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1988 Japanese animated activity film directed by Katsuhiro Otomo

"Akira (anime)" redirects here. For the franchise, meet Akira (franchise). For the original 1982 manga, see Akira (manga).

Akira
AKIRA (1988 poster).jpg

Japanese theatrical affiche
Japanese アキラ
Directed by Katsuhiro Otomo
Screenplay by
  • Katsuhiro Otomo
  • Izo Hashimoto
Based on Akira
by Katsuhiro Otomo
Produced by
  • Ryōhei Suzuki
  • Shunzō Katō
Starring
  • Mitsuo Iwata
  • Nozomu Sasaki
  • Mami Koyama
  • Taro Ishida
  • Mizuho Suzuki
  • Tetsusho Genda
Cinematography Katsuji Misawa
Edited past Takeshi Seyama
Music by Shōji Yamashiro

Production
company

Tokyo Film Shinsha
Distributed by Toho

Release engagement
  • July sixteen, 1988 (1988-07-16)

Running fourth dimension

 124 minutes
Country Japan
Language Japanese
Upkeep ¥700 one thousand thousand [1] ($5.5 million)[two]
Box role $49 million [3]

Akira (Japanese: アキラ) is a 1988 Japanese blithe cyberpunk action film[4] directed by Katsuhiro Otomo, produced past Ryōhei Suzuki and Shunzō Katō, and written past Otomo and Izo Hashimoto, based on Otomo's 1982 manga of the same name. The moving picture had a production upkeep of ¥700 million ($5.v million), with its combined production and ad budget reaching ¥one.ane billion ($9 meg), making it the most expensive anime motion-picture show upward until so.

Set in a dystopian 2019, Akira tells the story of Shōtarō Kaneda, a leader of a biker gang whose childhood friend, Tetsuo Shima, acquires incredible telekinetic abilities after a motorcycle accident, eventually threatening an entire military circuitous amid anarchy and rebellion in the sprawling futuristic city of Neo-Tokyo. While most of the character designs and settings were adapted from the manga, the plot differs considerably and does not include much of the last half of the manga, which continued publication for two years subsequently the picture's release. The soundtrack, which draws heavily from traditional Indonesian gamelan as well as Japanese noh music, was composed past Shōji Yamashiro and performed past Geinoh Yamashirogumi.

Akira premiered in Japan on July xvi, 1988, where it was distributed past Toho; it was released the following year in the U.s.a. by Streamline Pictures. It garnered an international cult following afterward diverse theatrical and VHS releases, somewhen earning over $80million worldwide in home video sales.[v] Information technology is widely regarded by critics as one of the greatest films ever made in the animation, action and science fiction genres, as well every bit a landmark in Japanese blitheness.[6] [vii] [8] [9] [10] It is also a pivotal picture in the cyberpunk genre, especially the Japanese cyberpunk subgenre,[11] too every bit adult blitheness.[12] The film had a meaning touch on on popular civilization worldwide, paving the mode for the growth of anime and Japanese popular civilisation in the Western world every bit well as influencing numerous works in blitheness, comics, motion-picture show, music, television and video games.[3] [12] [thirteen] An iconic scene from the film, known as the "Akira slide" scene, has been widely referenced and homaged in many works of animation, film and goggle box.

Plot [edit]

Geography of Neo-Tokyo (2019). Notice the amount of reclaimed land in the eye of Tokyo Bay.

On July 16, 1988, the third world war was triggered by the sudden devastation of Tokyo. The metropolis has been rebuilt as Neo-Tokyo on bogus islands in Tokyo Bay. In 2019, the metropolis is plagued by corruption, anti-government protests, terrorism, and gang violence, causing martial law to endeavour and uphold the peace. During a tearing protest, the hot-headed Shōtarō Kaneda leads his vigilante bōsōzoku gang, the Capsules, against their rival biker gang, the Clowns. Kaneda's best friend Tetsuo Shima inadvertently crashes his motorcycle into Takashi, an ESPer who escaped from a government laboratory with the aid of a resistance organization. Assisted past beau ESPer Masaru, Japan Cocky-Defence Forces Colonel Shikishima recaptures Takashi, takes Tetsuo away, and arrests the Capsules. While being interrogated by the law, Kaneda meets Kei, an activist within the resistance motion, and tricks the authorities into releasing her with his gang. Kei is pardoned, but the Capsules are sent to reform school equally punishment.

At a undercover government facility, Shikishima and his caput of research Doctor Ōnishi discover that Tetsuo possesses powerful psychic abilities similar to Akira, the ESPer responsible for the singularity that destroyed Tokyo in 1988. ESPer Kiyoko forewarns Shikishima of Neo-Tokyo's impending destruction, but the city council dismisses the Colonel's concerns, leading him to consider killing Tetsuo to prevent another calamity. Meanwhile, Tetsuo escapes from the hospital, steals Kaneda's motorbike, and prepares to run away from Neo-Tokyo with his girlfriend Kaori, merely they are ambushed past the Clowns. The Capsules salvage Tetsuo and Kaori, merely Tetsuo begins suffering intense headaches and hallucinations and is taken back to the infirmary.

