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b"Akira (Japanese: \\u30a2\\u30ad\\u30e9) is a 1988 Japanese animated post-apocalyptic cyberpunk film directed by Katsuhiro Otomo, produced by Ry\\u014dhei Suzuki and Shunz\\u014d Kat\\u014d, and written by Otomo and Izo Hashimoto, based on Otomo's 1982 manga of the same name. The film had a production budget of \\xa5700 million ($5.5 million), making it the most expensive anime film at the time (until it was surpassed a year later by Kiki's Delivery Service)."