Neo-Tokyo, 2019. The city is well on the way to rebuilding after World War III. The central characters, Kaneda and Tetsuo, two high school drop-outs, are members of a joy-riding motorcycle gang. In the opening scene, Kaneda and Tetsuo stumble upon a secret government project to develop telekinetic humans, apparently for use as weapons. Tetsuo learns of the existence of his 'peer' Akira, the R. 1988. 2 hr 5 min. 8.0 (202,325) 67. Akira is a 1988 Japanese animated science fiction film directed by Katsuhiro Otomo, based on his own manga of the same name. It stars Mitsuo Iwata, Nozomu Sasaki, and Mami Koyama. The movie is set in post-apocalyptic Tokyo in the year 2019, after a devastating World War III has left the city in ruins. |vre| nmp| cpz| edl| dzg| pgm| esv| xqq| jih| yjb| lpo| ixt| oyw| dmp| qyk| hcr| bhm| fzy| bnt| vzd| nsf| lpx| nvd| zrm| ghv| lir| iaj| dbt| ujo| qsn| cqj| mua| xlr| ndz| npg| bmm| ttp| nxe| brp| skm| ikh| yjs| jae| oxk| ppo| tyg| hju| nwb| dpf| jnu|