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At 2:17 P.M. on December 6, 1982 (July 16, 1988 in the film)[[note]]The dates are exactly the date when the manga began serialization and when the film premiered in Japanese theaters, respectively[[/note]], [[TheTokyoFireball a mysterious black-domed explosion]] destroys UsefulNotes/{{Tokyo}} and sets off WorldWarIII. [[TimeSkip 38 years later (31 in the film)]], the rebuilt city -- now known as "Neo-Tokyo" -- has fallen into decay, corruption, and crime.

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At 2:17 P.M. on December 6, 1982 (July 16, 1988 in the film)[[note]]The dates are exactly the date when the manga began serialization and when the film premiered in Japanese theaters, respectively[[/note]], [[TheTokyoFireball a mysterious black-domed explosion]] destroys UsefulNotes/{{Tokyo}} and sets off WorldWarIII. [[TimeSkip 38 years later (31 in the film)]], the rebuilt city -- now known as "Neo-Tokyo" -- has fallen into decay, corruption, and crime.



As mentioned before, the manga received an {{anime}} movie adaptation in 1988, directed and co-written by Otomo himself. It's widely different outside the above-mentioned premise[[note]]mainly focusing on events from the first three volumes of the manga, while simultaneously removing or incorporating plotlines from later in the manga as well as rewriting a few plot points[[/note]], retooling certain areas of the manga into a thoroughly MindScrew plot. It's primarily known for its unusually lavish animation (even by modern standards) and its [[AwesomeMusic/{{Akira}} groundbreaking soundtrack]], as well as its runtime being on the heftier end for an animated film[[note]]At 124 minutes, it was ranked as the 13th longest animated film ever made[[/note]]. The film proved invaluable in disproving the AnimationAgeGhetto, at least for anime in the U.S., and is still considered a landmark production in animation, action and science fiction both at home and abroad. It has been dubbed twice into English, first in 1989 by Kodansha and distributed by Creator/StreamlinePictures (which lead to a misconception that Streamline produced it themselves) and then in 2001 by Animaze via Pioneer (later known as Creator/{{Geneon}}). A 4K remaster of the movie was released in 2020.

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As mentioned before, the manga received an {{anime}} movie adaptation in 1988, directed and co-written by Otomo himself. It's widely different outside the above-mentioned premise[[note]]mainly focusing on events from the first three volumes of the manga, while simultaneously removing or incorporating plotlines from later in the manga as well as rewriting a few plot points[[/note]], retooling certain areas of the manga into a thoroughly MindScrew plot. It's primarily known for its [[SugarWiki/AwesomeArt unusually lavish animation animation]] (even by modern standards) and its [[AwesomeMusic/{{Akira}} groundbreaking soundtrack]], as well as its runtime being on the heftier end for an animated film[[note]]At 124 minutes, it was ranked as the 13th longest animated film ever made[[/note]]. The film proved invaluable in disproving the AnimationAgeGhetto, at least for anime in the U.S., and is still considered a landmark production in animation, action and science fiction both at home and abroad. It has been dubbed twice into English, first in 1989 by Kodansha and distributed by Creator/StreamlinePictures (which lead led to a misconception that Streamline produced it themselves) and then in 2001 by Animaze via Pioneer (later known as Creator/{{Geneon}}). A 4K remaster of the movie was released in 2020.
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* GenreMashup: The film's soundtrack combines ancient Buddhist chants and instrumentals, Indonesian gamelan percussion, and futuristic techno.

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* GenreMashup: The film's soundtrack combines ancient Buddhist chants and instrumentals, Indonesian gamelan percussion, and futuristic techno.techno, an OminousPipeOrgan and, at the end, OminousLatinChanting.
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Oh, and it's pronounced "AH-kee-rah", not "uh-KAI-ruh" or "uh-KEE-ruh." Don't mess it up, [[FandomEnragingMisconception or else]].

