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Akira ()

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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.
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Cast

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Shôtarô Kaneda (voice)
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Tetsuo Shima (voice)
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Kei (voice)
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Ryû (voice)
Hiroshi Ôtake ...
Nezu (voice)
Kôichi Kitamura ...
Lady Miyako / Committee A (voice)
Michihiro Ikemizu ...
Inspector / Committee I (voice)
Yuriko Fuchizaki ...
Kaori (voice)
Masaaki Ôkura ...
Yamagata (voice)
Tarô Arakawa ...
Eiichi Watanabe / Army / Committee G / Committee H (voice)
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Kai (voice)
Kazumi Tanaka ...
Army (voice)
Masayuki Katô ...
Engineer Sakiyama / Committee D (voice)
Yôsuke Akimoto ...
Harukiya Bartender (voice)
Masato Hirano ...
Yûji Takeyama / Spy / Terrorist / Committee F (voice)
Yukimasa Kishino ...
Mitsuru Kuwata / Assistant / Shimazaki / Committee B / Terrorist (voice)
Kazuhiro Kandô ...
Masaru (No. 27) (voice)
Tatsuhiko Nakamura ...
Takashi (No. 26) (voice)
Fukue Itô ...
Kiyoko (No. 25) (voice) (as Sachie Ito)
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Additional Voices (voice)
Kôzô Shioya ...
Miyako Follower (voice)
Michitaka Kobayashi ...
Additional Voices (voice)
Hideyuki Umezu ...
Additional Voices (voice)
Satoru Inagaki ...
Additional Voices (voice)
Kayoko Fujii ...
Girl A (voice)
Masami Toyoshima ...
Girl B (voice)
Yuka Ôno ...
Girl C (voice)
Tarô Ishida ...
Colonel Shikishima (voice)
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Doctor Ônishi (voice)
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Kaneda (1989) / Scientist 2 (1989) / Sakiyama (1989) / Councilman 1 (1989) (voice) (as Jimmy Flinders)
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Roy (1989) / School Disciplinarian (1989) / Man Leading People to 'Akira' (1989) / SOL Techs (1989) / Stadium Soldiers (1989) / Tech Requesting Ground Forces (1989) / Bridge Soldier 2 (1989) / Priest (1989) / Man Declaring Akira's Return (1989) / Tank Pilot (1989) / Man on Insider's Phone (1989) / Radio Relayer (1989) / Intrusion Reporter (1989) / Man on Vehicle's Radio 2 (1989) / Man on Vehicle's Radio 1 (1989) / Building Clearance Tech (1989) / Councilman 5 (1989) (voice) (as Drew Thomas)
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Doctor Onishi (1989) / Councilman 2 (1989) / Senator (1989) / Clown (1989) / Crowd Skeptic (1989) / Resistance 1 (1989) / Gawker (1989) (voice) (as Lewis Lemay)
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Takashi (1989) / Kaori (1989) / Councilman 4 (1989) / Groupie Orange 2 (1989) / Groupie Darker Brunette (1989) / Female Anchor (1989) / Additional Voices (voice) (as Barbara Larsen)
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Tetsuo (1989) / Yuji Takeyama (1989) / Gang 4 (1989) / Councilman 6 (1989) (voice) (as Stanley Gurd Jr.)
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Col. Shikishima (1989) / Yama (1989) / Resistance Member 3 (1989) / Insider (1989) / Interrogator 1 (1989) / Sewer Vehicle Pilot (1989) / Revolutionary with Grenade (1989) / Waiter (1989) / Building Alarm Announcement (1989) / Bombing Announcement (1989) / Unit 375 Cop (1989) / Gang Member 5 (1989) / Barriers Announcement (1989) / Shimazaki (1989) / Mitsuru Kuwata (1989) / Bartender (1989) (voice) (as Anthony Mozdy)
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Kay (1989) / Restaurant Woman (1989) / Lighter Brunette Groupie 1 (1989) (voice) (as Deanna Morris)
