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Neo-Tokyo is about to E·X·P·L·O·D·E

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AnimationScience FictionAction

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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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Budget

$5700000

Revenue

$49000000

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

124 mins

Rating

7.942/10

Release Date

10 June 1988

Country

Japan

Cast

Mitsuo Iwata

Mitsuo Iwata

Shotaro Kaneda (voice)

Nozomu Sasaki

Nozomu Sasaki

Tetsuo Shima (voice)

Mami Koyama

Mami Koyama

Kei (voice)

Tarō Ishida

Tarō Ishida

Colonel Shikishima

Mizuho Suzuki

Mizuho Suzuki

Doctor Ônishi

Tessyo Genda

Tessyo Genda

Ryûsaku (voice)

Koichi Kitamura

Koichi Kitamura

Priestess Miyako / Council A (voice)

Yuriko Fuchizaki

Yuriko Fuchizaki

Kaori (voice)

Masaaki Okura

Masaaki Okura

Yamagata (voice)

Takeshi Kusao

Takeshi Kusao

Kai (voice)

Kazuhiro Kamifuji

Kazuhiro Kamifuji

Masaru / No. 27 (voice)

Tatsuhiko Nakamura

Tatsuhiko Nakamura

Takashi / No. 26 (voice)

Fukue Itô

Fukue Itô

Kiyoko / No. 25 (voice)

Yuka Ôno

Yuka Ôno

Girl C (voice)

Hiroshi Ôtake

Hiroshi Ôtake

Nezu (voice)

Kazumi Tanaka

Kazumi Tanaka

Army (voice)

Masato Hirano

Masato Hirano

Committee F / Spy / Yûji Takeyama / Terrorist (voice)

Masayuki Katô

Masayuki Katô

Engineer Sakiyama / Committe D (voice)

Michihiro Ikemizu

Michihiro Ikemizu

Inspector / Committee I (voice)

Tarô Arakawa

Tarô Arakawa

Army / Committee G / Eiichi Watanabe (voice)

Masami Toyoshima

Masami Toyoshima

Girl B (voice)

Anthony Pulcini

Anthony Pulcini

Kai (voice)

Travis Weaver

Travis Weaver

Masaru / No. 27 (voice)

Cody Mackenzie

Cody Mackenzie

Takashi / No. 26 (voice)

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