Akira
“Neo-Tokyo is about to E.X.P.L.O.D.E.”
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.
Genres
Animation, Science Fiction, Action
Studio
MBS
Language
ja
Status
Released
How Akira performed
Budget
$5.7M
Worldwide Gross
$49.0M
Gross Profit
$43.3M
Return
8.6× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$5M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~38/62, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (28% of the domestic run, typical for Animation) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Shotaro Kaneda (voice)
Mitsuo Iwata
Shotaro Kaneda (voice)
Tetsuo Shima (voice)
Nozomu Sasaki
Tetsuo Shima (voice)
Kei (voice)
Mami Koyama
Kei (voice)
Colonel Shikishima
Taro Ishida
Colonel Shikishima
Doctor Ônishi
Mizuho Suzuki
Doctor Ônishi
Ryûsaku (voice)
Tessyo Genda
Ryûsaku (voice)
Priestess Miyako / Council A (voice)
Koichi Kitamura
Priestess Miyako / Council A (voice)
Kaori (voice)
Yuriko Fuchizaki
Kaori (voice)
Yamagata (voice)
Masaaki Okura
Yamagata (voice)
Kai (voice)
Takeshi Kusao
Kai (voice)
Masaru / No. 27 (voice)
Kazuhiro Kamifuji
Masaru / No. 27 (voice)
Takashi / No. 26 (voice)
Tatsuhiko Nakamura
Takashi / No. 26 (voice)
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