Akira vs Batman: Gotham Knight

Akira has the higher audience score (7.9/10 against 6.7/10 for Batman: Gotham Knight). Batman: Gotham Knight is the shorter watch at 1h 16m compared with 2h 4m. Akira is the older of the two (1988 against 2008). Both are action, animation, science fiction movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Akira posterAkira1988 VS Batman: Gotham Knight posterBatman: Gotham Knight2008
AkiraBatman: Gotham Knight
Audience score★ 7.9/10★ 6.7/10
Year19882008
Length2h 4m1h 16m
GenresAction, Animation, Science FictionAction, Animation, Crime, Science Fiction
Country–Japan
DirectorKatsuhiro OtomoFutoshi Higashide, Hiroshi Morioka
Main castTakeshi Kusao, Nozomu Sasaki, Yuriko Fuchizaki, Tessyo Genda, Mitsuo IwataScott Menville, George Newbern, Jim Meskimen, Hynden Walch, Jason Marsden

Synopsis

Akira

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.

Batman: Gotham Knight

A chronicle of Bruce Wayne's establishment and progression into Gotham City’s legendary caped crusader through 6 standalone episodes.

Where to watch

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