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Masaru (1989) / Kai (1989) / Gang Member 2 (1989) / Sewer Cop 2 (1989) / Male Nurse (1989) / Arrest Officer (1989) / Restaurant Man (1989) / Eiichi Watanabe (1989) / Inspector (1989) / Junkie (1989) / Gawkers (1989) / Councilman 7 (1989) (voice) (as Bob Berger)
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Kiyoko (1989) (voice) (as Marylin Lane)
L. Michael Haller ...
Councilman 3 (1989) / Additional Voices (1989) (voice) (as Watney Held/Detroit Louie)
Wally Burr ...
Resistance Member 2 (1989) / Stadium Soldier 2 (1989) / Radio Reporter (1989) / Tank Cannon Operator (1989) / Male Newscaster (1989) / Scientist 1 (1989) / Bridge Soldier 1 (1989) / Additional Voices (1989) (voice) (as Burt Walters)
Julie Phelan ...
Lighter Brunette Gang Groupie 2 (1989) / Female Nurse (1989) / Secretary (1989) (voice)
Eddie Frierson ...
Additional Voices (1989) / Eiichi Watanabe (2001) / Gang Member (2001) (voice) (as Christopher Mathewson)
Brad Wurst ...
Additional Voices (1989) (voice)
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Gang Member (1989) / Additional Voices (1989) (voice) (as Jim Warrington)
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Kaneda (2001) (voice)
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Tetsuo (2001) (voice)
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Kei (2001) (voice)
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Kiyoko (2001) (voice)
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Colonel (2001) (voice) (as James Lyon)
Cody MacKenzie ...
Takashi (2001) (voice)
Bob Buchholz ...
Ryu (2001) (voice) (as Robert Wicks)
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Scientist 1 (2001) (voice) (as Sparky Thornton)
Chloe Thornton ...
Additional Voices (2001) (voice)
Detroit Louie ...
Additional Voices (2001) (voice)
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Additional Voices (2001) (voice) (as Matt 'Masamune' Miller)
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Walla (2001) (voice) (as Matthew Hustin)
Michael Lindsay ...
Yamagata (2001) (voice) (as Dylan Tully)
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Supreme Executive Council E (2001) (voice)
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Supreme Executive Council A (2001) (voice) (as Russell Thor)
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Nezu (2001) (voice) (as Ray Michaels)
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Takashi Crowd Soldier 2 (2001) / Supreme Executive Council H (2001) / Man Declaring Akira's Return (2001) / Interrogator 2 (2001) / Nurse's Guard 1 (2001) (voice) (as George C. Cole)
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Old Man Secretary (2001) (voice) (as Lee Kelso)
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Groupie 3 (2001) (voice) (as Pee Jay Lee)
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Additional Voices (2001) (voice)
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Resistance Member 2 (2001) (voice)
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Kaori (2001) (voice) (as a different name)
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Firing Squad Leader (2001) (voice) (as Peter Lee)
Peter Doyle ...
Operator (2001) (voice) (as Jim Taggert)
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Supreme Executive Council B (2001) (voice) (as G. Gordon Baer)
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Shimazaki (2001) (voice)
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Female Newscaster 2 (2001) / Additional Voices (2001) (voice) (as Reba West)
