35MM, COLOUR, DOLBY DIGITAL, 124 MINUTES, JAPAN, JAPANESE (ENGLISH SUBTITLES) / DIRECTOR: KATSUHIRO OTOMO / ORIGINAL MANGA: KATSUHIRO OTOMO
In the 2019 post-war megalopolis of Neo-Tokyo, two high school dropouts stumble across a secret government project to develop new weapons — telekinetic humans. A watershed moment in Japanese anime,
Akira successfully introduced both manga and anime into the wider western consciousness.
Download a copy of the
Gallery’s Cinema brochure or for further information visit
www.qag.qld.gov.au/drawn