Story Line
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.
“Neo-Tokyo is about to E.X.P.L.O.D.E.”
Top Cast
Mitsuo Iwata
Shotaro Kaneda (voice)
Nozomu Sasaki
Tetsuo Shima (voice)
Mami Koyama
Kei (voice)
Taro Ishida
Colonel Shikishima
Mizuho Suzuki
Doctor Ônishi
Tessyo Genda
Ryûsaku (voice)
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Rating
7.9/ 10
Release Date
1988-06-10
Runtime
2h 4m
Genres
AnimationScience FictionAction
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•10/6/2023**Technically very good, but so confusing that it doesn't work.**
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