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Radio Reporter 1 (2001) / Stadium Soldier 2 (2001) / Male Newscaster (2001) / Arrest Officer (2001) / Inspector (2001) (voice) (as Steve Cannon)
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Man Leading People to Akira (2001) / Man on Vehicle's Radio 1 (2001) / Radio Reporter 2 (2001) (voice) (as David Umansky)
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Male Nurse (2001) / Radio Reporter 3 (2001) / Resistance Member 1 (2001) (voice) (as David Lucas)
Skip Stellrecht ...
Mitsuru Kuwata (2001) / Gang Member 4 (2001) (voice) (as Henry Douglas Grey)
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The Doctor (2001) (voice) (as Simon Isaacson)
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Eiichi Watanabe (2001) (voice)
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Red Revenging Clown (2001) / Drug Customer (2001) / Helicopter Soldier 1 (2001) / Barriers Announcement (2001) / Nurse's Guard 2 (2001) / Interrogation Room Cop (2001) / Unit 375 Cop (2001) / Radio Relayer (2001) / Sewer Vehicle Pilot (2001) / Army (2001) (voice) (as Rafael Antonio)
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Miyako (2001) (voice) (as William Frederick)
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Principal (2001) (voice) (as Frederick Bloggs)
Kurt P. Wimberger ...
Additional Voices (2001) (voice) (as Kurt Wimberger)
Lisa Tarulli ...
Additional Voices (2001) (voice)
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Council Connection's Secretary (2001) (voice) (as Jessica Gee)
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Clown (2001) / Additoinal Voices (2001) (voice)
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Bartender (2001) (voice) (as Ivan Buckley)
Jonathan C. Osborne ...
Gang Member 3 (2001) / Gawker (2001) (voice)
Josh Gerhardt ...
Additional Voices (2001) (voice) (as Josil Ferhardt)
Julie Ann Taylor ...
Groupie 1 (2001) (voice) (as Jean Howard)
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Supreme Executive Council G (2001) (voice) (as Guy Pinkham)
Mike Lembaw ...
Tank Commander (2001) (voice)
Gavin Glennon ...
Soldiers (2001) / Additional Voices (2001) (voice) (as Harold Muckle)
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Supreme Executive Council F (2001) (voice)
Dyanne DiRosario ...
Groupie 2 (2001) (voice) (as Bambi Darro)
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Female Newscaster 1 (2001) / Female Nurse (2001) (voice) (as Emily Brown)
Ezra Weisz ...
Clown (2001) / Operator (2001) (voice) (as Ethan Murray)
Christopher Carroll ...
Takashi Crowd Soldier 3 (2001) / Helipad Soldier 2 (2001) / Supreme Executive Council I (2001) (voice) (as Sam Strong)
David Ellenstein ...
Tank Commander (2001) / Soldier (2001) (voice) (as Richard Plantagenet)
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Supreme Executive Council C (2001) (voice) (as Dan Martin)
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Bonfire Speaker (2001) (voice) (as Jackson Daniels)
Dana Craig ...
Sakiyama (2001) (voice) (as W.T. Hatch)
Christopher Joyce ...
Additional Voices (2001) (voice)
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Additional Voices (2001) (voice)
Anthony Pulcini ...
Kai (2001) (voice) (as Tony Sarducci)
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Soldiers (2001) (voice)
Kevin Seymour ...
Revolutionary with Grenade (2001) / Crowd Skeptic (2001) (voice) (as Dougary Grant)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Dari Lallou ...
Additional Voices (2001) (unconfirmed) (voice)
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Gym Teacher (2001) (voice)
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Supreme Executive Council D (2001) (voice)
Travis Weaver ...
Masaru (2001) (voice)

