Akira vs Ruin
Akira has the higher audience score (7.9/10 against 6.8/10 for Ruin). Ruin is the shorter watch at 8m compared with 2h 4m. Akira is the older of the two (1988 against 2011). Both are action, animation, science fiction movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Akira
Ruin| Akira | Ruin | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.9/10 | ★ 6.8/10 |
| Year | 1988 | 2011 |
| Length | 2h 4m | 8m |
| Genres | Action, Animation, Science Fiction | Action, Animation, Science Fiction |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Katsuhiro Otomo | Wes Ball |
| Main cast | Takeshi Kusao, Nozomu Sasaki, Yuriko Fuchizaki, Tessyo Genda, 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.
Ruin
In a future where cities have crumbled and been reclaimed by nature we join a lone man exploring the ruins of the company Haven Nanosystems. Recovering a locked container he seems to have found what he was looking for, which is information relating to the quarantined Facility B. Unfortunately just as located by a robotic drone and the race to escape is on.