Film

Akira 1988

Directed by Katsuhiro Otomo

  • Animation, Science Fiction, Action
  • 124 min
  • R

Neo-Tokyo is about to E.X.P.L.O.D.E.

A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath that only two teenagers and a group of psychics can stop.

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  • Body horror

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Character

Earnest, epic, grave and overwhelming.

  • earnestironic
  • intimateepic
  • gravecomic
  • cooloverwhelming
  • contemplativerelentless

Who loves it, who doesn't

The ProvocateurThe Provocateur: loved by 1111The Prestige HunterThe Prestige Hunter: loved by 8The Prestige Hunter: disliked by 18 / 1The FormalistThe Formalist: loved by 1The Formalist: disliked by 21 / 2The Thrill ChaserThe Thrill Chaser: loved by 2The Thrill Chaser: disliked by 12 / 1The CartographerThe Cartographer: loved by 22The ArchivistThe Archivist: loved by 11The EmpathThe Empath: loved by 11The Genre DevoteeThe Genre Devotee: disliked by 10 / 1loved (4★+)disliked (2.5★ or less)

39 profiled raters. Loved most by The Provocateurs; disliked most by The Formalists.

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  • Is Tetsuo Shima the real protagonist?

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  • Is the world more interesting than the story?

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  • Is it too big for its own story?

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