Directed by

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Katsuhiro Ôtomo ... (supervising director)

Written by

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Katsuhiro Ôtomo ... (screenplay) and
Izô Hashimoto ... (screenplay)
 
Katsuhiro Ôtomo ... (manga)

Produced by

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Shunzô Katô ... producer (as Shunzo Kato)
Yoshimasa Mizuo ... associate producer
Sawako Noma ... executive producer
Ryôhei Suzuki ... producer (as Ryohei Suzuki)

Music by

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Shôji Yamashiro

Cinematography by

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Katsuji Misawa ... director of photography

Editing by

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Takeshi Seyama

Editorial Department

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Hiroshi Adachi ... assistant editor

Production Design by

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Kazuo Ebisawa
Yuji Ikehata
Hiroshi Ôno ... (as Koji Ohno)

Art Direction by

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Toshiharu Mizutani

Makeup Department

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Vijay Shrivastav ... key makeup artist

Production Management

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Yoichi Ikeda ... production manager
Yokinori Sakai ... production manager
Takahisa Yokomizo ... production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Hiroyuki Ishidô ... assistant director
Norihiko Sutô ... assistant director (as Norihiko Sudo)

Art Department

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Katsuhiro Ôtomo ... storyboard artist (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Susumu Aketagawa ... sound recording director
Shizuo Kurahashi ... sound effects supervisor
Masafumi Mima ... assistant to sound recording director
Mikio Mori ... stereo sound consultant: Dolby
Yukie Naitô ... sound recording engineer (as Yukie Naito)
Kozo Ogata ... sound recording production manager
Toyo Onkyo ... foley artist
Tetsuo Segawa ... sound recording supervisor
Toshifumi Seike ... sound recording engineer
Kenji Shibasaki ... foley artist
Tokuya Shimada ... sound recording producer
Keiji Urata ... sound recording architect

Special Effects by

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Takashi Maekawa ... special effect artist
Noriko Takaya ... special effects backgrounds

Visual Effects by

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Yuriko Amemiya ... computer graphics: High-Tech Lab. Japan Inc.
Ryoichiro Debuchi ... computer graphics: High-Tech Lab. Japan Inc.
Chie Furubayashi ... computer graphics: High-Tech Lab. Japan Inc.
Yukiko Katsuya ... computer graphics: High-Tech Lab. Japan Inc.
Howard Lukk ... HD project engineer: 2001 Pioneer English version
Svea Macek ... subtitle graphics: 1993 Streamline English subtitled version
Naoko Motoyoshi ... computer graphics: High-Tech Lab. Japan Inc.
Mark Nakamine ... telecine colorist: 2001 Pioneer English version

Camera and Electrical Department

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Yuki Asaine ... animation camera: Asahi Production
Kazuta Furubayashi ... animation camera: Asahi Production
Hajime Hasegawa ... animation camera: Toms Photo
Yôichi Hasegawa ... animation camera: Asahi Production (as Yoichi Hasegawa)
Kazunari Ichinozuka ... animation camera: Toms Photo
Atsuko Itô ... animation camera: Toms Photo
Shûichi Itô ... animation camera: Asahi Production (as Shuichi Ito)
Hiroshi Kanai ... animation camera: Toms Photo
Ken'ichi Kobayashi ... animation camera: Toms Photo (as Kenichi Kobayashi)
Kiyoshi Kobayashi ... animation camera: Toms Photo
Hiroyuki Matsuzawa ... animation camera: Asahi Production
Hitoshi Nishiyama ... animation camera: Toms Photo
Takashi Nomura ... animation camera: Toms Photo
Takahisa Ogawa ... animation camera: Toms Photo
Kazunobu Okeda ... animation camera: Asahi Production
Atsushi Okui ... animation camera: Asahi Production
Tôru Osakabe ... animation camera: Asahi Production
Akio Saitô ... animation camera: Asahi Production
Yukinori Sakai ... animation camera: Asahi Production
Hitoshi Shirao ... animation camera: Toms Photo
Hideko Takahashi ... animation camera: Asahi Production
Moriyuki Terashita ... animation camera: Toms Photo
Hiroshi Toki ... animation camera: Asahi Production
Toshiyuki Umeda ... animation camera: Asahi Production
Atsushi Yoshino ... animation camera: Toms Photo
Hironori Yoshino ... animation camera: Toms Photo