After overhearing their plan to rescue Tetsuo and the other ESPers, Kaneda joins Kei's resistance jail cell. At the infirmary, the ESPers try to kill Tetsuo via hallucinations, merely the endeavour is thwarted. Discovering his telekinetic abilities, Tetsuo searches for the ESPers in a fit of rage, hands killing whatsoever orderlies and militiamen blocking his path. The resistance group infiltrates the hospital, and Kiyoko draws Kei and Kaneda into the ESPers' futile attempts to stop Tetsuo. Kiyoko tells Tetsuo that Akira, located in cryonic storage beneath the Olympic Stadium'due south construction site, could help Tetsuo with his powers. After rejecting everyone around him, especially Kaneda, Tetsuo escapes the infirmary to start his hunt for Akira.

Kei, used by Kiyoko as a medium to stop Tetsuo, breaks her and Kaneda out of military custody for ditching reform school. Colonel Shikishima stages a putsch against Neo-Tokyo's government and directs all of its military forces to destroy Tetsuo at whatever cost. At the Capsules' former hangout Harukiya Bar, Tetsuo confronts gangmates Yamagata and Kaisuke over Kaneda'southward bike and kills Yamagata afterward his protest. Kaisuke relays the news to Kaneda, who vows to avenge his friend, while Takashi brings Kei abroad. Tetsuo, mistaken for Akira past cultists, rampages through Neo-Tokyo, arriving at Akira's cryogenic storage dewar nether the stadium. Kei fights Tetsuo, but he defeats her and exhumes Akira, simply to notice that his remains have been sealed in jars for scientific enquiry.

Kaneda confronts Tetsuo and fights him with a light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation rifle just fails to finish him. The Colonel fires an orbital weapon at Tetsuo, destroying his arm, only Tetsuo destroys the weapon before it shoots him again. The Colonel and Kaori approach the stadium, where Tetsuo, at present with a robotic arm, is in smashing hurting and losing control over his powers. Kaori attempts to restrain Tetsuo while the Colonel offers to render him to the hospital, heal his injuries, and assistance command his abilities, which Tetsuo refuses. Kaneda again confronts Tetsuo who, weakened from the missing arm, mutates into a gigantic mass of mankind, engulfing Kaneda and killing Kaori. As the mass grows, the ESPers revive Akira to stop it. Afterwards briefly reuniting with his friends upon his revival, Akira creates a singularity, drawing Tetsuo and Kaneda into another dimension. The ESPers teleport the Colonel to a safe distance as the singularity destroys Neo-Tokyo in a mirror of Tokyo's previous destruction. They concur to rescue Kaneda, knowing that they will not be able to return to this dimension as a result.

In the singularity, Kaneda experiences Tetsuo and the ESPers' childhoods, including his and Tetsuo'southward friendship and the ESPers' psychic training before Tokyo's destruction. The ESPers render Kaneda to Neo-Tokyo, informing him that Akira will have Tetsuo to safety and that Kei is developing psychic powers. Afterwards witnessing the nascency of a universe, Md Ōnishi is crushed by his laboratory. After consuming Neo-Tokyo, the singularity disappears, and water floods the crater left in its place. Kaneda, mourning the loss of Tetsuo, discovers that Kei and Kaisuke take survived, and they ride off into the ruins while the Colonel watches the sunrise. The picture show ends with Tetsuo introducing himself in another plane of beingness.

Voice cast [edit]

