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John Gaeta cited Akira as artistic inspiration for the bullet time effect in The Matrix films. [143] Akira has also been credited with influencing the Star Wars franchise, including the prequel film trilogy and the Clone Wars film and television series. [156] Todd McFarlane cited Akira as an influence on HBO animated television series Spawn. [157]
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.
Claw (爪, Tsume) is a criminal organization composed of many Espers, gathering others with psychic powers for their scheme to achieve world domination. The Super 5 (5超, Gochō) serve as the right hands of their group's leader Touichirou Suzuki with their top agents referred to as the Scars (傷, Kizu), named for the wound inflicted on them when they defied and/or challenged Touichirou.
Akira Akao (赤尾 晶, Akao Akira) is a very timid and anxious niece who befriends Sakamoto during the JCC entrance exam. She is good at housework, adverse to violence, and seemingly has no instincts as an assassin, but in truth, has great speed and reflexes, and seems to visualize a "path" she can follow to kill opponents, similar to her aunt.
With Akira and the espers, he ascends to a higher plane of existence. The Colonel ( 大佐 , Taisa ) The Colonel (born November 15, 1977), [ 11 ] last name Shikishima ( 敷島 ) , is the head of the secret government project conducting research on psychic test subjects (including the Esper children, Tetsuo, and formerly Akira).
Kaoru Akashi (明石 薫, Akashi Kaoru) Future title: Queen of Catastrophe Voiced by: Aya Hirano [1] [2] The first heroine. Kaoru is a ten-year-old Level 7 psychokinetic (the maximum esper potency designation) and the reckless and zealous leader of "The Children" Special Esper Team alongside Shiho and Aoi that often goes overkill with her psychic powers.
The surprise death of Akira Toriyama, the beloved artist behind the Dragon Ball manga and the classic Dragon Quest and Chrono Trigger video games, may be 2024’s first death to be felt around the ...
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.