Akira

AKIRA (1988)

Timing: 2:4 (124 min)

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All about film

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Photo 155

Actors and characters

Release date

1988-06-10

Country

Japan

Production

TOHO, Kodansha, MBS, Studio Fuga, Bandai, Sumitomo Corporation, Studio Aoi, Bandai Entertainment, Tokyo Movie Shinsha, Hakuhodo, LaserDisc Corporation

Genre

Animation, Science Fiction, Action

Budget

$5 700 000

Revenue

$49 000 000

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Director

Katsuhiro Otomo

Actors

Mitsuo Iwata, Nozomu Sasaki, Mami Koyama, Tarō Ishida, Mizuho Suzuki, Tessyo Genda, Koichi Kitamura, Yuriko Fuchizaki, Masaaki Okura, Takeshi Kusao
All actors and roles (10)

Scenario

Producer

Shunzo Kato, Ryohei Suzuki, Sawako Noma

Operator

Katsuji Misawa

Composer

Shoji Yamashiro

Artist

Audition

Editing

Takeshi Seyama
All team (93)

• The first anime to use 24 frames per second.
• At the time of its release, this was the most expensive anime film ever made.
• The scene from the beginning of the anime in which Shotaro Kaneda brakes his motorcycle while sliding sideways, due to its popularity and frequent references, received its own name – the "Akira slide."
• The creator of the manga, director and screenwriter of the anime Katsuhiro Otomo agreed to adapt his work only on the condition of maintaining complete creative control, to guarantee the quality of the adaptation.
• The anime predicted the holding of the Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo in 2020. In 2013, after the announcement of Tokyo's selection as the host city, and in 2020 amid rumors of a possible cancellation of the Olympics due to the COVID-19 pandemic, mentions of 'Akira' and graffiti from the cartoon with the slogan 'Just cancel it!' began to circulate online and in the media.