20161124 1003 UTC Our sample sale is open up to 80 % off styles today until Sat 26 th . Please note this is a cash only event 1 en This message was created by a botContact creatorjasie 3 k a m p s u b j e c t TweetsInCommentsBotSource codebot <| sep |> Alright sir I just needs to check ya asshole . <| sep |> better luck next time , got a buyer for same price sorry <| sep |> that ' s rude XD <| sep |>### Akira 1988 % 281988 % 29 Action , Animation , SciFi USATVMA , 2 h 4 min Mitsuo Iwata , Nozomu Sasaki , Mami Koyama , Kichi Kitamura Director Katsuhiro tomoIMDb rating # movieguidestars # 9733 # 9733 # 9733 # 9733 # 9733 # 9733 # 9733 # 9733 # 9734 # 9734 8 . 110 105 , 448 votes Kaneda is a bike gang leader whose close friend Tetsuo gets involved in a government secret project known as Akira . On his way to save Tetsuo , Kaneda runs into a group of antigovernment activists , greedy politicians , irresponsible scientists and a powerful military leader . The confrontation sparks off Tetsuo ' s supernatural power leading to bloody death , a coup attempt and the final battle in Tokyo Olympiad where Akira ' s secrets were buried 30 years ago . IMDbCritical reception Roger Ebert of the Chicago SunTimes selected Akira as his Video Pick of the Week in 1989 on Siskel Ebert and the Movies . For its wider 2001 release , he gave the film Thumbs Up . As of September 2014 , the film has an 87 % fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes , based on 46 critics , the general consensus states Akira is distractingly bloody and violent , but its phenomenal animation and sheer kinetic energy helped set the standard for modern anime . The title has been regarded as one of the greatest animated movies of all time and prompted an increase in popularity of anime movies in the US and , generally , outside Japan . It is still admired for its exceptional visuals . In Channel 4 ' s 2005 poll of the 100 greatest cartoons of all time featuring both cartoon shows and cartoon movies , Akira came in at number 16 . On Empire magazine ' s list of the 500 greatest movies of all time , Akira is number 440 . It showed again on Empire ' s list of The 100 Best Films Of World Cinema , coming in at # 51 . IGN also named it 14 th on its list of Top 25 Animated Movies of AllTime . WikipediaMore info at % 281988 % 29 , Akira % 20 % 281988 % 20 film % 29 , Rotten Tomatoes , , . I am a bot . Send me feedback % 2 Fr % 2 FMovieGuidesubjectRe % 3 A % 20 Confidence 1 . 07 . Data sources and other i n f ormationrMovieGuidewabout .