Rotten
Pounding away, it becomes monotonous.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Tribune
Akira
Neo-Tokyo is about to E.X.P.L.O.D.E.
1988 · 2h 4m · R
Action, Animation, Science Fiction
Directed by
Katsuhiro Otomo
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Akira
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Katsuhiro Otomo Director
- Mitsuo Iwata as Shotaro Kaneda (voice)
- Nozomu Sasaki as Tetsuo Shima (voice)
- Mami Koyama as Kei (voice)
- Taro Ishida as Colonel Shikishima
- Mizuho Suzuki as Doctor Ônishi
- Tessyo Genda as Ryûsaku (voice)
- Koichi Kitamura as Priestess Miyako / Council A (voice)
- Yuriko Fuchizaki as Kaori (voice)
- Masaaki Okura as Yamagata (voice)
- Takeshi Kusao as Kai (voice)
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
88%
Tomatometer
Rotten
A compendium of the worst cliches of Japanese animation -- two hours of chases, laser attacks, machine-gun battles, spilled stage blood, computer-animated backgrounds and hokey dialogue.
Charles Solomon, Los Angeles Times
Fresh
The movie, even at 124 minutes, has the densely packed sweep and go-for-it pep of a pop epic.
Jay Cocks, TIME Magazine
Rotten
Grade-school violence freaks may find a few kicks here, but even they may have trouble coping with this ugly movie's ending about eight separate times.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Fresh
A lavish animation extravaganza produced at a cost of $8 million, this futuristic exploration is a followup by author-director Katsuhiro Otomo to his tremendously popular comic books.
Variety Staff, Variety
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