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Easily one of the most influential animated movies of all time when it comes to action and science fiction, the impact and continued legacy of <anchor>Akira</anchor> can still widely be felt in action filmmaking to this day. The film takes place in a futuristic crime-laden Neo-Tokyo, as it follows a group of rebellious young biker gang members accidentally coming across a secret military project. After this encounter ends up giving one of the members, Tetsuo, overwhelming psychic abilities, he begins a rampage across the city that can only be stopped by his close friends and a trio of other military-tested psychics.
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##### Akira (1988)

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Anime

Action

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A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath who can only be stopped by a teenager, his gang of biker friends and a group of psychics.

**Release Date**
July 16, 1988


**Director**



Katsuhiro Otomo




**Cast**



Mitsuo Iwata
, Nozomu Sasaki
, Mami Koyama
, Taro Ishida
, Tesshô Genda
, Mizuho Suzuki
, Tatsuhiko Nakamura
, Fukue Itō
, Kazuhiro Shindō




**Runtime**


124 Minutes




**Writers**



Katsuhiro Otomo
, Izô Hashimoto




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