Akira
2013
Blu-ray
Clandestine army activities threaten the war-torn city of Neo-Tokyo when a mysterious being with powerful psychic abilities escapes his prison and inadvertently draws a violent motorcycle gang into a heinous web of experimentation. As a result, a biker with a twisted mind embarks on a path of war, seeking revenge against a society that once called him weak.
Item Details
Edition: Twenty-fifth anniversary edition.
Description:
- 1 videodisc (124 minutes) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 inches
- polychrome
- digital optical surround Dolby TrueHD 5.1, 2.0
- video file Blu-ray video region A
Target Audience Note:
- Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.
- MPAA rating: R.
Notes:
- Title from container.
- Includes 3 audio tracks: Japanese 5.1 surround; English stereo from 1988; English 5.1 surround from 2001.
- Originally produced as a motion picture in 1988.
- Special features include: Akira sound clip (1988); Music for Akira, director interview; Storyboard collection; The writing on the wall; Original trailers; Original commercials; Restoring Akira; Glossary; U.S. 2013 trailer; trailers.
- Director of photography, Katsuji Misawa ; editor, Takeshi Seyama.
- Nozomu Sasaki, Mami Koyama, Mitsuo Iwata. English cast: Johnny Yong Bosch, Jan Rabson, Wendee Lee.
- Blu-ray disc (requires Blu-ray player for playback) ; anamorphic widescreen format (16x9 aspect ratio) ; Dolby TrueHD 5.1, 2.0.
- For private home use only.
- English or Japanese dialogue with optional English subtitles.
Control Number: 2870646
UPC: 704400094187
Publisher: Flower Mound, TX : Funimation, 2013.Subjects:
- Human experimentation in medicine -- Japan -- Tokyo -- Fiction.
- Juvenile delinquents -- Japan -- Tokyo -- Fiction.
- Mental illness -- Japan -- Tokyo -- Fiction.
- Motorcycle racing -- Japan -- Tokyo -- Fiction.
- Motorcycling accidents -- Japan -- Tokyo -- Fiction.
- Psychics -- Japan -- Tokyo -- Fiction.
- Research institutes -- Japan -- Tokyo -- Fiction.
Genre:
Other Authors:
- Akira Committee (Firm), production company.
- Bosch, Johnny Yong, voice actor.
- FUNimation Entertainment (Firm), film distributor.
- Hashimoto, Izò„, screenwriter.
- Iwata, Mitsuo, 1967- voice actor.
- Katò„, Shunzò„, film producer.
- Koyama, Mami, voice actor.
- Lee, Wendee, 1955- voice actor.
- Misawa, Katsuji, director of photography.
- Ò„tomo, Katsuhiro, 1954- film director, screenwriter.
- Robson, Jan, voice actor.
- Sasaki, Nozomu, 1967- voice actor.
- Seyama, Takeshi, director of photography.
- Suzuki, Ryokei, film producer.