Character Japanese[xiv] English
Electric Media/
Wally Burr Recording/
Kodansha/
Streamline (1989) [xv] 		Animaze/
Pioneer (2001) [16] [17]
Shōtarō Kaneda Mitsuo Iwata Cam Clarke Johnny Yong Bosch
Tetsuo Shima Nozomu Sasaki Jan Rabson Joshua Seth
Kei Mami Koyama Kay Wendee Lee
Lara Cody
Colonel Shikishima Tarō Ishida Tony Pope James Lyon
Medico Ōnishi Mizuho Suzuki Lewis Arquette Simon Prescott
Ryūsaku (Ryu) Tetsusho Genda Roy Bob Buchholz
Steve Kramer
Kiyoko (No. 25) Fukue Itō Melora Harte Sandy Fob
Takashi (No. 26) Tatsuhiko Nakamura Barbara Goodson Cody MacKenzie
Masaru (No. 27) Kazuhiro Shindō Bob Bergen Travis Weaver
Kaori Yuriko Fuchizaki Barbara Goodson Michelle Ruff
Yamagata Masaaki Ōkura Yama Michael Lindsay
Tony Pope
Kaisuke[ commendation needed ] (Kai) Takeshi Kusao Bob Bergen Anthony Pulcini
Nezu Hiroshi Ōtake Insider Mike Reynolds
Tony Pope
Terrorist 1 Masato Hirano Lewis Arquette Steve Blum
Terrorist 2 Yukimasa Kishino Wally Burr Michael McConnohie
Shimazaki Yukimasa Kishino Tony Pope Robert Axelrod
Colonel'southward Council Liaison Kōichi Kitamura Lewis Arquette Michael Forest
Eiichi Watanabe Tarō Arakawa Bob Bergen Ted Rae
Mitsuru Kuwata Yukimasa Kishino Tony Pope Skip Stellrecht
Yūji Takeyama Masato Hirano Jan Rabson Eddie Frierson
Groupies Kayoko Fujii
Masami Toyoshima
Yuka Ōno 		Lara Cody
Julie Phelan
Barbara Goodson 		Julie Ann Taylor
Patricia Ja Lee
Dyanne DiRosario
Lady Miyako Kōichi Kitamura Steve Kramer William Frederick Knight
Inspector Michihiro Ikemizu Bob Bergen Steve Staley
Army Kazumi Tanaka Steve Kramer Tony Oliver
Harukiya Bartender Yōsuke Akimoto Tony Pope John Snyder
Committee members Kōichi Kitamura
Yukimasa Kishino
Masayuki Katō
Masato Hirano
Taro Arakawa
Michihiro Ikemizu 		Cam Clarke
Lewis Arquette
Barbara Goodson
Steve Kramer
Jan Rabson
Bob Bergen 		Peter Spellos
Dan Lorge
Bob Papenbrook
Michael Sorich
Doug Stone
Paul St. Peter
Christopher Carroll

Product [edit]

While working on the Akira manga, Katsuhiro Otomo did non intend to adapt the serial; however, he became "very intrigued" when the offer to develop his piece of work for the screen was put before him.[xviii] He agreed to an anime film adaptation of the series on the grounds that he retained artistic control of the projection — this insistence was based on his experiences working on Harmagedon.[14] The Akira Committee was the name given to a partnership of several major Japanese entertainment companies brought together to realize production of an Akira flick. The grouping's assembly was necessitated by the unconventionally high upkeep of around ¥1,100,000,000, intended to reach the desired epic standard equal to Otomo'south over ii,000-folio manga tale. The committee consisted of Kodansha, Mainichi Dissemination Organization, Bandai, Hakuhodo, Toho, LaserDisc Corporation and Sumitomo Corporation who all forwarded money and promotion towards the film. The animation for the moving-picture show was provided for by animation producers, Tokyo Movie Shinsha (at present TMS Entertainment).[nineteen]

Akira had pre-scored dialogue (wherein the dialogue is recorded before the film starts production and the movements of the characters' lips are blithe to lucifer it;[20] a beginning for an anime product and extremely unusual even today for an anime,[21] although the phonation actors did perform with the aid of animatics),[14] and super-fluid motion as realized in the pic'southward more than 160,000 blitheness cels.[19] Estimator-generated imagery was besides used in the film (created by High-Tech Lab. Japan Inc. and the cooperative companies for calculator graphics, Sumisho Electronic Systems, Inc. and Wavefront Technologies), primarily to breathing the design indicator used by Doctor Ōnishi, but it was additionally used to plot the paths of falling objects, model parallax effects on backgrounds, and tweak lighting and lens flares.[14] Unlike its live-action predecessors, Akira also had the budget to testify a fully realized futuristic Tokyo.[22]

The motion picture's production budget was ¥700 one thousand thousand [ane] ($5.5 meg),[2] with the combined product and advertising budget reaching ¥1.1 billion ($9 meg).[1] [23] It was the about expensive anime film upwardly until then,[22] [23] surpassing the previous tape of Majestic Space Forcefulness: The Wings of Honnêamise (1987) which toll ¥800 million.[23] Akira held the tape for nearly expensive anime film upward until Otomo's Metropolis (2001).[23]

The teaser trailer for Akira was released in 1987. The picture show's primary production was completed in 1987, with sound recording and mixing performed in early on 1988. It was released in 1988, two years before the manga officially ended in 1990. Otomo is claimed to have filled two,000 pages of notebooks, containing diverse ideas and character designs for the film, but the concluding storyboard consisted of a trimmed-down 738 pages.[14] He had great difficulty completing the manga; Otomo has stated that the inspiration for its conclusion arose from a chat that he had with Alejandro Jodorowsky in 1990.[24] He after recalled that the film project had to begin with the writing of an ending that would bring suitable closure to major characters, storylines, and themes without existence extraordinarily lengthy, so that he could know in reverse order which manga elements would brand the cut into the anime and thus suitably resolve the manga'due south various elements into a lean, two-hr story.[25] Otomo has called making the picture show before finishing the manga "the worst possible thought".[26] Although he came to like having 2 similar but different versions of the same story, he still felt too much of the original was cut out of the picture.[26]

