Akira Movie Review 1989

Secret government experiments on children with ESP go awry, resulting in an cataclysmic explosion on Tokyo. The city in turn builds itself up into a Megalopolis and the experiments continue. Animated; in Japanese with English subtitles or dubbed.

Distribution

Criterion Collection, 210 E. 52nd St., 578 Broadway, New York, NY 10022, Phone: (212)212756-8822, Toll-free: 800-446-2001, URL: http://www.criterionco.com, Remarks: Does not sell directly to consumers

Available on VHS
Running time 124 minutes.
Originally from Japanese.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Anime, Sci Fi, Japan, Tokyo

Screenplay

Katsuhiro Otomo, Izo Hashimoto

Cinematography

Katsuji Misawa

Director

Katsuhiro Otomo, Sheldon Renan

Music

Shoji Yamashiro

Other

Mitsuo Iwata, Nozomu Sasaki, Mami Koyama

Producer

Akira Committee