Movie

Akira

“Neo-Tokyo is about to E.X.P.L.O.D.E.”

★ 7.9(4,804)19882h 4m

Akira is streaming on Crunchyroll Amazon Channel and Crunchyroll in Canada, and available to rent or buy on Apple TV Store. Availability checked 22 June 2026.

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🇨🇦 Canada

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Good to know

Director: Katsuhiro Otomo
Release date: 1988-06-10
Runtime: 2h 4m
Language: Japanese
Box office: $49,000,000
Budget: $5,700,000
Status: Released
Country: Japan
Studio: MBS

Akira — trailer

About Akira

Akira is a 1988 movie in the Animation, Science Fiction and Action genres, directed by Katsuhiro Otomo, starring Mitsuo Iwata, Nozomu Sasaki and Mami Koyama. It has a runtime of 2 hours 4 minutes. It holds an average rating of 7.9/10 from 4,804 viewers. Below you can see where to watch Akira in Canada — across streaming, rental and purchase options — along with the full cast, trailer and viewer reviews.

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.

Cast

Mitsuo Iwata

Shotaro Kaneda (voice)

Nozomu Sasaki

Tetsuo Shima (voice)

Mami Koyama

Kei (voice)

Taro Ishida

Colonel Shikishima

Mizuho Suzuki

Doctor Ônishi

Tessyo Genda

Ryûsaku (voice)

Koichi Kitamura

Priestess Miyako / Council A (voice)

Yuriko Fuchizaki

Kaori (voice)

Masaaki Okura

Yamagata (voice)

Takeshi Kusao

Kai (voice)

Kazuhiro Kamifuji

Masaru / No. 27 (voice)

Tatsuhiko Nakamura

Takashi / No. 26 (voice)

Themes & keywords

armystreet gangsaving the worldtotal destructionexperimentgeneralmegacityatomic bombstadiumundergroundmutationdystopiacyberpunkbased on mangamotorcycle gang