Animation Department

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Miyuki Aoki ... inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd.
Hiroyuki Aoyama ... key animator: Telecom Animation Film
Kôichi Arai ... key animator (as Koichi Arai)
Mariko Araki ... inbetween animator: Dragon Production
Seiko Azuma ... inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd.
Shusaku Chiba ... inbetween animator: Nakamura Production
Katsumoto Ehara ... inbetween animator: Dragon Production (as Katsutomo Ehara)
Toyoaki Emura ... key animator
Masaaki Endô ... key animator (as Masaaki Endo)
Yukari Fujii ... inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd.
Yoshiko Fujita ... inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd.
Atsushi Fujitsuka ... ink and paint supervisor
Yoshiyuki Fukuda ... inbetween animator: Nakamura Production (as Yoshiuki Fukuda)
Atsuko Fukushima ... key animator
Akira Furuya ... background artist: Studio Uni
Makiko Futaki ... key animator
Hideki Futamura ... key animator (as Hideki Nemura)
Kenji Hachizaki ... key animator / key animator: Telecom Animation Film (as Kenji Yazaki)
Hirofumi Haginiwa ... background artist: Baku Production
Shunsuke Harada ... inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd.
Katsufumi Hariu ... background artist: Studio Fuga
Kôichi Hashimoto ... key animator
Shinji Hashimoto ... key animator
Fukiko Hashizume ... background artist: Ishigaki Production
Masako Hayashi ... inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd.
Norihiro Hiraki ... background artist: Studio Fuga (as Tokuhiro Hiraki)
Emiko Hirama ... inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd.
Teiji Hiramatsu ... inbetween animator: Nakamura Production
Satoshi Hirayama ... key animator
Tôru Hishiyama ... background artist: Studio Fuga (as Toru Hishiyama)
Osamu Honda ... background artist: Baku Production
Kaoru Honma ... background artist: Ishigaki Production
Toshiaki Hontani ... key animator
Hiroyuki Horiuchi ... key animator
Sanae Ichioka ... background artist: Studio Fuga
Akiyoshi Iijima ... background artist: Studio Uni
Takuya Iinuma ... inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd.
Kazuyuki Iizuka ... inbetween animator: Nakamura Production
Michiko Ikeuchi ... color key stylist
Tatsuo Imamura ... background artist: Baku Production
Toshiyuki Inoue ... key animator
Junko Isaka ... inbetween animator: Dragon Production
Takayuki Ishizuka ... inbetween animator: Nakamura Production
Mika Isuda ... ink and paint artist
Masatoshi Kai ... background artist: Studio Fuga
Nobuo Kamaki ... inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd.
Kenji Kamiyama ... background artist: Studio Fuga
Yoshinori Kanada ... key animator (as Yoshinori Kaneda)
Jirô Kanai ... key animator
Yoshi Kanajima ... background artist: Ishigaki Production (as Yoshie Kanajima)
Yuriko Kashiwakura ... ink and paint checker
Kenichi Katsui ... inbetween animator: Dragon Production
Takashi Kawaguchi ... inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd.
Toshio Kawaguchi ... key animator
Yumiko Kawaguchi ... ink and paint artist
Naoko Kawakami ... ink and paint artist
Hirotsugu Kawasaki ... key animator
Kôji Kawasaki ... inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd.
Akiko Kawauchi ... inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd.
Yoshiji Kigami ... key animator (as Masuji Kigami) / key animator
Mayumi Kimura ... ink and paint artist
Shinji Kimura ... background artist: Kobayashi Production
Kazuhiro Kinoshita ... background artist: Ishigaki Production
Hiroyuki Kitakubo ... key animator
Mariko Kobayashi ... background artist: Studio Fuga
Asako Kodaira ... background artist: Studio Fuga
Hinako Komatsu ... inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd.
Hisahiko Komiya ... animation checker
Tsuyoshi Konakawa ... inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd. (as Takeshi Konakawa)
Mamoru Konno ... background artist: Ishigaki Production
Miyuki Kudo ... background artist: Studio Fuga
Yoshiko Kuriihara ... inbetween animator: Dragon Production
Satoshi Kuroda ... background artist: Studio Fuga
