Currently on 5 streaming services & also available on disc.

Akira (1988)

Original Title: AKIRA

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8.0 (234k)
2h 4min
Akira

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Synopsis

Animated action sci-fi depicts Neo Tokyo set in a dystopian 2019

Shōtarō Kaneda, leader of a biker gang, and his friend Tetsuo Shima set out to uncover the truth and stop a violent psychopath and a secret military project from destroying the decaying megacity of Neo-Tokyo. Corruption and police brutality reign in this crumbling metropolis, built on the ruins of the old world, but can two teenage boys and a group of psychics save it?

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Where does Akira rank today?

The JustWatch Daily Streaming Charts are calculated by user activity within the last 24 hours. This includes clicking on a streaming offer, adding a title to a watchlist, and marking a title as 'seen'. This includes data from ~1.7 million movie & TV show fans per day.

Akira is 1329 on the JustWatch Daily Streaming Charts today. The movie has moved down the charts by -35 places since yesterday. In the United States, it is currently more popular than Cheeky but less popular than The Bostonians.

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Cast

Mitsuo Iwata
Mitsuo Iwata

Shotaro Kaneda (voice)

Nozomu Sasaki
Nozomu Sasaki

Tetsuo Shima (voice)

Mami Koyama
Mami Koyama

Kei (voice)

Taro Ishida
Taro Ishida

Colonel Shikishima

Mizuho Suzuki
Mizuho Suzuki

Doctor Ônishi

Tessyo Genda
Tessyo Genda

Ryûsaku (voice)

Koichi Kitamura
Koichi Kitamura

Priestess Miyako / Council A (voice)

Yuriko Fuchizaki
Yuriko Fuchizaki

Kaori (voice)

Masaaki Okura
Masaaki Okura

Yamagata (voice)

Takeshi Kusao
Takeshi Kusao

Kai (voice)

Kazuhiro Kamifuji
Kazuhiro Kamifuji

Masaru / No. 27 (voice)

Tatsuhiko Nakamura
Tatsuhiko Nakamura

Takashi / No. 26 (voice)

Fukue Itô
Fukue Itô

Kiyoko / No. 25 (voice)

Hiroshi Otake
Hiroshi Otake

Nezu (voice)

Kazumi Tanaka
Kazumi Tanaka

Army (voice)

Masato Hirano
Masato Hirano

Committee F / Spy / Yûji Takeyama / Terrorist (voice)

Masayuki Kato
Masayuki Kato

Engineer Sakiyama / Committe D (voice)

Michihiro Ikemizu
Michihiro Ikemizu

Inspector / Committee I (voice)

Tarô Arakawa
Tarô Arakawa

Army / Committee G / Eiichi Watanabe (voice)

Yosuke Akimoto
Yosuke Akimoto

Harukiya Bartender (voice)

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