Otomo is a big fan of Tetsujin 28-go. As a upshot, his naming conventions match the characters featured in Tetsujin 28-become: Kaneda shares his proper name with the protagonist of Tetsujin 28-go; Colonel Shikishima shares his name with Professor Shikishima of Tetsujin 28-go, while Tetsuo is named after Shikishima'due south son Tetsuo Shikishima; Akira 'southward Ryūsaku is named after Ryūsaku Murasame. In addition, Takashi has a "26" tattooed on his hand which closely resembles the font used in Tetsujin 28-become. The namesake of the serial, Akira, is the 28th in a line of psychics that the regime has adult, the aforementioned number as Tetsujin-28.[25]

One of the film's key animators was Makiko Futaki; she went on to go a atomic number 82 animator for Studio Ghibli films such every bit Kiki's Delivery Service, Princess Mononoke (1997) and Howl'due south Moving Castle (2004), earlier passing away in 2016.[27] Another key animator who worked on Akira was former Shin-Ei animator Yoshiji Kigami; he blithe several unabridged scenes in Akira, such equally the action scene in the sewers. He later joined Kyoto Blitheness, and died in the 2019 Kyoto Animation arson attack at the age of 61.[28]

Releases [edit]

Box office [edit]

Box part performance
Territory Release(s) Distributor rentals Gross receipts Ticket sales
Japan 1988 ¥750,000,000 [29] ¥1,900,000,000 [30] 1,699,463 (est.)[30]
1989–2000 ¥50,000,000 [31] ¥120,000,000 [30] 103,359 (est.)[thirty]
1988–2000 ¥800,000,000 [31] Un­known United nations­known
2005–2007 North/A ¥137,000,000 [32] 111,253 (est.)[30]
2020 N/A ¥106,389,400 [33] ($1,130,351)[34] 91,973 (est.)[30]
United States 1989 N/A $ane,000,000[35] 252,000 (est.)[36]
2001 Northward/A $114,009[37] 20,143 (est.)[36]
United Kingdom 1991 N/A £878,695 [38] ($one,550,000) 289,998 (est.)[39]
2011 North/A $18,813[40] three,419[41]
2015–2018 N/A Un­known 15,108[41]
2020 Due north/A £224,884[38] ($325,657)[42] 31,629 (est.)[43]
France 1991-2020 Northward/A Un­known 167,372[44]
Espana 1992–2013 Due north/A Un­known 134,324[45] [41]
2016-2018 N/A Un­known 2,018[41]
1992-2018 North/A Un­known 136,342
Finland 2020 N/A Un­known 6,262[46]
Other European countries 1999–2013 N/A Un­known 25,047[41]
2014–2018 Northward/A United nations­known ten,590[41]
1999–2018 Due north/A Un­known 35,622[41]
Quebec (Canada) 2001–2002 N/A Un­known 532[41]
Taiwan 2006–2008 North/A Usa$230,000[47] 40,000[47]
South korea 2017 N/A ₩86,224,200[48] 10,574[48]
New Zealand 2017 N/A US$36,342[49] United nations­known
Hong Kong 2020 Due north/A Us$148,415[50] Un­known
Commonwealth of australia 2020 N/A Us$183,882[42] Un­known
Worldwide 1988–2020 $49,000,000 [3] 2,899,059+ (est.)

Akira was released by Toho on July 16, 1988. At the Japanese box role, information technology was the sixth highest-grossing Japanese picture of the yr, earning a distribution income (distributor rentals) of ¥750 million in 1988.[29] This made it a moderate success at the Japanese box function.[51] By 2000, the picture show had earned a Japanese distribution rental income of ¥800 million.[31] The film's 4K remaster received a express Japanese IMAX re-release in May 2020.[52]

Fledgling Northward American distribution visitor Streamline Pictures soon acquired an existing English-language rendition created by Electric Media Inc.[15] for Kodansha,[53] which saw limited release in Northward American theaters on December 25, 1989.[54] Streamline became the film's distributor,[55] with Carl Macek leading the distribution.[35] Upon its initial limited US release, Akira grossed nearly $1 million in the United States.[35]

In the United kingdom of great britain and northern ireland, Akira was theatrically released past Island Visual Arts on Jan 25, 1991.[56] It debuted at number three on the UK box office charts, grossing £439,345 in its opening weekend. It was quaternary place the following week, was in the acme ten for iv weeks, and in the top 12 for seven weeks, grossing £878,695 by early on March 1991.[38] Information technology was re-released on July 13, 2013, celebrating the 25th ceremony of the film, and again on September 21, 2016.

