Akira
Akira Studio / Tokyo Movie Shinsha / Pioneer Entertainment (1988)
Action, Animation, Anime, Science Fiction
In Collection
#57
0*
Seen ItNo
013023153899
124 mins United States
DVD    R
Skip Stellrecht Additional Voices (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version) (as Henry Douglas Grey)
Stanley Gurd Jr. Tetsuo, Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Lex Lang Additional Voices (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version)
Steve Kramer Ryu (Streamline version 1989) (voice: English version) (as Drew Thomas)
Hideyuki Umezu (voice)
Yukimasa Kishino Mitsuru Kuwata, Terrorist, Assistant, Council B (voice)
Paul St. Peter Interrogator #2 (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version) (as George C. Cole)
Mitsuo Iwata Shôtarô Kaneda (voice)
Mizuho Suzuki Doctor Ônishi (voice)
Tony Oliver Police Car Driver (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version)
Kirk Thornton Additional Voices (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version) (as Sparky Thornton)
Ethan Murray Additional Voices (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version)
Wendee Lee Kei (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version)
Tony Pope Additional Voices (Streamline version 1989) (voice: English version) (as Tony Mozdy)
Kôzô Shioya Follower of Miyako (voice)
Doug Stone Council Member (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version)
Director
Katsuhiro Ôtomo

In 1988, the landmark Anime film AKIRA, by director Katsuhiro Otomo, defined the cutting edge of Anime around the world. By today's standards, AKIRA remains a landmark achievement in cel animation and retains the explosive impact of its highly detailed animation and its intensely violent saga of power and corruption. Pioneer Entertainment proudly presents this classic film, completely restored and digitally re-mastered.Childhood friends Tetsuo and Kaneda's motorcycle gang encounters a military operation to retrieve an escaped experimental subject. The military captures Tetsuo and conducts experiments on him that unleash his latent psychic ability, but when these new powers rage out of control, Tetsuo lashes out at the world that has oppressed him!
Edition Details
Screen Ratio 1.78:1
Subtitles English
Audio Tracks English Dolby Digital 5.1
Japanese Dolby Digital 5.1
No. of Discs/Tapes 1
Personal Details

Features
• Digitally Remastered Picture• New English Dialog• Capsule Option - English Translation of Graffiti• Scene Access