Akira (1988 film)

***アキラ / Akira*** is a 1988 Japanese animated post-apocalyptic science fiction film directed by Katsuhiro Otomo, produced by Ryōhei Suzuki and Shunzō Katō, and written by Otomo and Izo Hashimoto, based on Otomo's manga of the same name.

Set in a dystopian 2019, Akira tells the story of Shōtarō Kaneda, a leader of a local biker gang whose childhood friend, Tetsuo Shima, acquires incredible telekinetic abilities after a motorcycle accident, eventually threatening an entire military complex amidst chaos and rebellion in the sprawling futuristic metropolis of Neo-Tokyo. While most of the character designs and settings were adapted from the manga, the plot differs considerably and removes much of the last half of the manga.

## Catalan

Title: *Akira*

Release date: 1996

## English 1989

Title: Akira

Dub studio: Electric Media

### Additional voices

* Lewis Arquette
* Bob Bergen
* Wally Burr
* Cam Clarke
* Lara Cody
* Eddie Frierson
* Barbara Goodson
* Melora Harte
* Watney Held
* Steve Kramer
* Julie Phelan
* Tony Pope
* Jan Rabson
* Bruce Winant
* Brad Wurst

## English 2001

Title: *Akira*

Dub studios:

* Animaze
* ZRO Limit Productions

### Additional voices

* Matthew Austin
* William H. Bassett
* Steve Blum
* Kevin Brief
* Emilie Brown
* Paul Carr
* Christopher Carroll
* Dana Craig
* Dyanne DiRosario
* Peter Doyle
* Sam Fontana
* Rebecca Forstadt
* Jessica Gee
* Barbara Goodson
* Christopher Joyce
* Steve Kramer
* Lex Lang
* Patricia Ja Lee
* Dan Lorge
* Peter Lurie
* Mona Marshall
* Michael McCarty
* Steve McGowan
* Matthew Mercer
* Tony Oliver
* Jonathan C. Osborne
* Bob Papenbrook
* Derek Stephen Prince
* Ted Rae
* Joe Romersa
* Kevin Seymour
* Adam Sholder
* Michael Sorich
* Peter Spellos
* Paul St. Peter
* Steve Staley
* Doug Stone
* Lisa Tarulli
* Julie Ann Taylor
* Chloe Thornton
* Kirk Thornton
* Ezra Weisz
* Kurt Wimberger
* Daniel Woren

## French

Title: *Akira*

Release date: May 8, 1991

### Other info

* The 2011 redub isn't a full one, some lines were changed and 2 voices changed.

## Latin Spanish Producciones Salgado

Title: *Akira*

Country: Mexico

Dub studio: Producciones Salgado

Dub director: Gloria Rocha

### Additional voices

* Alejandro Illescas - Board member of the Neo Tokyo executive committee
* Gabriel Pingarrón - Scientist in reclusorio of Akira / Terrorist of the revolutionary army
* Héctor Moreno - Demonstrator
* Joaquín Martal - Policeman
* José Arenas - Terrorist of the revolutionary army
* José Gilberto Vilchis
* Mónica Villaseñor

## Latin Spanish Sonomex

Title: Akira

Release date: 1998

Country: Mexico

Dub studio: Sonomex

Dub director: Ismael Castro

Translator: Homero Villarreal

Room: Víctor Guajardo

Made for: Locomotion

### Additional voices

* Carlos Águila - Board member of the Neo Tokyo executive committee
* César Soto - Board member of the Neo Tokyo executive committee
* Eduardo Borja - Committee member
* Eduardo Tejedo - Controller
* Gabriel Pingarrón - Committee member
* Jesse Conde - Demonstrator / Agent / Soldier
* Marcos Patiño - Terrorist of the revolutionary army / Agent / Policeman
* Mónica Villaseñor

## Latin Spanish Video Dub

Title: *Akira*

Release date: 1994

Country: Argentina

Dub studio: Video Dub

Dub director: Alberto Ramírez Beni

Producer: M.A.B. Doblajistas

## Valencian

Title: *Akira*

Release date: 2011