Anime Akira
Akira s final budget was 10 million 1 1 billion making it the most expensive japanese animated film before studio ghibli s spirited away released in 2001.
Anime akira. A secret military project endangers neo tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath who can only be stopped by two teenagers and a group of psychics. Akira is a film adapted from the manga series of the same name by katsuhiro otomo. Directed by katsuhiro ôtomo.
Akira was created in 24 fps is mostly animated on 1s and totals 160 000 animation cels. The film was a huge success even outside its native japan and is often heralded as one of the all time greatest anime ever produced. With mitsuo iwata nozomu sasaki mami koyama tesshô genda.
A live action feature film has also been in development since 2000 and a new anime television series by otomo that will adapt the original manga more faithfully has also been announced. Akira is a japanese cyberpunk media franchise based on katsuhiro otomo s seminal manga akira published from 1982 to 1990 it was adapted into a 1988 anime film and two video games.