In Australia, Akira was theatrically released by Ronin Films.[57] In Canada, the Streamline dub was released by Lionsgate (at the fourth dimension known as C/FP Distribution), who would eventually become Manga Entertainment'due south owner through their media operating unit Starz Distribution, in 1990. In 2001, Pioneer released a new English dub which was produced by Animaze and ZRO Limit Productions and was presented in select theaters from March through December 2001. Information technology was the 20th digital cinema release in Northward America (Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace was the beginning in 1999).[58]

In 2020, Manga Entertainment announced they would exist releasing Akira in 4K and IMAX in the UK.[59] The re-release in October 2020 debuted at number three on the UK box office charts, grossing £201,124 in its opening weekend.[38] The restored 4K version was shown in Northward American movie theaters on September 24, 2020, and for multiple days in select IMAX auditoriums and other cinemas worldwide.[60] [61]

Dwelling house media [edit]

VHS releases included the initial Streamline Video offering (May 1991), which received later wider distribution past Orion Abode Video (September 1993). In the Britain, Akira was released on video by Island World Communications in 1991.[5] Past 1993, the motion picture had sold 60,000 tapes in the United Kingdom,[5] 100,000 tapes in Europe,[31] and 100,000 tapes in the Us.[35]

The success of this release led to the creation of Manga Entertainment, who afterward took over the release. The original VHS release of Akira started upwardly Manga Entertainment Commonwealth of australia and VHS distribution was handled past Ronin Films and PolyGram until 1994 when Siren Entertainment took over all of Manga Amusement Commonwealth of australia's distribution including Akira under a special license from PolyGram, who handled Island's video distribution. Akira was re-released on video in 1994, and again on DVD in 2001 and distributed by Madman Amusement and The AV Channel. Pioneer Entertainment issued a DVD and a VHS with a new English dub (the dub produced past Animaze) in 2001. This was one of the few releases from Pioneer to feature THX-certified audio and video. In 2002, Manga released a two-disc DVD featuring the new Pioneer/Animaze English dub followed in 2004 by some other two-disc set containing the original Japanese every bit well as both the Streamline and Pioneer/Animaze dubs. This version did non contain standard English subtitles, only closed captioning subtitles. In 2005, Manga Entertainment and Boulevard UMD released Akira on UMD for the PlayStation Portable in the Britain using the original Streamline dub.[ citation needed ]

In 1992, video-distribution visitor the Criterion Collection, which specializes in licensing "of import classic and contemporary films", released a LaserDisc edition of Akira.[62] [63] The release is notable in that Akira is the first blithe film to be released past Criterion and for more than twenty years their sole animated film to be released until their 2014 Blu-ray/DVD release of Fantastic Mr. Play a joke on (2009).[64]

A Blu-ray disc edition of the movie was released on February 24, 2009, in North America past Bandai Amusement under the Honneamise label.[65] [66] A Blu-ray edition of Akira was subsequently released in Australia past Madman Entertainment under exclusive license from Manga Entertainment United kingdom of great britain and northern ireland and Kodansha.[67] Madman has recently released a DVD/Blu-ray combo which license is separate from the standalone Blu-ray release considering instead of the DVD version existence the Manga Video United kingdom version, it uses Madman/Manga'south 2001 Special Edition DVD release which is licensed from Manga UK. The Blu-ray release is the first use the format's highest audio sampling rate (Dolby TrueHD 5.ane at 192 kHz for the Japanese audio track) and first to use the hypersonic issue (only bachelor on the Japanese track and on high-end audio systems). Beyond Japanese with English subtitles, the Blu-ray also features the 2001 Pioneer/Animaze English language dub (TrueHD 5.1 at 48 kHz). The DVD version was again released in 2012 by Bandai Amusement. The moving-picture show was licensed again by Funimation following Bandai Entertainment's closure before long after its DVD release.[68] The Funimation release includes both English dubs, Streamline in stereo and Pioneer in 5.1 surround (both TrueHD at 96 kHz).[69] Funimation released a 25th anniversary Blu-ray/DVD combo and separate DVD release on November 12, 2013, which features the TrueHD Japanese audio and both English dubs (TrueHD at 96 kHz on Blu-ray).[lxx] All-time Buy released a limited edition exclusive Blu-ray Steelbook the same twelvemonth.

On Apr 24, 2020, an Ultra HD Blu-ray version was released in Japan past Bandai Namco Entertainment, featuring a 4K HDR remaster sourced from the original 35mm film print, likewise as the 192 kHz audio transfer created for prior Blu-ray releases.[71] The same remaster was released by FUNimation on Dec 22, 2020.[72]

As of 2014[update], the picture has earned over $80 meg in worldwide home video sales.[v] In the United States, it was the seventh best-selling DVD anime film of all time as of 2006[update] [73] and grossed $2,086,180 in Blu-ray sales as of January 2022[update].[74] In the Uk, it was 2020's ninth best-selling foreign language film on physical home video formats and the year's 2d best-selling Japanese film (below the anime Weathering with You).[75]

Television [edit]

The Streamline dub version first premiered on the Sci-Fi Aqueduct in the 1990s during their week-long anime events and Sat Anime block. The Pioneer dub of the moving-picture show has aired twice on Adult Swim'due south Toonami programming block, once on Dec seven, 2013,[76] with a rating of TV-MA-V, and again on December 20, 2014, both times with explicit language and nudity censored. Information technology has aired numerous times on Australian FTA station SBS.[77] In the United Kingdom, the moving-picture show aired several times on BBC Two betwixt 1994 and 1997.[78]