Tatsuya Kushida ... background artist: Studio Fuga
Yûko Kusumoto ... key animator: Telecom Animation Film
Jirô Kôno ... background artist: Studio Uni
Kitarô Kôsaka ... key animator (as Kitaro Kosaka)
Hisashi Makiyoshi ... animation check: assistant
Kôichi Maruyama ... key animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd. (as Koichi Maruyama)
Toshihiko Masuda ... key animator: Telecom Animation Film
Shôichi Masuo ... key animator
Kyôko Matsubara ... key animator (as Kyoko Matsubara)
Yoshiaki Matsuo ... inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd.
Yoshinobu Michihata ... key animator: Telecom Animation Film
Yukihiko Michimoto ... ink and paint artist
Tomoko Mitsui ... ink and paint artist (as Tomoka Mitsui)
Hiroyuki Mitsumoto ... background artist: Ishigaki Production
Yuichi Miura ... inbetween animator: Dragon Production
Kaori Miyagawa ... inbetween animator: Dragon Production
Mitsuharu Miyamae ... background artist: Baku Production
Minako Mori ... ink and paint artist
Kôji Morimoto ... assistant animation director
Hiroyuki Morita ... animation check: assistant
Masato Mukai ... inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd.
Miyuki Murai ... inbetween animator: Dragon Production
Mitsunori Murata ... animation checker
Seiji Muta ... key animator
Osamu Nabeshima ... key animator
Midori Nagaoka ... inbetween animator: Dragon Production
Yasuchika Nagaoka ... key animator
Yôko Nagashima ... inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd. (as Yoko Nagashima) / inbetween artist (as Yoko Nagashima)
Tokumi Nagayasu ... special cooperator for background (as Takumi Nagayasu)
Morifumi Naka ... key animator
Kayoko Nakafuji ... inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd.
Toshio Nakagome ... inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd. (as Toshie Nikagome)
Noriyuki Nakajima ... inbetween animator: Nakamura Production
Akiko Nakamura ... inbetween animator: Dragon Production
Takashi Nakamura ... animation director / background artist: Studio Uni / character designer / chief animator
Yûji Nakamura ... inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd. (as Yuji Nakamura)
Shihoko Nakayama ... ink and paint artist
Yôji Nakaza ... background artist: Ishigaki Production
Tatsushi Narita ... inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd.
Rie Niidome ... inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd.
Shôjirô Nishimi ... inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd. (as Shojiro Nishimi)
Eiichirô Nishiyama ... inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd. (as Eiichiro Nishiyama)
Emiko Nishiyama ... animation in-betweener: Telecom Animation
Hiroaki Noguchi ... key animator: Telecom Animation Film
Takashi Noto ... inbetween animator: Nakamura Production
Noriko Ogawa ... ink and paint checker
Hiroyuki Ogura ... background artist: Ishigaki Production
Hidekazu Ohara ... key animator
Daihachi Okajima ... inbetween animator: Dragon Production
Hidehiko Okano ... key animator
Hiroyuki Okiura ... key animator
Yoshiyuki Okiura ... key animator
Masanori Ono ... key animator: Telecom Animation Film
Tatsuo Ryûno ... key animator (as Ryuno Tatsuo)
Norio Saito ... inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd.
Junko Saitô ... inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd. (as Junko Saito)
Sadahiko Sakamaki ... key animator
Yoko Sakurai ... inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd.
Noboru Sasaki ... inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd.
Shinichi Sasaki ... inbetween animator: Nakamura Production
Atsushi Sato ... ink and paint artist (as Atsushi Sano)
Hiroshi Sato ... inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd.
Kazuhiro Sato ... background artist: Baku Production
Chiharu Satô ... key animator (as Chiharu Sato)
Hiroaki Satô ... animation director
Yasuhiro Seo ... key animator
Yukihiro Shibutani ... background artist: Ishigaki Production
Kazutoshi Shimizu ... background artist: Ishigaki Production
Masayoshi Shimura ... inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd.
Takayuki Shimura ... inbetween animator: Dragon Production
