Akira vs Superman: Red Son
Akira has the higher audience score (7.9/10 against 7.1/10 for Superman: Red Son). Superman: Red Son is the shorter watch at 1h 24m compared with 2h 4m. Akira is the older of the two (1988 against 2020). Both are action, animation, science fiction movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Akira
Superman: Red Son| Akira | Superman: Red Son | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.9/10 | ★ 7.1/10 |
| Year | 1988 | 2020 |
| Length | 2h 4m | 1h 24m |
| Genres | Action, Animation, Science Fiction | Action, Animation, Science Fiction |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Katsuhiro Otomo | Sam Liu |
| Main cast | Takeshi Kusao, Nozomu Sasaki, Yuriko Fuchizaki, Tessyo Genda, Mitsuo Iwata | Amy Acker, Phil LaMarr, Sasha Roiz, Travis Willingham, Jim Meskimen |
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.
Superman: Red Son
Set in the thick of the Cold War, Red Son introduces us to a Superman who landed in the USSR during the 1950s and grows up to become a Soviet symbol that fights for the preservation of Stalin’s brand of communism.
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