Reception [edit]

Critical response [edit]

On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes the movie has an blessing score of 90% based on 50 reviews, with an average rating of vii.90/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Akira is strikingly encarmine and violent, but its astounding blitheness and sheer kinetic free energy helped gear up the standard for mod anime."[79]

From contemporary reviews, Tony Rayns commented in Monthly Film Bulletin that the narrative was paced at such "speed and complication" that "viewers who come to it without prior noesis of the manga (comic-strip) version tend to notice it almost overpowering" terminal that "The film virtually demands to be 'read' aslope the manga, and amounts to a kind of commentary on information technology."[eighty] Discussing the story, Rayns found the film as "not particularly basis-breaking as scientific discipline fiction" comparing the film to exist between Blade Runner and 2001 with the films chief achievement being "the sheer brownie of his vision of future-tech, as seen in fully though designs of vehicles, laboratory equipment" and that the motion-picture show "yields some extremely absorbing images in the picture'southward closing scenes" and that "Simply as animation, Akira is an undoubted tour de force."[81] Variety praises aspects of the film "from the imaginative and detailed blueprint of tomorrow to the booming Dolby effects on the soundtrack" but criticizes the "slight stiffness in the drawing of homo move".[82] Chicago Tribune 's Dave Kehr commends Otomo's "fantabulous animation-specific ideas: Vehicles leave little colour trails every bit they roar through the night, and there are a number of dream sequences that make dainty use of the medium'southward power to derange scale and distort perspective".[83]

From retrospective reviews, Anime News Network's Bamboo Dong commends the Limited Edition'southward DVD for its "superbly translated" English subtitles and the laudable English language dubbing, which "sticks very close to the English translation, and the vocalization actors deliver their lines with emotion".[84] THEM Anime's Raphael Meet applauds the film'south "astounding special furnishings and clean, well-baked animation".[85] Chris Beveridge comments on the Japanese audio, which brings "the forwards soundstage nicely into play when required. Dialogue is well placed, with several key moments of directionality used perfectly".[86] Janet Maslin of The New York Times commends Otomo's artwork, stating "the drawings of Neo-Tokyo by nighttime are so intricately detailed that all the private windows of huge skyscrapers appear distinct. And these nighttime scenes glow with subtle, vibrant color".[87] Richard Harrison of The Washington Mail comments on the pace of the flick, stating that the author "has condensed the narrative sprawl of the comics to provide coherence, though there'southward a bit of "Back to the Futurity Part Ii" incompleteness to the story. That inappreciably matters, since the film moves with such kinetic energy that you'll exist hanging on for beloved life".[88] Roger Ebert compares the film to Mad Max, calling information technology "very gory, very gruesome, but entertaining in its own demented way."[89] Kim Newman of Empire commends the film's "scintillating animated visuals, with non one – not ane – figurer-assisted shot in sight".[90] Helen McCarthy in 500 Essential Anime Movies claims that the anime "remains fresh and exciting, easily holding its ain against the products of two decades of massive technical advancement".[91] Meanwhile, in February 2004, Dan Persons of Cinefantastique listed the flick as 1 of the "10 Essential Animations", only referring to the picture show equally "the moving picture that changed everything."[92]

Awards [edit]

In 1992, Akira won the Silverish Scream Honor at the Amsterdam Fantastic Film Festival.[93]

Akira was 1 of the four nominees for the 2007 American Anime Awards' "Best Anime Feature" honour, but it lost to Concluding Fantasy Seven: Advent Children.

Johnny Yong Bosch, Kaneda's voice actor in the Pioneer English language dub, was nominated for All-time Thespian and Best Thespian in a One-act at American Anime Awards, merely lost to fellow Naruto and Persona voice actors Vic Mignogna and Dave Wittenberg, respectively.[94] [95]

Soundtrack [edit]

AKIRA: Original Soundtrack (Symphonic Suite AKIRA)
Soundtrack album by

Geinō Yamashirogumi (芸能山城組)
Released 1988
Recorded 1988
Genre Anime, picture show, gamelan, noh
Length 69:36
Label Victor Music Industries, Demon Records/JVC Records, Milan Records
Producer Shōji Yamashiro
Geinō Yamashirogumi (芸能山城組) chronology
Ecophony Rinne
(1986) 		AKIRA: Original Soundtrack (Symphonic Suite AKIRA)
(1988) 		Ecophony Gaia
(1990)

AKIRA: Original Soundtrack (Symphonic Suite AKIRA) was recorded by Geinoh Yamashirogumi (芸能山城組).[96] The music was composed and conducted by musical manager Shōji Yamashiro (pseudonym of Tsutomu Ōhashi), and performed by the collective Geinoh Yamashirogumi.[96] The soundtrack draws heavily from traditional Indonesian gamelan music, in improver to elements of Japanese noh music.[97]

It features music which was additionally re-recorded for release. "Kaneda", "Boxing Against Clown" and "Exodus From the Hole-and-corner Fortress" are actually role of the aforementioned song cycle — elements of "Battle Against Clown" can be heard during the opening bike sequence, for case. The score is by and large sequenced in the same guild that the music occurs in the film. The Northward American version featured all-encompassing product notes past David Keith Riddick and Robert Napton.

