With this animated epic--adapted from the famous manga series by Katsuhiro Otomo--"Japanimation" jumped from cult to mainstream, just as comic books have graduated from children's entertainment to sophisticated graphic novels. AKIRA, likewise, sets out to use the animated format in a
bold, adult way.
The time is 2019, 31 years after WWIII, during which Tokyo was destroyed by an atomic bomb. The rebuilt Neo Tokyo is an urban hell whose denizens live like rats at the foot of towering skycrapers. The heroes of the movie are a group of teenage biker punks who terrorize the city with their violent
gang wars. There is also a group of revolutionaries who are trying to...
Released:
1988
Rated:
NR
Length:
124 mins