Akira vs Redline
Akira has the higher audience score (7.9/10 against 7.5/10 for Redline). Redline is the shorter watch at 1h 42m compared with 2h 4m. Akira is the older of the two (1988 against 2009). Both are action, animation, science fiction movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Akira
Redline| Akira | Redline | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.9/10 | ★ 7.5/10 |
| Year | 1988 | 2009 |
| Length | 2h 4m | 1h 42m |
| Genres | Action, Animation, Science Fiction | Action, Animation, Science Fiction |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Katsuhiro Otomo | Takeshi Koike |
| Main cast | Takeshi Kusao, Nozomu Sasaki, Yuriko Fuchizaki, Tessyo Genda, Mitsuo Iwata | Tadanobu Asano, Kenta Miyake, Takeshi Aono, Kanji Tsuda, Unsho Ishizuka |
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.
Redline
A daredevil driver is determined to compete in Redline, the most popular race in the galaxy. The race only occurs every five years, but in order to participate he must overcome the mafia, the government and even love.