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Oh, and it's pronounced "AH-kee-rah", not "uh-KAI-ruh" or "uh-KEE-ruh." Don't mess it up, [[FandomEnragingMisconception or else]].
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* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: [[AvertedTrope Averted hard]], during the scene where Tetsuo and Kaori get cornered by a group of Clowns. One of them exposes Kaori's breasts by ripping her shirt open, then punches her square in the face when she screams. It knocks her out, causing her to fall face first onto the pavement. Minutes later, her face is seen swollen and horribly bruised, with her nose still bleeding.
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* LovecraftianSuperpower: Tetsuo manifests this trope in the Olympic Stadium when Colonel Shikishima tries to neutralize him; the flesh around the stub where Tetsuo's arm was fried off by the orbital laser shoots out in a massive bloody tentacle that attacks the Colonel. But then, later in the scene, Tetsuo gets shot by Kaneda's laser weapon. You see, Tetsuo is in so much pain that this trope suddenly combines with SuperpowerMeltdown. Naturally, Tetsuo's EldritchTransformation is just as bad as you can imagine it.
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At 2:17 P.M. on December 6, 1982 (July 16, 1988 in the film)[[note]]The dates are exactly the date when the manga began serialization and when the film premiered in Japanese theaters, respectively[[/note]], [[TheTokyoFireball a mysterious black-domed explosion]] destroys UsefulNotes/{{Tokyo}} and sets off WorldWarIII. [[TimeSkip 38 (31, in the film) years later]], the rebuilt city -- now known as "Neo-Tokyo" -- has fallen into decay, corruption, and crime.

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At 2:17 P.M. on December 6, 1982 (July 16, 1988 in the film)[[note]]The dates are exactly the date when the manga began serialization and when the film premiered in Japanese theaters, respectively[[/note]], [[TheTokyoFireball a mysterious black-domed explosion]] destroys UsefulNotes/{{Tokyo}} and sets off WorldWarIII. [[TimeSkip 38 (31, years later (31 in the film) years later]], film)]], the rebuilt city -- now known as "Neo-Tokyo" -- has fallen into decay, corruption, and crime.



As mentioned before, the manga received an {{anime}} movie adaptation in 1988, directed and co-written by Otomo himself. It's widely different outside the above-mentioned premise[[note]]mainly focusing on events from the first three volumes of the manga, while simultaneously removing or incorporating plotlines from later in the manga as well as rewriting a few plot points[[/note]], retooling certain areas of the manga into a thoroughly MindScrew plot, and it's primarily known for its unusually lavish animation (even by modern standards) as well as for its [[AwesomeMusic/{{Akira}} groundbreaking soundtrack]], and its runtime being on the heftier end for an animated film[[note]]At 124 minutes, it was ranked as the 13th longest animated film ever made[[/note]]. The film proved invaluable in disproving the AnimationAgeGhetto, at least for anime in the U.S., and is still considered a landmark production in animation, action and science fiction both at home and abroad. It has been dubbed twice into English, first in 1989 by Kodansha and distributed by Creator/StreamlinePictures (which lead to a misconception that Streamline produced it themselves) and then in 2001 by Animaze via Pioneer (later known as Creator/{{Geneon}}). A 4K remaster of the movie was released in 2020.

Being over 2000 pages in six hefty volumes, the story the original manga tells is much longer than the already-lengthy film, featuring even more violence and a greater focus on politics. Because the film was in development and saw its release while the manga was still running does show a bit, critical plot developments in the film often became {{Late Arrival Spoiler}}s in the manga, but it also led to some characters and concepts that only saw a brief appearance in the film [[AdaptationExpansion getting explored in greater depth by the manga]]. The series is notable for being the very first comic book series to utilize entirely computer coloring, when it was first released in the US by Creator/{{Marvel|Comics}}'s Epic Comics in the late 80s/early 90s. Later English editions from Dark Horse and Kodansha Comics USA restore the original black-and-white artwork, but the pages remain flipped from left-to-right. For the 35th anniversary of the manga, Kodansha released a special box set under Kodansha USA with a 7th volume titled ''AKIRA Club'', an artbook that compiles all of the chapter page art alongside concept art with the original format of right-to-left reading and the original sound effects in japanese.