Yasuyuki Shimuzu ... inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd.
Takurô Shinbo ... inbetween animator: Nakamura Production (as Takuro Shinpo)
Chieko Shiobara ... inbetween animator: Dragon Production
Noriko Shiotani ... ink and paint checker
Hiromi Shirouchi ... ink and paint artist
Hajime Soga ... background artist: Studio Fuga
Eiko Sudô ... background artist: Ishigaki Production
Masatomo Sudô ... key animator
Hirokazu Suenaga ... key animator: Telecom Animation Film
Kôichi Suenaga ... key animator (as Koichi Suenaga)
Mayumi Suzuki ... inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd.
Shin'ichi Suzuki ... key animator (as Shinichi Suzuki)
Masaharu Tada ... key animator
Kôichi Taguchi ... inbetween animator: Nakamura Production (as Koichi Taguchi)
Hiroyuki Takagi ... key animator
Akinobu Takahashi ... key animator
Kenichi Takahashi ... background artist: Ishigaki Production
Natsuko Takahashi ... inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd.
Hiroko Takatani ... inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd.
Masami Takebuchi ... inbetween animator: Dragon Production
Mariko Takeguchi ... inbetween animator: Dragon Production
Tomoko Takei ... inbetween animator: Dragon Production
Yasuhiro Takema ... inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd.
Kazuyoshi Takeuchi ... key animator
Yoshio Takeuchi ... animation director
Seiichi Takiguchi ... key animator: Telecom Animation Film
Kiyomi Tanaka ... layout artist
Setsuko Tanaka ... color key stylist
Tatsuyuki Tanaka ... key animator
Hitomi Tateno ... animation checker
Teruyo Tateyama ... ink and paint checker
Noboru Tatsuike ... background artist: Studio Fuga
Shinichi Terasawa ... key animator
Yayoi Toki ... inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd.
Yoshinori Tokiya ... key animator
Takuo Tominaga ... inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd.
Kuni Tomita ... key animator
Keiko Tomizawa ... key animator: Telecom Animation Film
Ami Tomobuki ... key animator (as Ayumi Tomobuki)
Akira Tsukada ... inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd.
Tatehiko Uchida ... background artist: Studio Uni
Tsutomu Uchida ... background artist: Studio Fuga
Miho Uchiyama ... ink and paint artist
Hitoshi Ueda ... key animator
Junichi Uehara ... ink and paint artist
Minoru Ueno ... ink and paint artist
Junko Uenoyama ... inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd.
Tatsuya Uetsu ... inbetween animator: Nakamura Production
Takatsugu Umeda ... inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd. (as Takashi Umeda)
Yasuomi Umetsu ... key animator
Satoshi Urushihara ... key animator (as Satoshi Urushibara)
Satoru Utsunomiya ... key animator
Yoshiaki Wakaki ... inbetween animator: Dragon Production
Toshiya Washida ... key animator: Telecom Animation Film
Takashi Watabe ... layout artist
Hiroko Watanabe ... inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd.
Kazuyoshi Yaginuma ... key animator
Hideyuki Yagisawa ... ink and paint artist
Kenji Yamamoto ... inbetween animator: Dragon Production
Kimie Yamana ... color key stylist
Kaori Yamasaki ... background artist: Studio Uni
Cindy H. Yamauchi ... key animator (as Hideko Yamauchi)
Hisao Yamazaki ... inbetween animator: Nakamura Production
Yumi Yanagawa ... inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd.
Yûichirô Yano ... key animator: Telecom Animation Film (as Yuichiro Yano)
Haruni Yatsu ... ink and paint artist (as Harumi Yatsu)
Hisao Yokobori ... inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd. (as Hisao Yokohori)
Akiko Yoshii ... inbetween animator: Dragon Production
Hiroko Yoshizawa ... inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd.
Keiko Yozawa ... inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd.
Shin'ya Ôhira ... key animator
Tomihiko Ôkubo ... key animator (as Tomihiko Okubo)
Masayuki Ôsawa ... inbetween animator: Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd. (as Masayuki Osawa)
Nobuhiro Ôtsuka ... background artist: Kobayashi Production (as Nobuhiro Otsuka)
Shinji Ôtsuka ... key animator (as Shinji Otsuka)

