Question 1

In what year does the main story of Akira take place?

Accepted Answer

2019

Question 2

What is the name of Kaneda's biker gang?

Accepted Answer

The Capsules

Question 3

According to the film's opening, on what date was Tokyo destroyed?

Accepted Answer

July 16, 1988

Question 4

Which rival gang do Kaneda and his crew battle in the opening chase?

Accepted Answer

The Clowns

Question 5

Whose sudden appearance in the road causes Tetsuo to crash his motorcycle?

Accepted Answer

Takashi

Question 6

Which esper assists Colonel Shikishima in recapturing the child who escaped the lab?

Accepted Answer

Masaru

Question 7

Where does Kaneda first meet Kei?

Accepted Answer

While being interrogated by the police

Question 8

What is Doctor Onishi's position?

Accepted Answer

Colonel Shikishima's head of research

Question 9

Who was actually responsible for Tokyo's destruction in 1988?

Accepted Answer

Akira

Question 10

Which esper warns Shikishima that Neo-Tokyo is about to be destroyed?

Accepted Answer

Kiyoko

Question 11

Whose motorcycle does Tetsuo steal after escaping the hospital?

Accepted Answer

Kaneda's

Question 12

Who ambushes Tetsuo and Kaori as they try to flee Neo-Tokyo?

Accepted Answer

The Clowns

Question 13

How do the espers first try to kill Tetsuo at the hospital?

Accepted Answer

With hallucinations

Question 14

Which esper tells Tetsuo where Akira can be found?

Accepted Answer

Kiyoko

Question 15

Where is Akira being kept?

Accepted Answer

In cryonic storage beneath the Olympic Stadium construction site

Question 16

What number designation is given to Akira?

Accepted Answer

28

Question 17

What test subject number is Tetsuo assigned?

Accepted Answer

41

Question 18

What does Kiyoko use Kei as?

Accepted Answer

A medium to stop Tetsuo

Question 19

What does Shikishima do when Neo-Tokyo's parliament dismisses his warnings?

Accepted Answer

Stages a coup d'etat

Question 20

What is the name of the Capsules' former hangout?

Accepted Answer

Harukiya Bar

Question 21

Which of his old gangmates does Tetsuo kill at that hangout?

Accepted Answer

Yamagata

Question 22

What do Tetsuo's old gangmates confront him about there?

Accepted Answer

Kaneda's bike

Question 23

Who brings Kaneda the news of that killing?

Accepted Answer

Kai

Question 24

What does Tetsuo find when he exhumes Akira?

Accepted Answer

Akira's remains sealed in jars for research

Question 25

What weapon does Kaneda fight Tetsuo with?

Accepted Answer

A laser rifle

Question 26

What does the military's orbital weapon do to Tetsuo?

Accepted Answer

Destroys his arm

Question 27

Who is killed when Tetsuo's mutating body consumes the stadium?

Accepted Answer

Kaori

Question 28

How do the espers stop the growing mass of flesh?

Accepted Answer

They revive Akira.

Question 29

What does Akira create, drawing in both Tetsuo and Kaneda?

Accepted Answer

A singularity

Question 30

In the film's final scene, what does Tetsuo do?

Accepted Answer

Introduces himself and triggers the creation of a universe

The Ultimate Akira Trivia Quiz

2) What is the name of Kaneda's biker gang?

3) According to the film's opening, on what date was Tokyo destroyed?

4) Which rival gang do Kaneda and his crew battle in the opening chase?

5) Whose sudden appearance in the road causes Tetsuo to crash his motorcycle?

6) Which esper assists Colonel Shikishima in recapturing the child who escaped the lab?

7) Where does Kaneda first meet Kei?

8) What is Doctor Onishi's position?

9) Who was actually responsible for Tokyo's destruction in 1988?

10) Which esper warns Shikishima that Neo-Tokyo is about to be destroyed?

11) Whose motorcycle does Tetsuo steal after escaping the hospital?

12) Who ambushes Tetsuo and Kaori as they try to flee Neo-Tokyo?

13) How do the espers first try to kill Tetsuo at the hospital?

14) Which esper tells Tetsuo where Akira can be found?

15) Where is Akira being kept?

16) What number designation is given to Akira?

17) What test subject number is Tetsuo assigned?

18) What does Kiyoko use Kei as?

19) What does Shikishima do when Neo-Tokyo's parliament dismisses his warnings?

20) What is the name of the Capsules' former hangout?

21) Which of his old gangmates does Tetsuo kill at that hangout?

22) What do Tetsuo's old gangmates confront him about there?

23) Who brings Kaneda the news of that killing?

24) What does Tetsuo find when he exhumes Akira?

25) What weapon does Kaneda fight Tetsuo with?

26) What does the military's orbital weapon do to Tetsuo?

27) Who is killed when Tetsuo's mutating body consumes the stadium?

28) How do the espers stop the growing mass of flesh?

29) What does Akira create, drawing in both Tetsuo and Kaneda?

30) In the film's final scene, what does Tetsuo do?