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As mentioned before, the manga received an {{anime}} movie adaptation in 1988, directed and co-written by Otomo himself. It's widely different outside the above-mentioned premise[[note]]mainly focusing on events from the first three volumes of the manga, while simultaneously removing or incorporating plotlines from later in the manga as well as rewriting a few plot points[[/note]], retooling certain areas of the manga into a thoroughly MindScrew plot, and it's plot. It's primarily known for its unusually lavish animation (even by modern standards) as well as for and its [[AwesomeMusic/{{Akira}} groundbreaking soundtrack]], and as well as its runtime being on the heftier end for an animated film[[note]]At 124 minutes, it was ranked as the 13th longest animated film ever made[[/note]]. The film proved invaluable in disproving the AnimationAgeGhetto, at least for anime in the U.S., and is still considered a landmark production in animation, action and science fiction both at home and abroad. It has been dubbed twice into English, first in 1989 by Kodansha and distributed by Creator/StreamlinePictures (which lead to a misconception that Streamline produced it themselves) and then in 2001 by Animaze via Pioneer (later known as Creator/{{Geneon}}). A 4K remaster of the movie was released in 2020.

Being over 2000 pages in six hefty volumes, the story the original manga tells is much longer than the already-lengthy film, featuring even more violence and a greater focus on politics. Because the film was in development and saw its release while the manga was still running does show a bit, critical plot developments in the film often became {{Late Arrival Spoiler}}s in the manga, but it also led to some characters and concepts that only saw a brief appearance in the film [[AdaptationExpansion getting explored in greater depth by the manga]]. The series is notable for being the very first comic book series to utilize entirely computer coloring, when it was first released in the US by Creator/{{Marvel|Comics}}'s Epic Comics in the late 80s/early 90s. Later English editions from Dark Horse and Kodansha Comics USA restore the original black-and-white artwork, but the pages remain flipped from left-to-right. For the 35th anniversary of the manga, Kodansha released a special box set under Kodansha USA with a 7th volume titled ''AKIRA Club'', an artbook that compiles all of the chapter page art alongside concept art with the original format of right-to-left reading and the original sound effects in japanese.
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* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler:In the manga, Akira is discovered to be alive beneath the Olympic Stadium and plays a pivotal role in the climax of Volume 3; he would also be a major character in the chapters written after the film's release. In the film, however, Akira was killed and dissected long ago, with Tetsuo instead finding his preserved organs under the stadium.]]

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* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler:In the manga, Akira is discovered to be alive beneath the Olympic Stadium and plays a pivotal role in the climax of Volume 3; he would also be a major character in the chapters written after the film's release. In the film, however, Akira was killed and dissected long ago, with Tetsuo instead finding his preserved organs under the stadium. It's {{Subverted|Trope}}, however, by the reveal that Akira didn't so much "die" as AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence while leaving his lifeless body behind, and at the climax the other psychic children summon him back to take Tetsuo (and themselves) away.]]
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At 2:17 P.M. on December 6th, 1982 (July 1988 in the film)[[note]]The dates are exactly the date when the manga began serialization and when the film premiered in Japanese theaters, respectively[[/note]], [[TheTokyoFireball a mysterious black-domed explosion]] destroys UsefulNotes/{{Tokyo}} and sets off WorldWarIII. [[TimeSkip 38 (31, in the film) years later]], the rebuilt city-- now known as "Neo-Tokyo"-- has fallen into decay, corruption, and crime.

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At 2:17 P.M. on December 6th, 6, 1982 (July 16, 1988 in the film)[[note]]The dates are exactly the date when the manga began serialization and when the film premiered in Japanese theaters, respectively[[/note]], [[TheTokyoFireball a mysterious black-domed explosion]] destroys UsefulNotes/{{Tokyo}} and sets off WorldWarIII. [[TimeSkip 38 (31, in the film) years later]], the rebuilt city-- city -- now known as "Neo-Tokyo"-- "Neo-Tokyo" -- has fallen into decay, corruption, and crime.



