Genre: Action
Rated R, contains violence and nudity
Produced by AKIRA COMMITIEE /KODANSHA © 1987 AKIRA COMMITIEE
Director: Katsuhiro Otomo
US Release: Pioneer Entertainment (USA) Inc.
Shop: Akira Item Shop

Kyubi Kitsune’s Description:
In 1988 a mysterious explosion leveled a good portion of Tokyo, and World War III somehow happens. Thirty-eight years later Neo Tokyo is not that better off. The city is amidst some serious urban decay. The police and military work together to counter a garden variety of terrorist groups and gangs.

It so happens that one fateful night Kaneda, Tetsuo, and their fellow biker gang members are waging war against the rival Clown gang. Through a series of events Tetsuo gets into an accident involving a mysterious pale blue child, and the military takes a sudden interest in him. It appears he has some special powers, the in the advent of this discovery he becomes uncontrollable. Kaneda meets up with a butch girl named Kei, who is in a resistance group, and. well. a bunch random stuff occurs which includes a lot of property damage, hokey Dragonball Z style fights, and death.

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