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is a 1988 Japanese animated cyberpunk action film directed by Katsuhiro Otomo, produced by Ryōhei Suzuki and Shunzō Katō, and written by Otomo and Izo Hashimoto, based on Otomo's 1982 manga of the same name. Set in a dystopian 2019, it tells the story of Shōtarō Kaneda, the leader of a biker gang whose childhood friend, Tetsuo Shima, acquires incredible telekinetic abilities after a motorcycle accident, eventually threatening an entire military complex amid chaos and rebellion in the sprawling futuristic metropolis of Neo-Tokyo.
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1988 · 2h 4m · Animation · Science Fiction · Action
TMDB 7.9/10 (4,886 votes)
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.
Directed by Katsuhiro Otomo
Box office $49M worldwide
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Katsuhiro OtomoDirector
Mitsuo Iwataas Shotaro Kaneda (voice)
Nozomu Sasakias Tetsuo Shima (voice)
Mami Koyamaas Kei (voice)
Taro Ishidaas Colonel Shikishima
Mizuho Suzukias Doctor Ônishi
Tessyo Gendaas Ryûsaku (voice)
Koichi Kitamuraas Priestess Miyako / Council A (voice)
Yuriko Fuchizakias Kaori (voice)MMasaaki Okuraas Yamagata (voice)
Takeshi Kusaoas Kai (voice)KKazuhiro Kamifujias Masaru / No. 27 (voice)TTatsuhiko Nakamuraas Takashi / No. 26 (voice)FFukue Itôas Kiyoko / No. 25 (voice)YYuka Ônoas Girl C (voice)