AKIRA: The Original Japanese Soundtrack; an alternate soundtrack was also released. This version included music equally it appeared in the film with dialogue and audio-effects albeit ordered out of sequence.

The soundtrack spawned an anthology of electronica remixes from Bwana, called Capsules Pride.[3] Samples from the Akira soundtrack have as well been featured in numerous other hip hop and electronic music tracks.[98]

Adaptations [edit]

Video games [edit]

In 1988, Taito released an Akira adventure game for the Famicom exclusively in Japan.[99] Another Akira game for the Atari Jaguar,[100] [101] Super NES, Genesis and Sega CD was existence developed,[102] but canceled along with prospects of some other Akira title for the Game Boy and Game Gear handheld consoles.[103] International Computer Entertainment produced a video game based on Akira for the Amiga and Amiga CD32 in 1994.[104] To coincide with the DVD release in 2002, Bandai released Akira Psycho Ball, a pinball simulator for the PlayStation ii.[105]

Alive-action moving picture [edit]

Since 2002, Warner Bros. acquired the rights to create a live-activity remake of Akira as a seven-figure deal.[106] [107] The alive-action remake has undergone several failed attempts to produce information technology, with at least five dissimilar directors and ten different writers known to have been attached to it.[108] [109] Past 2017, director Taika Waititi was named equally the film's director for the live-activity adaptation.[107] Warner Bros. had scheduled the film for release on May 21, 2021,[110] and filming was planned to offset in California in July 2019.[111] However, Warner Bros. put the work on indefinite hold merely prior to filming as Waititi had chosen to first direct Thor: Love and Thunder, the sequel to Thor: Ragnarok which he had also directed.[112]

Legacy [edit]

Akira is at present widely regarded as ane of the greatest blithe movies of all fourth dimension and prompted an increase in popularity of anime movies in the The states and, generally, exterior Nippon. It is still admired for its exceptional visuals. In Channel 4'south 2005 poll of the 100 greatest animations of all time featuring both motion-picture show and television set, Akira came in at number 16.[113] On Empire magazine's listing of the 500 greatest movies of all fourth dimension, Akira is number 440.[114] Information technology showed again on Empire 's listing of The 100 Best Films Of World Cinema, coming in at No. 51.[115] IGN besides named information technology 14th on its list of Top 25 Animated Movies of All-Time.[116] The Akira anime also made Time mag's listing of top 5 anime DVDs.[117] The film likewise made number sixteen on Fourth dimension Out 'south top 50 animated moving picture listing[118] and number 5 on the Total Film Superlative 50 Animated Films listing.[119] The motion picture was ranked No. one past Sorcerer'south Anime mag on their "Peak l Anime released in North America" listing in 2001.[120] It was ranked No. 4 on The Hollywood Reporter critic's list of "10 All-time Animated Films for Adults" in 2016.[121] Roger Ebert of the Chicago Lord's day-Times selected Akira every bit his "Video Pick of the Week" in 1992[122] on Siskel & Ebert and the Movies. For its wider 2001 release, he gave the film "Thumbs Upwards".

Akira has too been regarded as ane of the greatest activity and scientific discipline fiction films of all time. It was ranked number 22 on The Guardian 'south list of best sci-fi and fantasy films,[8] included on Film4's list of top 50 scientific discipline fiction films,[9] and ranked number 27 on Circuitous magazine's list of l best sci-fi movies.[ten] The Daily Telegraph listed Akira as the fifth greatest action film of all time.[4] Phelim O'Neill of The Guardian draws a parallel on Akira 's influence on the scientific discipline-fiction genre to Blade Runner and Stanley Kubrick'south 2001: A Space Odyssey.[13] Akira is considered a landmark film in the cyberpunk genre, particularly the Japanese cyberpunk subgenre.[11] The British Film Institute describes Akira as a vital cornerstone of the cyberpunk genre, forth with Blade Runner and Neuromancer.[123] Rob Garratt of South China Morning time Mail service calls Akira ane of "the almost influential sci-fi visions ever realised" on film, comparable to the influence of Blade Runner.[124] Akira is too credited as a quantum for adult blitheness, proving to global audiences that animation was not just for children.[12]

Akira slide [edit]

The "Akira slide" scene. It's regarded as one of the nigh iconic anime scenes, widely imitated and referenced in many works of animation, film and television.

