Cast
- Richard Thomas – Shad, a young Akira farmer who looks for mercenaries to save his people.
- Robert Vaughn – Gelt, an experienced assassin with a price on his head looking for a place to hide. Vaughn played Lee in The Magnificent Seven, who is essentially the same character as Gelt.
- John Saxon – Sador, leader of the evil Malmori raiders. Very old, keeps himself alive using transplants to renew his body. His character is similar to the character of Calvera from The Magnificent Seven.
- George Peppard – Space Cowboy, the only character from Earth, who has many one liners and becomes Shad's good friend. George Peppard was originally considered to play Vin, Steve McQueen's character, in The Magnificent Seven.
- Darlanne Fluegel – Nanelia, Dr. Hephaestus' beautiful daughter and Shad's love interest.
- Sybil Danning – Saint-Exmin, a Valkyrie warrior looking to prove herself in battle.
- Sam Jaffe – Dr. Hephaestus, an old man on life support who wants his grandchildren to inhabit his space station.
- Jeff Corey – Zed, a blind old Akira who used to be a warrior. Former pilot of Nell.
- Morgan Woodward – Cayman of the Lambda Zone, a Zymer and slaver who has a score to settle with Sador for destroying his species.
- Marta Kristen – Lux, an Akira who works the early warning system and starts a relationship with Space Cowboy.
- Earl Boen – Nestor 1, usually speaks for the five clones.
- John Gowens – Nestor 2.
- Lynn Carlin – Nell (voice) computer of Shad's ship, protective of the kid, who she thinks is "wet behind the ears".
- Larry Meyers – Kelvin 1, one of Cayman's crew, communicates by radiating body heat.
- Lara Cody – Kelvin 2.
- Steve Davis – Quepeg.
- Julia Duffy – Mol, an Akira woman who is kidnapped by the Malmori.
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