... Geneon Entertainment, Inc. ...

In the UK, Akira was theatrically released by ICA Projects on 25th January 1991, and then on video by Island World Communications later that year. The success of this release lead to the creation of Manga Entertainment, who later took over the release. In 2002, Manga released a two-disc DVD featuring the new Pioneer English dub followed in 2004 by another two-disc set containing the original Japanese as well as both the Streamline and Pioneer dubs. This version did not contain standard English subtitles, only closed captioning subtitles. In 2005 Manga Entertainment and Boulevard UMD released Akira on UMD for the Sony PSP (Playstation Portable) using the original Streamline English dub. External view of the entrance to the ICA from the Mall. ... Manga Entertainment is a licensor and distributor of Japanese animation (anime) in the United States and United Kingdom. ... A commonly-used symbol indicating that a program or movie is closed-captioned. ... A UMD The Universal Media Disc (UMD) is an optical disc medium developed by Sony for use on the PlayStation Portable. ... The finished PlayStation Portable, and a variety of accessories. ...

In 1988 Taito released an Akira adventure game for the Famicom.^[7] An Akira game for the Super Famicom was cancelled and never released. International Computer Entertainment produced a video game based on Akira for the Amiga and Amiga CD32 in the 1994. ^[8] To coincide with the DVD release in 2002, Bandai released Akira Psycho Ball, a pinball simulator for the PlayStation 2. ^[9] The Taito Corporation (タイトー株式会社, taitou kabushikigaisha) TYO: 9646 is a Japanese developer of video game software and arcade hardware. ... Akira is a graphic adventure game based on the 1989 animated movie of Katsuhiro Otomos epic Manga. ... “NES” redirects here. ... The Super Nintendo Entertainment System or Super NES (also called SNES and Super Nintendo) was a 16-bit video game console released by Nintendo in North America, Europe, Australasia, and Brazil between 1990 and 1993. ... This article is about the family of home computers. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article is about the Japanese toy manufacturer. ... Akira Psycho Ball (アキラ・サイコ・ボール) is a 2002 digital pinball based on the popular 1988 Akira anime directed by Katsuhiro Otomo. ... This article is about the arcade game. ... PS2 redirects here. ...

DVDs

DVD Features

The available DVD releases of the movie each have their own particular features, including a 'making of'.

Special Edition

For the 2-disc Region 1 Special Edition DVD:
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UK Collectors Edition

• Make Your Own' Akira Trailer
• Production Report - 'Making of Akira' Featurette (English dubbed version)
• Multiple Choice Quiz whereby correct answers will allow you to gain access to particular parts of the akira2002.com website
• Stills Gallery

UK Ultimate Edition

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Blu-ray Edition

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Soundtrack

Akira: Original Soundtrack
Soundtrack by Geinō Yamashirogumi (芸能山城組)
Released	1990
Recorded	1988
Length	69:31
Label	Demon Records
Producer	Shoji Yamashiro

Akira: Original Soundtrack was recorded by Geinō Yamashirogumi (芸能山城組). The music was composed and conducted by musical director Shoji Yamashiro. It features music which was additionally rerecorded for release. "Kaneda", "Battle Against Clown" and "Exodus From the Underground Fortress" are really part of the same song cycle – elements of "Battle" can be heard during the opening bike sequence, for example. The score is generally sequenced in the same order that the music occurs in the film. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... In film formats, the soundtrack is the physical area of the film which records the synchronized sound. ... Geinoh Yamashirogumi (芸能山城組) is a Japanese musical collective founded on January 19, 1974 by Shoji Yamashiro, consisting of hundreds of people from all walks of life: journalists, doctors, engineers, students, businessmen, etc. ... In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. ... After Jake Rivera previously started Stiff Records, Radar Records and F-Beat Records, he founded Demon Records with Andrew Lauder and Elvis Costello in 1980. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... Tsutomu ÅŒhashi (大橋力, 1933-) is a Japanese artist and scientist. ... Geinoh Yamashirogumi (芸能山城組) is a Japanese musical collective founded on January 19, 1974 by Shoji Yamashiro, consisting of hundreds of people from all walks of life: journalists, doctors, engineers, students, businessmen, etc. ... Tsutomu ÅŒhashi (大橋力, 1933-) is a Japanese artist and scientist. ...

A second soundtrack was released featuring the original music without rerecording, but also including sound effects and dialogue from the film; the recording was probably a direct transfer from the film.

Track listing

1. "Kaneda" – 3:10
2. "Battle Against Clown" – 3:36
3. "Winds Over Neo-Tokyo" – 2:48
4. "Tetsuo" – 10:18
5. "Doll's Polyphony" – 2:55
6. "Shohmyoh" – 10:10
7. "Mutation" – 4:50
8. "Exodus From the Underground Fortress" – 3:18
9. "Illusion" – 13:56
10. "Requiem" – 14:25

Second Soundtrack Track listing

1. "Kaneda" – 9:56
2. "Tetsuo 1" – 12:36
3. "Tetsuo 2" – 12:33
4. "Akira" – 7:56

Differences between the anime and manga

Although they feature the same characters, premise and themes, the anime and manga versions of the story are quite different. Apart from numerous details of plot, very few scenes or lines play out the same way in both versions.

