Akira vs Promare
Akira has the higher audience score (7.9/10 against 7.1/10 for Promare). Promare is the shorter watch at 1h 51m compared with 2h 4m. Akira is the older of the two (1988 against 2019). Both are action, animation, science fiction movies, so they suit a similar mood. Both feature Mitsuo Iwata.
Akira
Promare| Akira | Promare | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.9/10 | ★ 7.1/10 |
| Year | 1988 | 2019 |
| Length | 2h 4m | 1h 51m |
| Genres | Action, Animation, Science Fiction | Action, Animation, Science Fiction |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Katsuhiro Otomo | Hiroyuki Imaishi |
| Main cast | Takeshi Kusao, Nozomu Sasaki, Yuriko Fuchizaki, Tessyo Genda, Mitsuo Iwata | Katsuyuki Konishi, Rikiya Koyama, Mao Ichimichi, Kenichi Matsuyama, Mitsuo Iwata |
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.
Promare
Galo and the Burning Rescue Fire Department face off against BURNISH, a group of mutants who are able to control and wield flames, and the fire disaster they have unleashed on Earth.