Akira
AKIRA
1988 · 2h 4m · Action, Animation, Science Fiction · Japan · Rated R (US)
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.
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Katsuhiro Otomo7.9Smart score
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2010sadult animationanimearmyatomic bombbased on mangacyberpunkdystopiaexperimentgeneralmegacitymotorcycle gangmutationpsychotronicsaving the worldstadiumstreet gangtotal destructionundergroundvibrant
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