Name: Akira
Director: Katsuhiro Otomo
Genre: Animation, Science Fiction, Action
Released: 1988
Duration: 2 h 4 min
Cast: Mitsuo Iwata, Nozomu Sasaki, Mami Koyama, Taro Ishida, Mizuho Suzuki

Akira (1988)

AKIRA

Animation, Science Fiction, Action • 2h 4m

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: Katsuhiro Otomo

Cast: Mitsuo Iwata, Nozomu Sasaki, Mami Koyama, Taro Ishida, Mizuho Suzuki, Tessyo Genda, Koichi Kitamura, Yuriko Fuchizaki, Masaaki Okura, Takeshi Kusao, Kazuhiro Kamifuji, Tatsuhiko Nakamura, Fukue Itô, Yuka Ôno, Hiroshi Otake, Kazumi Tanaka, Masato Hirano, Masayuki Kato, Michihiro Ikemizu, Tarô Arakawa, Masami Toyoshima

Best English-Friendly Release

Japan 4K Blu-ray > everyone else. All 4ks have some DNR but the Japan has the original 1988 home video audio + subs for the film itself. Get Italy Dynit Blu-ray for non-DNR but not 4k

Best Video Release

Japan 4K Blu-ray > everyone else. All 4ks have some DNR but the Japan has the original 1988 home video audio + subs for the film itself. Get Italy Dynit Blu-ray for non-DNR but not 4k

Format

UHD Blu-ray

UHD Tiers

Superior Imports

Japan > everyone else:

all 4ks have some DNR but the JPN has the original 1988 home video audio + subs for the film itself

TSPDT

2026: #679

2025: #664

2024: #662

2023: #709

2022: #709