The "Akira slide" refers to a scene where Kaneda slides into view with his motorbike, as he uses a sideways slide to bring his bike to a halt, while the bike gives off a trail of fume and electric sparks caused past the slide. It is regarded as one of the most iconic anime scenes of all fourth dimension, widely imitated and referenced in many works of animation, flick and television.[125] The Akira slide appears in many dozens of animated works, including Batman: The Blithe Series (1993), You lot're Under Arrest (1994), Gargoyles (1994), Air Master (2003), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003-2009), Yakitate Japan (2004), Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go (2005), Teen Titans (2005), Gurren Lagann (2007), Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008), Yu-Gi-Oh (2008-2016), Fresh Pretty Cure (2009), Lupin Three vs. Detective Conan (2009), Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl (2009), Durarara (2010), Adventure Time (2011), Clarence (2014), and Marvel'south Spider-Man (2018), among many others.[126] [127] Several live-action films have also paid homage to the Akira slide, notably in Ten-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009).[125]

Cultural impact [edit]

Akira is regarded past many critics as a landmark anime picture show, ane that influenced much of the art in the anime world that followed its release with many illustrators in the manga manufacture citing the film equally an important influence.[128] Manga author Masashi Kishimoto, for instance, recalls becoming fascinated with the way the poster was made and wished to imitate the series' creator Katsuhiro Otomo's style.[129] The film had a significant impact on popular culture worldwide. The film led the way for the growth in popularity of anime outside Japan as well as Japanese popular culture in the Western world. Akira is considered a forerunner of the second wave of anime fandom that began in the early 1990s and has gained a massive cult following since then. It is credited with setting the scene for anime franchises such as Pokémon, Dragon Ball and Naruto to get global cultural phenomena.[12] [three] According to The Guardian, the "cult 1988 anime taught western moving picture-makers new ideas in storytelling, and helped cartoons grow up".[130]

Akira has influenced numerous works in blitheness, comics, film, music, idiot box and video games.[12] [3] Information technology inspired a wave of Japanese cyberpunk works, including manga and anime series such as Ghost in the Shell, Battle Affections Alita, Cowboy Bebop, Serial Experiments Lain,[11] and Elfen Lied,[131] live-activeness Japanese films such as Tetsuo: The Fe Man,[132] and video games such every bit Hideo Kojima'due south Snatcher [133] and Metallic Gear Solid,[11] and Squaresoft's Terminal Fantasy VII.[134] Exterior of Nihon, Akira has been cited every bit a major influence on Hollywood films such as The Matrix,[135] Dark City,[136] Kill Bill,[137] Chronicle,[138] Looper,[139] The Dark Knight,[140] Midnight Special, Inception,[3] Godzilla,[141] and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Poesy,[142] telly shows such every bit Batman Across and Stranger Things,[131] and video games such equally Core Design'south Switchblade,[143] Valve's One-half-Life serial,[144] [145] and Dontnod Entertainment'south Remember Me.[146] John Gaeta cited Akira as artistic inspiration for the bullet time effect in The Matrix films.[135] Akira has also been credited with influencing the Star Wars franchise, including the prequel film trilogy and the Clone Wars film and television series.[147] Todd McFarlane cited Akira equally an influence on HBO animated telly series Spawn.[148]

Akira has likewise influenced the work of musicians. The music video for the Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson song "Scream" (1995) features clips from Akira.[149] Kanye West cited Akira equally a major influence on his work,[149] and he paid homage to the film in the "Stronger" (2007) music video.[iii] Lupe Fiasco's album Tetsuo & Youth (2015) is named after Tetsuo Shima.[150] The popular bike from the flick, Kaneda's Motorbike, appears in Steven Spielberg'southward film Ready Player 1,[151] [152] and CD Projekt'south video game Cyberpunk 2077.[153] Deus Ex: Flesh Divided video game developer Eidos Montréal also paid homage to the picture's affiche.[154] The flavour four premiere of Rick and Morty ("Edge of Tomorty: Rick Die Rickpeat") features a scene in which Morty, and then Rick, are transformed into a giant tendrilled monster that Jerry and Beth afterward refer to equally "an Akira". The 2000 South Park episode Trapper Keeper has references to Akira,[155] [156] such every bit one of the characters transforming into a giant hulk organism before absorbing several other characters, not unlike the film.

When Tokyo was chosen to host the 2020 Summer Olympics in the 2013 behest procedure, several commentators claimed that Akira predicted the future event.[157] [158] In 2017, Akira was referenced in several Tokyo Olympic promotions.[159] In February 2020, during the coronavirus pandemic and 147 days before the Olympics, a scene in Akira which calls for the counterfoil of the 2020 Olympics (147 days before the issue) led to a social media trend calling for the counterfoil of the 2020 Olympics.[160] [161] The Summer Olympics were eventually postponed to 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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  • Rayns, Tony (March 1991). "Akira". Monthly Film Bulletin. Vol. 58, no. 686.

External links [edit]

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akira_%281988_film%29

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