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  2. Akira (1988 film) - Wikipedia

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    The Akira Committee was the name given to a partnership of several major Japanese entertainment companies brought together to realize production of an Akira film. The group's assembly was necessitated by the unconventionally high starting budget of around ¥500,000,000, intended to achieve the desired epic standard equal to Otomo's over 2,000 ...

  3. Akira (franchise) - Wikipedia

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    Akira is a Japanese cyberpunk media franchise based on Katsuhiro Otomo's seminal manga, Akira, published from 1982 to 1990. It was adapted into a 1988 anime film and three video games. A live-action feature film has also been in development since 2000, and a new anime television series by Otomo was also announced in 2019.

  4. Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead - Wikipedia

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    Akira shows compassion to Higurashi in his final moments, and in return, Higurashi uses the last of his sentience to lure some of the zombies away from Akira and his parents, before jumping into a river and drowning. Shigenobu Kurasagi (蔵杉 重信, Kurasugi Shigenobu) Voiced by: Seiro Ogino [9] (Japanese); Bill Millsap [9] (English)

  5. Akira Kurosawa - Wikipedia

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    Kurosawa was born on March 23, 1910, [3] in Ōimachi in the Ōmori district of Tokyo. His father Isamu (1864–1948), a member of a samurai family from Akita Prefecture, worked as the director of the Army's Physical Education Institute's lower secondary school, while his mother Shima (1870–1952) came from a merchant's family living in Osaka. [4]

  6. Akira Toriyama - Wikipedia

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    Akira Toriyama (Japanese: 鳥山明, Hepburn: Toriyama Akira, April 5, 1955 – March 1, 2024) was a Japanese manga artist and character designer. He came to be regarded as one of the most important authors in the history of manga , authoring highly influential and popular series, particularly Dragon Ball .

  7. Akira (manga) - Wikipedia

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    Akira (アキラ, stylized as AKIRA) is a Japanese cyberpunk post-apocalyptic manga series written and illustrated by Katsuhiro Otomo. It was serialized biweekly in Kodansha 's seinen manga magazine Young Magazine from December 20, 1982, to June 25, 1990, with its 120 chapters collected into six tankōbon volumes.

  8. Katsuhiro Otomo - Wikipedia

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    Katsuhiro Otomo (大友 克洋, Ōtomo Katsuhiro, born April 14, 1954) is a Japanese manga artist, screenwriter, animator, and film director.He is best known as the creator of Akira, both the original 1982 manga series and the 1988 animated film adaptation.

  9. Akira Morishita - Wikipedia

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    Akira Morishita was born on April 27, 2001, to a Japanese father and a Filipino mother; both of them worked as musicians in Japan. At a young age, he aspired to become part of the military or the airforce [6] but these were put aside when their family needed financial support by auditioning him for television and print ads.