Akira
(1988)
Neo-Tokyo is about to E.X.P.L.O.D.E.
Stars: Mitsuo Iwata, Nozomu Sasaki, Mami Koyama, Tesshô Genda, Hiroshi Ôtake
Director: Katsuhiro Otomo
Writer: Katsuhiro Ôtomo, Izô Hashimoto
Language: Nederlands
Studio: Akira Committee Company Ltd.
Duration: 124
Rated: R
DVD Release: June 2003
Kaneda is a bike gang leader whose close friend Tetsuo gets involved in a government secret project known as Akira. On his way to save Tetsuo, Kaneda runs into a group of anti-government activists, greedy politicians, irresponsible scientists and a powerful military leader. The confrontation sparks off Tetsuo's supernatural power leading to bloody death, a coup attempt and the final battle in Tokyo Olympiad where Akira's secrets were buried 30 years ago.
| Mitsuo Iwata | Shôtarô Kaneda |
| Nozomu Sasaki | Tetsuo Shima |
| Mami Koyama | Kei |
| Tesshô Genda | Ryûsaku (voice) (as Tetsusho Genda) |
| Tetsusho Genda | Ryûsaku |
| Hiroshi Ôtake | Nezu |
| Kôichi Kitamura | Priestess Miyako, Council A (voice) |
| Michihiro Ikemizu | Inspector, Council I (voice) |
| Yuriko Fuchizaki | Kaori (voice) |
| Masaaki Ôkura | Yamagata |
| Tarô Arakawa | Eiichi Watanabe, Council G, Army (voice) |
| Takeshi Kusao | Kai |
| Kazumi Tanaka | Army (voice) |
| Masayuki Katô | Engineer Sakiyama, Council D (voice) |
| Yôsuke Akimoto | Harukiya Bartender (voice) |
| Masato Hirano | Yûji Takeyama, Spy, Council F (voice) |
| Yukimasa Kishino | Mitsuru Kuwata, Terrorist, Assistant, Council B (voice) |
| Kazuhiro Kando | Masaru (No. 27) |
| Kazuhiro Kamifuji | Masaru (No. 27) (voice) (as Kazuhiro Kandô) |
| Tatsuhiko Nakamura | Takashi (No. 26) (voice) |
| Sachie Ito | Kiyoko (No. 25) |
| Fukue Itô | Kiyoko (No. 25) (voice) (as Sachie Itô) |
| Issei Futamata | (voice) |
| Kôzô Shioya | Follower of Miyako (voice) |
| Sanshirô Nitta | (voice) (as Michitaka Kobayashi) |
| Hideyuki Umezu | (voice) |
| Satoru Inagaki | (voice) |
| Kayoko Fujii | Girl A (voice) |
| Masami Toyoshima | Girl B (voice) |
| Yuka Ohno | Girl C |
| Yuka Ôno | Girl C (voice) (as Yuka Ohno) |
| Tarô Ishida | Colonel Shikishima |
| Mizuho Suzuki | Doctor Ônishi (voice) |
| Bob Bergen | Masaru, Kai (voice: English version) |
| Cam Clarke | Kaneda (English Version) |
| Watney Held | Additional Voices (Streamline version 1989) (voice: English version) |
| Steve Kramer | Ryu (Streamline version 1989) (voice: English version) (as Drew Thomas) |
| Marilyn Lane | Additional Voices (Streamline version 1989) (voice: English version) |
| James Lyon | Colonel Shikishima |
| Lewis Lemay | Additional Voices (Streamline version 1989) (voice: English version) |
| Cody Mackenenzie | Masaru |
| Stanley Gurd Jr. | Tetsuo, Additional Voices (voice: English version) |
| Robert Wicks | Ryûsaku |
| Barbara Goodson | Kaori (Streamline version 1989) (voice: English version) (as Barbara Larsen) |
| Eddie Frierson | Additional Voices (Streamline version 1989) (voice: English version) (as Christy Mathewson) |
| Lara Cody | Kei (Streamline version 1989) |
| Tony Pope | Additional Voices (Streamline version 1989) (voice: English version) (as Tony Mozdy) |
| Matt Miller | Kai |
| Julie Phelan | Additional Voices (Streamline version 1989) (voice: English version) |
| Burt Walters | Additional Voices (Streamline version 1989) (voice: English version) |
| Bruce Winant | Additional Voices (Streamline version 1989) (voice: English version) |
| Russel Thor | |
| Brad Wurst | Additional Voices (Streamline version 1989) (voice: English version) |
| Ray Michaels | Nezu |
| Robert Axelrod | Resistance Member (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version) |
| William Bassett | Additional Voices (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version) |
| George C. Cole | |
| Johnny Yong Bosch | Kaneda (Animaze version 2001) |
| Pee Jay Lee | |
| Ivan Buckley | Bartender (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version) |
| Emily Brown | Newscaster, Nurse (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version) (as Emilie Brown) |
| Steve Staley | Helicopter Reporter (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version) (as Steve Cannon) |
| Georgette Rose | Kaori |
| Paul St. Peter | Interrogator #2 (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version) (as George C. Cole) |
| Dan Woren | Additional Voices (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version) (as Jackson Daniels) |
| Bambi Darro | Girl In Kaneda's Gang (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version) |
| Josil Ferhardt | Additional Voices (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version) |
| Rebecca Forstadt | Additional Voices (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version) |
| Sandy Fox | Kiyoko (voice: English version) |
| Steve Cannon | |
| Jessica Gee | Additional Voices (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version) |
| Dougary Grant | Additional Voices (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version) |
| David Umansky | |
| Skip Stellrecht | Additional Voices (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version) (as Henry Douglas Grey) |
| W.T. Hatch | Additional Voices (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version) |
| David Lucas | |
| Henry Douglas | |
| Julie Anne Taylor | Additional Voices (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version) (as Jean Howard) |
| Simon Isaacson | Doctor Onishi |
| Matthew Hustin | Additional Voices (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version) |
| Simon Prescott | The Doctor (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version) (as Simon Isaacson) |
| Christopher Joyce | Additional Voices (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version) |
| William Frederick | |
| Lee Kelso | Additional Voices (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version) |
| William Knight | Additional Voices (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version) (as William Frederick Knight) |
| Frederick Bloggs | |
| Lex Lang | Additional Voices (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version) |
| Kurt Wimberger | Army |
| Patricia Ja Lee | Additional Voices (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version) (as Pee Jay Lee) |
| Peter Lee | Additional Voices (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version) |
| Wendee Lee | Kei (Animaze version 2001) |
| Mike Lembaw | Additional Voices (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version) |
| Detroit Louie | Additional Voices (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version) |
| Steven Jay Blum | Nurse (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version) (as David Lucas) |
| Jamieson Price | Colonel (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version) |
| Jean Howard | |
| Cody Mackenzie | Additional Voices (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version) |
| Mona Marshall | Additional Voices (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version) |
| Harold Muckle | |
| Dan Martin | Additional Voices (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version) |
Genre: Animation
Media: DVD
Sound: 70 mm 6-Track
IMDb: 0094625
