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Akira

Anime film1988124 minscience fiction filmcyberpunkpost-apocalyptic film

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About Akira

Overview

Science fiction, cyberpunk, dystopia and post-apocalyptic film are the useful shortlist clues here. That cluster separates this feature from family-fantasy anime even though both appear in the animation collection. The Katsuhiro Otomo credit gives a more precise identity than a broad format tag. The structured source identifies this as a film with a release year of 1988 and a listed runtime of 124 minutes. Credited creators in the imported record: Katsuhiro Otomo.

At a glance

Release date
16 July 1988
Format
Anime film
Runtime
124 minutes
Genres
science fiction filmcyberpunkpost-apocalyptic filmdystopian filmaction filmscience fiction anime
Credited creators
Katsuhiro Otomo
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Sources & record details
Format
Anime film
Release year
1988
Source release (day)
1988-07-16
Original title
アキラ
Also listed as
亞基拉 (zh) · 아키라 (ko) · AKIRA (ja)
Runtime
124 minutes
Credited creators
Katsuhiro Otomo
Country labels
Japan
Genres
science fiction film, cyberpunk, post-apocalyptic film, dystopian film, action film, science fiction anime
Source language labels
Japanese. These do not establish a streaming dub or subtitle offer.

Facts, sources & corrections

Identity and sourced metadata come from the records below. Discovery notes are original editorial context, not a claim of first-hand viewing. The card displays a TMDb poster. Image credit appears below; a poster does not establish streaming availability.

Poster source: TMDb · 149; retrieved 2026-10-14.

Cast source: Wikidata · Q1905968 — CC0-1.0; retrieved 2026-10-03. Names are selected alphabetically, not by billing order.

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