• The most significant variation is in the role Akira himself, who in the film adaptation is relegated to backstory and only appears very briefly in the main action, and even then in a limited form, as his remains are revealed to have been dissected for study and stored via cryopreservation under the site designated for the 2020 Tokyo Olympiad. The manga, by comparison, has Akira as a major character from the end of Volume 2 onwards, joining forces with Tetsuo to preside over the city after it is destroyed by Akira.
• The film is set in the year 2019; the manga is set in the year 2030.
• The anime cropped the whole of the manga's destructive aftermath scenario effected by the title character, which notably included: the establishment of the Great Tokyo Empire, with Akira serving as its divine emperor and Tetsuo as its operational minister; Tetsuo's partial destruction of the Moon; and the arrival of an American assassin sent to kill Akira.
• In the manga version, Akira destroys Neo-Tokyo halfway through the story. In the film version, he destroys the city at the very end.
• In the film, Tetsuo manages to fly into space to destroy SOL, the Japanese military's laser satellite. In the manga, Tetsuo doesn't destroy SOL, but the Americans have a satellite with the codename FLOYD, which Tetsuo sends crashing down on the American naval fleet.
• In the film, Mr. Nezu, the Parliament mole, dies of a heart attack, and not by the Colonel's soldiers, as in the manga.
• Ryu dies after being shot by Nezu in the film, whereas he dies from falling debris in an elevator shaft in the manga.
• In the film, Kaori, Tetsuo's girlfriend, is crushed to death inside Tetsuo's grotesque, swelling, and mutating body; in the manga version, she meets a less gruesome fate when she is shot by Tetsuo's lead henchman.
• The Doctor, the Colonel's scientific advisor, is crushed to death in the movie when his mobile laboratory collapses; in the manga, he is frozen to death.
• Lady Miyako, an esper who heads a temple in the manga, is turned into a fanatical follower of Tetsuo in the film, and then hit by a sliding vehicle when Tetsuo destroys a bridge; in the manga, she dies while helping Kei face off against Tetsuo. In the manga she is a major character, in the anime she is a 'throwaway' character.
• In the manga, Tetsuo becomes the leader of the Clown gang, ousting Joker from the position. Joker later joins forces with his former enemies Kaneda and Kaisuke in attacking Tetsuo. In the movie, Tetsuo does not become involved with the Clowns and Joker does not play a role in the film beyond his initial skirmish with Kaneda.
• Chiyoko, an important ally of Kei and Ryu and a major supporting character in the manga, is completely absent from the film.
• In the manga, Akira destroys Tokyo in the year 1982 (1992 in the western editions), as opposed to the year 1988 in the film.
• In the film Kaisuke and Yamagata meet Tetsuo in the bar and Tetsuo kills Yama offscreen, Kai later reports this to Kaneda. In the manga Tetsuo uses his power to crush then explode the back of Yamagata's skull.
• Kaori isn't in the manga until the fourth volume, she attempts to get pills from Tetsuo to save her father but instead stays with him and Akira. In the film she is, and has been, Tetsuo's girlfriend.
• Tetsuo's character design is slightly different in the manga. Instead of boots and a sleeveless shirt, he keeps the slippers from the hospital and completely lacks a shirt. He also keeps his robotic arm obscured behind his cape. In the Anime Tetsuo's right arm is shot off, while in the american translation of the manga it is his left. This is due to the american version being mirrored for easier reading. Furthermore, Tetsuo's Hair goes from a pitch black to a light brown, then finally to a whiteish-grey.
• Tetsuo isn't designated "Number 41" in the film, which is a piece of information in the manga to which frequent mention is made.

Katsuhiro Otomo decried his fame and said that his conclusion of Akira was false in both the Japanese and American editions, and that he could never truly finish his epic.^{[citation needed]} Nevertheless, Akira is widely considered a masterpiece of graphic storytelling. Cryopreservation of plant shoots. ... 2019 (MMXIX) will be a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2030 (MMXXX) will be a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other moons in the solar system see natural satellite. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Year 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar). ...

Critical Reception

References in other media

Main article: Akira in popular culture

See also

• Thematic similarities in Altered States and Childhood's End.
• Akira (video game)
• Freedom Project

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References

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External links

• Akira Official Website (Japanese)
• Akira at the Internet Movie Database
• Akira at Allmovie
• Akira at Rotten Tomatoes
• ＡＫＩＲＡ (Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved on 2007-07-19.
• Battle vs. Clown, Remix of the OST