Content & Trigger Warnings for Akira (1988)
10 content warnings identified for this movie.
Quick Summary
Yes, Akira (1988) contains 10 content warnings : Forced institutionalization, War / combat, Blood / medical gore, Body horror, Flashing lights / strobing (epilepsy risk), Drug use (depicted), Child abuse / harm to children, Gore / graphic violence, Gun violence, Torture.
The most severe warnings are for Forced institutionalization (severity 4/5), Blood / medical gore (severity 5/5), Body horror (severity 5/5), Gore / graphic violence (severity 5/5), Gun violence (severity 4/5).
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| Warning | Severity | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mental Health & Emotional | |||
| Forced institutionalization | 4/5 | Depicted | Children are held in a secret government facility and subjected to military experiments against their will |
| Other | |||
| War / combat | 3/5 | Depicted | Military operations and urban warfare |
| Phobias & Sensory | |||
| Blood / medical gore | 5/5 | Depicted | Extensive scenes of blood and graphic body transformation, including Tetsuo's body mutating in highly visceral ways |
| Body horror | 5/5 | Depicted | Horrific bodily mutations and transformations are central to the plot |
| Flashing lights / strobing (epilepsy risk) | 3/5 | Depicted | Intense flashing and strobe effects in psychic power sequences |
| Substance Use | |||
| Drug use (depicted) | 3/5 | Depicted | Drug use among teenage characters |
| Violence & Physical Harm | |||
| Child abuse / harm to children | 3/5 | Depicted | Children are subjected to government experiments |
| Gore / graphic violence | 5/5 | Depicted | Extremely graphic animated violence with dismemberment, mutilation, and body explosion |
| Gun violence | 4/5 | Depicted | Military weapons, laser weapons, and shootouts throughout |
| Torture | 2/5 | Depicted | Government experimentation on subjects |
Mental Health & Emotional
Children are held in a secret government facility and subjected to military experiments against their will
Other
Phobias & Sensory
Extensive scenes of blood and graphic body transformation, including Tetsuo's body mutating in highly visceral ways
Intense flashing and strobe effects in psychic power sequences
Substance Use
Violence & Physical Harm
Extremely graphic animated violence with dismemberment, mutilation, and body explosion
