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''Akira'' (stylized as ''AKIRA'') is a 1988 Japanese animated science fiction film directed by Katsuhiro Otomo. It was written by Otomo and Izo Hashimoto and based on Otomo's manga of the same name, focusing mainly on the first half of the story. The film depicts a dystopian version of Tokyo in the year 2019, with cyberpunk tones. The plot focuses on teenage biker Tetsuo Shima and his psychic powers, and the leader of his biker gang, Shotaro Kaneda. Kaneda tries to prevent Tetsuo from releasing the imprisoned psychic Akira. While most of the character designs and settings were adapted from the original manga, the restructured plot of the movie differs considerably from the print version, pruning much of the last half of the manga. The film has garnered a large following as a cult film since its theatrical release, and is widely considered to be a landmark in Japanese animation. It is considered by many critics to be one of the greatest animated and science fiction movies of all time.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Akira as #1 anime movie. )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ten best anime movies of all time. )〕 ==Plot== In 1988, an apparent nuclear explosion destroys Tokyo and culminates in World War III. Thirty-one years later, in the city of Neo-Tokyo, Shotaro Kaneda has his bōsōzoku gang, the Capsules, battle their rival gang, the Clowns. A moment later, Kaneda's best friend, Tetsuo Shima, crashes his motorcycle into Takashi, an esper with psychic powers, who had fled from a secret government laboratory with help from a covert operative. Colonel Shikishima of the Japan Self-Defense Forces, assisted by another esper called Masaru, orders Takashi escorted back to his home and Tetsuo hospitalized. When Kaneda and his gang are interrogated, he encounters Kei, a member of the revolutionary group, and arranges her release along with the Capsules. Colonel Shikishima and Doctor Onishi discover that Tetsuo possesses psychic abilities similar to Akira, a fellow esper who caused Tokyo's destruction. Meanwhile, Takashi's friend Kiyoko has visions of Neo-Tokyo's destruction, and Shikishima orders Onishi to kill Tetsuo if the power grows out of control. Fleeing from the hospital, Tetsuo steals Kaneda's motorcycle, accompanied by his girlfriend Kaori. The Clowns discover and ambush the two but the Capsules rescue them. After Tetsuo suffers severe migraines and hallucinations, the JSDF takes him back to the hospital. During a terrorist attack, Kaneda rescues Kei from capture and joins the rebels when he overhears their plans to capture Tetsuo. At the hospital, the espers attempt to kill Tetsuo but fail. Tetsuo goes on a violent rampage through the hospital, intent on killing the espers. Kaneda, Kei and Shikishima attempt to stop Tetsuo's assault, but are unsuccessful. Learning Akira lies in cryonic storage next to the Olympic Stadium's construction ground in Old-Tokyo, Tetsuo escapes the hospital. Aided telepathically by Kiyoko, Kei escapes along with Kaneda to prevent Tetsuo from releasing Akira. Meanwhile, the JSDF stages a coup d'état in search of Tetsuo. Tetsuo ambushes Kaneda's friends Yamagata and Kai, killing Yamagata in the process. After being told of Yamagata's death, Kaneda follows Tetsuo to the stadium to exact revenge. Meanwhile, Tetsuo launches a rampage on Neo-Tokyo, eventually arriving at Akira's cryogenic storage dewar in the stadium. He fights Kei and exhumes Akira's remains but Shikishima explains that Akira was frozen and preserved for future studies. However, Kaneda battles Tetsuo and Shikishima uses a space weapon to kill Tetsuo, but their plans fail. Tetsuo destroys the weapon and fits himself with an artificial arm while studying Akira's remains. Meanwhile, as Kaori finds Tetsuo in immense pain, Shikishima reveals to Tetsuo that the espers' migraine-controlling drugs are to stunt the evolution of uncontrollable abilities. Tetsuo attempts to seek a cure from Kaori, but gets shot by Shikishima. Tetsuo's arm mutates and he attempts to kill Shikishima before Kaneda rescues Shikishima and ambushes Tetsuo. Unable to control his powers, Tetsuo mutates into a gigantic writhing mass and he engulfs both Kaneda and Kaori, killing and assimilating the latter. The espers awaken Akira, having grown beyond the requirement of a coherent biological form. Manifesting himself from the canisters, Akira reunites with his friends and triggers a second psychic explosion, dragging Tetsuo and Kaneda with it. As Tetsuo struggles against Akira's psychokinetic powers, the espers teleport Shikishima away from the stadium, and Takashi leaps into the explosion to save Kaneda. The other espers aid in the effort at the cost of being unable to return. In the explosion, Kaneda experiences Tetsuo's and the espers' childhood flashbacks, including how much Tetsuo trusted Kaneda and how the children were trained and altered before Tokyo's initial destruction. The espers help Kaneda escape and inform him that Akira will be taking Tetsuo to safety; Kiyoko reveals that Kei has begun to develop psychic powers. The explosion destroys most of Neo-Tokyo, killing Onishi in the process. In the aftermath, Kaneda discovers that Kei and Kai have survived, and they drive off into Neo-Tokyo while Shikishima watches the sun rise over the city. Tetsuo comes into control of his powers and he experiences a big bang in an alternate dimension. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Akira (film)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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