Music Department

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Sugata Ida Bagus ... musician: "Balinese tantra" (as Geinoh Yamashirogumi)
Yukihiro Issoh ... musician: "Noh performance: Fue Kata" (as Geinoh Yamashirogumi)
Tsuyoshi Kon ... musician: electric guitar (as Geinoh Yamashirogumi)
Junzo Miyamasu ... musician: "Noh performance: Tsuzumi Kata" (as Geinoh Yamashirogumi)
Tokihiko Morishita ... musician: keyboard (as Geinoh Yamashirogumi)
Keiji Muraki ... music recording director
Takashi Namba ... musician: keyboard (as Geinoh Yamashirogumi)
Kenji Ni-ina ... musician: synthesizer "EMU" (as Geinoh Yamashirogumi)
Nobu Saitô ... musician: percussion (as Geinoh Yamashirogumi)
Nobuyuki Shirasaka ... musician: "Noh performance: Ohkawa Kata" (as Geinoh Yamashirogumi)
Sasaki Shirou ... music recording director (as Shiro Sasaki)
Hideo Takada ... music recording engineer
Kunihiko Tominaga ... musician: synthesizer (as Geinoh Yamashirogumi)
Hideo Yamaki ... musician: drums (as Geinoh Yamashirogumi)
Shôji Yamashiro ... conductor / musical director
Masamichi Yamazaki ... musician: "Noh performance: Shite Kata" (as Geinoh Yamashirogumi)
Heizo Yoda ... music recording engineer
Keiichiro Yoshioka ... music recording engineer
Kiyoshi Yoshitani ... musician: "Noh performance: Taiko Kata" (as Geinoh Yamashirogumi)
Akihiko Ôno ... musical editor (as Haruhiko Ohno)

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Tony Catanese ... DRS technician: 2001 Pioneer English version
David Fleming ... spotting: 2001 Pioneer English version / translator: 2001 Pioneer English version
Sawako Furuya ... production coordinator: 2001 Pioneer English version
L. Michael Haller ... adr screenplay / production coordinator: 1989 Streamline English version
Danielle Ste. Just ... remastering project manager: 2001 Pioneer English version
Ryôsuke Kumai ... publicist (as Ryosuke Kumai)
Carl Macek ... subtitle script: 1993 Streamline English subtitled version
Goro Morita ... quick action recorder operator
Keiko Nobumoto ... production assistant
Keisuke Onishi ... production coordinator: 2001 Pioneer English version
Julie Phelan ... script supervisor: 1989 Streamline English version
Sheldon Renan ... director
Kevin Seymour ... adr director / adr screenplay
Ken Tsunoda ... production coordinator
Heidi Wilbur ... adr screenplay
Wally Burr ... adr director (uncredited)

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Jerry Beck ... special thanks: FUNimation release
Carl Macek ... special thanks: FUNimation release
Svea Macek ... special thanks: FUNimation release

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2019. Thirty one years after being destroyed during World War III, Tokyo (now 'Neo-Tokyo') has been rebuilt and is a thriving metropolis. Shotaro Kaneda is the leader of a biker gang. His friend Tetsuo is injured in an accident and taken to a top-secret government facility. He develops telekinetic powers but decides to use them for evil rather than good. He has the same powers as Akira, the force that destroyed Tokyo in 1988, and now it appears that history will repeat itself. Written by grantss

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Also Known As
  • アキラ (Japan, Japanese title)
  • Akira - アキラ (Japan, Japanese title)
  • Akira: The Special Edition (United States)
  • 阿基拉 (China, Mandarin title)
  • Акира (Kazakhstan)
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  • 124 min
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Budget JPY1,100,000,000 (estimated)
Cumulative Worldwide Gross $80,000,000

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Trivia "Akira" means "Bright, intelligent, clear" in Japanese. See more »
Goofs After the unnamed man escorting Takashi uses himself as a shield to protect him, Takashi apparently has spots of blood on his head, but as he gets up we see that blood was on the pavement and overlapped Takashi's head due to an animation error. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Akira: Production Report (1988). See more »
Soundtracks Tokyo Shoeshine Boy See more »
Crazy Credits The date of the first coming of Akira is the exact same date as it was released originally in Japan. See more »
Quotes Kiyoko: The future is not a straight line. It is filled with many crossroads. There must be a future that we can choose for ourselves.
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