Akira
Taste attributes: actionanimationscience fictiondisasterfantasymafia/gangsterdramarobots/ai/spacefastfresh & originalunsavouryheavyimaginarylinearglossybig & variedemotionally undemandingall consuming questcomplex relationshipdeep rivalryfighting evilhuman spirit/resilience/survivalrescue/escape/jeopardysocial commentaryunderdog triumphs
"Neo-Tokyo is about to E.X.P.L.O.D.E."
Boxlist takeA fantastical, wide-ranging animated film: low-key and original. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.
Taste details
Pace: fast · Originality: fresh · Tone: dark · Weight: heavy · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: very linear · Look: glossy · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: undemandingHow we score
Quality rating
8.0 /10
TMDB · 2,828 votes
Where to watch
Streaming data: JustWatch
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What lines up
- Weightiness: Weighty / heavy, just how this profile likes it
- Originality: Fresh / original, just how this profile likes it
- Wholesomeness: Unsavoury, just how this profile likes it
What might not click
- Emotional punch: Undemanding, where this profile leans emotive / stirring
- Setting / scale: Big / varied, where this profile leans small / confined
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Synopsis
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.
Synopsis: TMDB
Taste Attributes
Characteristics
Where this title sits on each taste spectrum
Cast
Details
- Genre
- Action
- Year
- 1988
- Runtime
- 124 min
- Status
- Released
- Studio
- Akira Committee Company Ltd.
- Taste scores
- How we score
Similar in feel
Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.
