• Director(s)

    Katsuhiro Ohtomo

  • Production Year

    1988

  • Release date

    21/09/2016

  • Genre(s)

    Science Fiction, Animation

  • Approx. running minutes

    124m

  • Cast

    Mitsuo Iwata, Nozomu Sasaki, Mami Koyama, Tessho Genda

Film

Akira

strong language, bloody violence, sexual violence

AKIRA is a Japanese anime feature, from 1988, set in Tokyo in 2019, in which a biker gang member tries to stop his friend unleashing a destructive force in the city.…

AKIRA is a Japanese anime feature, from 1988, set in Tokyo in 2019, in which a biker gang member tries to stop his friend unleashing a destructive force in the city.

violence
Strong violence includes dismemberment, including an arm being sliced off, heavy blows, a large blood spurt when a person is hit by a missile, a large spurt of blood from a person's head, and further focus on blood during, and in the aftermath of, violence; including a line of blood left behind as a person is dragged along. A female character is held and threatened, her top is ripped open, exposing her breasts.
language
There is strong language ('f**k')
additional issues
There is use of unidentified pills and reference to the user looking 'like a crack head'.

  • Director(s)

    Katsuhiro Ohtomo

  • Production Year

    1988

  • Release date

    21/09/2016

  • Genre(s)

    Science Fiction, Animation

  • Approx. running minutes

    124m

  • Cast

    Mitsuo Iwata, Nozomu Sasaki, Mami Koyama, Tessho Genda

strong language, bloody violence, sexual violence
Classified Date:
21/09/2016
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Manga Entertainment Ltd
violence
Strong violence includes dismemberment, including an arm being sliced off, heavy blows, a large blood spurt when a person is hit by a missile, a large spurt of blood from a person's head, and further focus on blood during, and in the aftermath of, violence; including a line of blood left behind as a person is dragged along. A female character is held and threatened, her top is ripped open, exposing her breasts.
language
There is strong language ('f**k')
additional issues
There is use of unidentified pills and reference to the user looking 'like a crack head'.
Contains some strong language, violence and sexual violence
Classified Date:
13/03/2002
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Manga Entertainment Ltd
Classified Date:
25/09/1990
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
ICA Projects Ltd
Contains strong bloody violence
Classified Date:
06/06/2011
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Manga Entertainment Ltd
Classified Date:
29/10/1991
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Island World Communications Ltd
Classified Date:
16/09/1991
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Island World Communications Ltd
Classified Date:
19/08/2016
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Manga Entertainment Ltd
Classified Date:
27/03/1992
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Island World Communications Ltd
Classified Date:
02/11/2020
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Manga Entertainment Ltd
Classified Date:
13/05/2011
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Manga Entertainment Ltd
Paperwork Remarks:
Additional material
Classified Date:
23/02/2007
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Manga Entertainment Ltd
Paperwork Remarks:
DVD additional material THE MAKING OF

  • Classified date

    21/09/2016

  • BBFC reference

    CFF062842

  • Language

    English