As mentioned before, the manga received an {{anime}} movie adaptation in 1988, directed and co-written by Otomo himself. It's widely different outside the above-mentioned premise[[note]]mainly focusing on events from the first three volumes of the manga, while simultaneously removing or incorporating plotlines from later in the manga as well as rewriting a few plot points[[/note]], retooling certain areas of the manga into a thoroughly MindScrew plot, and it's primarily known for its unusually lavish animation (even by modern standards) as well as for its [[AwesomeMusic/{{Akira}} groundbreaking soundtrack]] and its runtime being on the heftier end for an animated film[[note]]At 124 minutes, it was ranked as the 13th longest animated film ever made[[/note]]. The film proved invaluable in disproving the AnimationAgeGhetto, at least for anime in the U.S., and is still considered a landmark production in animation and science fiction both at home and abroad. It has been dubbed twice into English, first in 1989 by Kodansha and distributed by Creator/StreamlinePictures (which lead to a misconception that Streamline produced it themselves) and then in 2001 by Animaze via Pioneer (later known as Creator/{{Geneon}}). A 4K remaster of the movie was released in 2020.

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As mentioned before, the manga received an {{anime}} movie adaptation in 1988, directed and co-written by Otomo himself. It's widely different outside the above-mentioned premise[[note]]mainly focusing on events from the first three volumes of the manga, while simultaneously removing or incorporating plotlines from later in the manga as well as rewriting a few plot points[[/note]], retooling certain areas of the manga into a thoroughly MindScrew plot, and it's primarily known for its unusually lavish animation (even by modern standards) as well as for its [[AwesomeMusic/{{Akira}} groundbreaking soundtrack]] soundtrack]], and its runtime being on the heftier end for an animated film[[note]]At 124 minutes, it was ranked as the 13th longest animated film ever made[[/note]]. The film proved invaluable in disproving the AnimationAgeGhetto, at least for anime in the U.S., and is still considered a landmark production in animation animation, action and science fiction both at home and abroad. It has been dubbed twice into English, first in 1989 by Kodansha and distributed by Creator/StreamlinePictures (which lead to a misconception that Streamline produced it themselves) and then in 2001 by Animaze via Pioneer (later known as Creator/{{Geneon}}). A 4K remaster of the movie was released in 2020.



An Americanized LiveActionAdaptation[=/=]ForeignRemake had been proposed in 2002, but it spent a long time in DevelopmentHell with little progress made, with a lot of fans furious that the movie was even ''considered'' to be set in America. The project seemed to be officially cancelled in 2014 until it was announced the next year that Marco Ramirez (who has written for ''Series/{{Daredevil 2015}}'', ''Series/SonsOfAnarchy'', ''Series/DaVincisDemons'', and ''Series/OrangeIsTheNewBlack'') was signed on to write a screenplay for a potential trilogy of films based on the manga. In 2019, Creator/TaikaWaititi was signed on to direct, and had stated prior that he wanted to retain the original setting and hire a cast primarily made up of actors of Asian (preferably Japanese) descent. A synopsis also confirmed that the movie will take place in Neo-Tokyo. Unfortunately, it was put into limbo yet again when Waititi left production to work on ''Film/ThorLoveAndThunder'' instead, resulting in the film losing its May 2021 release date. However, Warner Bros. are still reportedly interested in keeping Waititi involved.

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An Americanized LiveActionAdaptation[=/=]ForeignRemake had been proposed in 2002, but it spent a long time in DevelopmentHell with little progress made, with a lot of fans furious that the movie was even ''considered'' to be set in America. The project seemed to be officially cancelled in 2014 until it was announced the next year that Marco Ramirez (who has written for ''Series/{{Daredevil 2015}}'', ''Series/SonsOfAnarchy'', ''Series/DaVincisDemons'', and ''Series/OrangeIsTheNewBlack'') was signed on to write a screenplay for a potential trilogy of films based on the manga. In 2019, Creator/TaikaWaititi was signed on to direct, and had stated prior that he wanted to retain the original setting and hire a cast primarily made up of actors of Asian (preferably Japanese) descent. A synopsis also confirmed that the movie will take place in Neo-Tokyo. Unfortunately, it was put into limbo yet again when Waititi left production to work on ''Film/ThorLoveAndThunder'' instead, resulting in the film losing its May 2021 release date. However, Warner Bros. are still reportedly interested in keeping Waititi involved.
involved, and Waititi has stated that he intends to resume work on the film again after completing his upcoming ''Franchise/StarWars'' film.
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* SeeNoEvilHearNoEvil: A military helicopter comes out of nowhere in an early scene and lands in the middle of the road, taking up most of the scene. The helicopter sound effect doesn't start playing until after it has been onscreen for a second or two.

