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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.
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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.
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Genre:Animation, Science Fiction, Action
Directed By:Katsuhiro Otomo
Written By:Izo Hashimoto, Katsuhiro Otomo
In Theaters:10/19/1988
Box Office:$49,000,000
Runtime:124 minutes
Studio:MBS, Sumitomo Corporation, TOHO, Kodansha, Tokyo Movie Shinsha, Bandai, Hakuhodo, LaserDisc Corporation
Cast
Katsuhiro Otomo
Director
Katsuhiro Otomo
Director
Mitsuo Iwata
Shotaro Kaneda (voice)
Nozomu Sasaki
Tetsuo Shima (voice)
Mami Koyama
Kei (voice)
Taro Ishida
Colonel Shikishima
Mizuho Suzuki
Doctor Ônishi
Tessyo Genda
Ryûsaku (voice)
Koichi Kitamura
Priestess Miyako / Council A (voice)
Yuriko Fuchizaki
Kaori (voice)
Masaaki Okura
Yamagata (voice)
Takeshi Kusao
Kai (voice)
Kazuhiro Kamifuji
Masaru / No. 27 (voice)
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