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Akira Igarashi
Akira may refer to: Arts and entertainment *Akira (franchise), ''Akira'' (franchise), a Japanese cyberpunk franchise **Akira (manga), ''Akira'' (manga), a 1980s cyberpunk manga by Katsuhiro Otomo **Akira (1988 film), ''Akira'' (1988 film), an anime film adaptation of the manga **Akira (video game), ''Akira'' (video game), a 1988 video game based on the anime film **''Akira Psycho Ball'', a 2002 pinball simulator for PlayStation 2 based on the anime film **Akira (planned film), ''Akira'' (planned film), a planned live-action film adaptation of the manga *Akira (2016 Hindi film), ''Akira'' (2016 Hindi film), a Bollywood film starring Konkana Sen Sharma, Sonakshi Sinha and Anurag Kashyap *Akira (2016 Kannada film), ''Akira'' (2016 Kannada film), a Kannada film starring Anish Tejeshwar *Akira (album), ''Akira'' (album), a 2017 album by Black Cab *"Akira", a song by Kaddisfly from ''Buy Our Intention; We'll Buy You a Unicorn'' Characters *Akira Yuki, a major character of the ''Virtua F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akira (franchise)
''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 two 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. Premise ''Akira'' takes place in futurist, cyberpunk "Neo-Tokyo", some decades following the destruction of Tokyo years prior by a massive explosion. A city struggling to prevent crime amid political corruption, the story focuses on Kaneda, the leader of a motorcycle gang, and his friend and fellow member Tetsuo, who is mentally unstable. After a near collision with a childlike Esper, the product of government research to imbue humans with powerful psychokinetic energies, Tetsuo becomes similarly afflicted. As Tetsuo struggles with controlling his new abilities, Kaneda, desperate to learn more, joins forces with a resistance group, including Kei, a w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valkyrie Drive
is a Japanese media franchise created by Marvelous, which was announced at the AnimeJapan convention in March 2015. The franchise consists of three projects; , an anime television series produced by Arms Corporation, which aired in Japan from October to December 2015; , a PlayStation Vita game released on December 10, 2015 in Japan with a Western release in 2016 and a Microsoft Windows version in 2017; and , a social game for iOS and Android devices released in December 2015. Plot Each of the series revolves around girls who have been infected with a mysterious virus known as the A Virus (Armed Virus). These girls are divided into two classes; , who can transform into weapons when sexually aroused, and , who have the power to wield an Extar's weapon form, known as Liberator Arms, through a process known as Drive. These girls are brought to separate islands to spend their days completely isolated from the rest of the world until the islands' Observers, authorized by the go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aki Ra
Aki Ra (sometimes written Akira, born ) is a former Khmer Rouge conscripted child soldier who works as a deminer and museum curator in Siem Reap, Cambodia. He has devoted his life to removing landmines in Cambodia and to caring for young landmine victims. Aki Ra states that since 1992 he has personally removed and destroyed as many as 50,000 landmines, and is the founder of the Cambodian Landmine Museum. Early life Aki Ra is unsure of his age, but believes he was born in 1970 or 1973.Shibata Yukinori ''Bulletin of the Jesuit Social Center''. Tokyo, no. 129:129.3. His parents were killed by the Khmer Rouge. Orphaned in a Khmer Rouge camp, he was taken in by a woman named Yourn who raised him and several other orphaned children. Like many others, he soon became a child soldier once his strength became sufficient to make him useful to local Khmer Rouge military commanders.Ebonne Ruffins (30 July 2010)"Cambodian man clears land mines he set decades ago" CNN. When the Vietnamese army ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