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* HairRaisingHare: A giant killer plush rabbit attacks Tetsuo while he's in the hospital. [[spoiler:It's actually Kiyoko in disguise trying to kill Tetsuo to avert a prophecy foretelling Neo-Tokyo's destruction]]


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* HairRaisingHare: A giant killer plush rabbit attacks Tetsuo while he's in the hospital. [[spoiler:It's actually Kiyoko in disguise trying to kill Tetsuo to avert a prophecy foretelling Neo-Tokyo's destruction]].
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* ProductionThrowback: When the agent is hospitalized and being debriefed, the painting of the bed deliberately mimics the cover of one of Otomo's other works, ''Domu'', which shares themes with ''AKIRA'' and came out before Otomo started working on ''AKIRA''.

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* LicensedGame: An adventure game / visual novel was created in 1988 for the {{UsefulNotes/Famicom}}. It was translated by fans in April 2012.



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* OvertookTheManga: The movie came out in 1988, but the manga was not finished until 1990. Although the film was mostly based on the first two parts of the manga, the film and book have very similar endings.

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* OvertookTheManga: The movie came out in 1988, but the manga was not finished until 1990. Although the film was mostly based on the first two parts of the manga, the film and book have very similar endings.
OneWordTitle: ''AKIRA''.
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* NoCanOpener: Two soldiers eat food out of a can stash an old woman had. The old lady starved to death because she was afraid someone would steal the stash, so she wouldn't dare ask anyone for a can opener.
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Being over 2000 pages in six hefty volumes, the story the original manga tells is much longer than the already-lengthy film, featuring even more violence and a greater focus on politics. Because the film was in development and saw its release while the manga was still running does show a bit, critical plot developments in the film often became {{Late Arrival Spoiler}}s in the manga, but it also led to some characters and concepts that only saw a brief appearance in the film [[AdaptationExpansion getting explored in greater depth by the manga]]. The series is notable for being the very first comic book series to utilize entirely computer coloring, when it was first released in the US by Creator/{{Marvel|Comics}}'s Epic Comics in the late 80s/early 90s. Later English editions from Dark Horse and Kodansha Comics USA restore the original black-and-white artwork, but the pages remain flipped from left-to-right. For the 35th anniversary of the manga, Kodansha released a special box set with a 7th volume titled ''AKIRA Club'' and with the original format of right-to-left reading.

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Being over 2000 pages in six hefty volumes, the story the original manga tells is much longer than the already-lengthy film, featuring even more violence and a greater focus on politics. Because the film was in development and saw its release while the manga was still running does show a bit, critical plot developments in the film often became {{Late Arrival Spoiler}}s in the manga, but it also led to some characters and concepts that only saw a brief appearance in the film [[AdaptationExpansion getting explored in greater depth by the manga]]. The series is notable for being the very first comic book series to utilize entirely computer coloring, when it was first released in the US by Creator/{{Marvel|Comics}}'s Epic Comics in the late 80s/early 90s. Later English editions from Dark Horse and Kodansha Comics USA restore the original black-and-white artwork, but the pages remain flipped from left-to-right. For the 35th anniversary of the manga, Kodansha released a special box set under Kodansha USA with a 7th volume titled ''AKIRA Club'' and Club'', an artbook that compiles all of the chapter page art alongside concept art with the original format of right-to-left reading.
reading and the original sound effects in japanese.

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