Akira (1988)
Directed by Katsuhiro Otomo · Cinematography by Katsuji Misawa
R124 min68 frames
AnimationScience FictionAction
Neo-Tokyo is about to E.X.P.L.O.D.E.
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What is Akira about?
A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath that only two teenagers and a group of psychics can stop.
Akira is a 1988 Japanese animated cyberpunk action thriller film directed by Katsuhiro Otomo, produced by Ryōhei Suzuki and Shunzō Katō, and written by Otomo and Izo Hashimoto, based on Otomo's 1982 manga Akira. Set in a dystopian 2019, it follows Shōtarō Kaneda, the leader of a biker gang whose childhood friend, Tetsuo Shima, acquires powerful telekinetic abilities after colliding with a child esper in a motorcycle accident, eventually threatening an entire military complex in the sprawling futuristic metropolis of Neo-Tokyo.
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What does the cinematography of Akira look like?
Sampled across 68 frames, the coverage of Akira leans on medium shots (40% of the sample) and wide compositions (26%). Cinematographer Katsuji Misawa keeps 40% of it in naturalistic light. Night and dusk account for 49% of the frames. Deep focus keeps foreground and background readable at once in 96% of the frames. The production design places the film in the 1980s.
What is the color palette of Akira?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Akira (1988) are #2a2a2d, #f8f7f7, #080709, #d4d1ce, #d3342c, #354c55 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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