Crunchyroll and Sony Pictures Entertainment are bringing the iconic anime film AKIRA back to theatres in the United States and Canada on September 4, 2026, giving fans the chance to experience the legendary film on the big screen once again!
Get Tix: https://www.fandango.com/akira-4k-re-release-2026-246840/movie-overview
Director and Original Story by Katsuhiro Otomo
Runtime: 124 mins
Rating: PG-13 for some violence and suggestive material
Language: English Dub & Japanese with English subtitles
Genre: Action, Cyberpunk, Science Fiction
Synopsis
Iconic and game-changing, AKIRA is the definitive anime masterpiece! Katsuhiro Otomo’s landmark cyberpunk classic obliterated the boundaries of Japanese animation and forced the world to look into the future. AKIRA’s arrival shattered traditional thinking, creating space for future generations of ground-breaking movies.
July, 1988— World War III breaks loose. Then, in 2019, in megalopolis Tokyo…
As the leader of a group of young robust delinquents, Kaneda spent his nights tearing through the urban wastes, racing his motorbike against rival groups. One night while riding with his gang, his friend Tetsuo suddenly encounters a strange boy― the product of human experimentation— and is injured in the ensuing crash. Shortly thereafter, a military squadron appears on the scene to take the boy and Tetsuo away to an army research facility. Determined to free Tetsuo from capture, Kaneda sneaks into the army research lab. However, a regimen of extreme experimental procedures has awakened a new power in his friend, and now he is consumed by madness…
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