Title Akira Overview Childhood friends Tetsuo and Kaneda are pulled into the post-apocalyptic underworld of Neo-Tokyo and forced to fight for their very survival. Kaneda is a bike gang leader, and Tetsuo is a member of a tough motorcycle crew who becomes involved in a covert government project called Akira. But a bloody battle ensues when Kaneda sets out to save his friend. Tagline Neo-Tokyo is about to E.X.P.L.O.D.E. Genres Science Fiction, Animation Keywords saving the world, total destruction, megacity, street gang, underground, general, stadium, experiment, atomic bomb, mutation, dystopia, army, cyberpunk, anime, motorcycle gangs Production Companies Bandai Visual Company, Toho Company, Mainichi Broadcasting System MBS , Kodansha, Tokyo Movie Shinsha TMS , TMS Entertainment, Akira Committee Company Ltd., Sumitomo Corporation Production Countries Japan Spoken Languages 日本語 Original Language ja Runtime minutes 124 Release Year 1988
Worldwide box office revenue: approximately 1 million USD