Akira (2001)
Special Edition

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Basic information
Actors and Characters
Mitsuo Iwata- Shôtarô Kaneda (voice)
Nozomu Sasaki- Tetsuo Shima (voice)
Mami Koyama- Kei (voice)
Tesshô Genda- Ryûsaku (voice)
Hiroshi Ôtake- Nezu (voice)
Kôichi Kitamura- Priestess Miyako, Council A (voice)
Michihiro Ikemizu- Inspector, Council I (voice)
Yuriko Fuchizaki- Kaori (voice)
Masaaki Ôkura- Yamagata (voice)
Tarô Arakawa- Eiichi Watanabe, Council G, Army (voice)
Ratings
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IMDB 7.7
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Academy Awards
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Movie Details
General Details
Genre Animation
Director Katsuhiro Otomo
Writer Izo Hashimoto; Katsuhiro Otomo
Studio Pioneer Studios
Language Japanese
MPAA Rating R
Run Time 124 mins
Country Japan
Technical Details
Screen Ratio Widescreen 1.78:1 Color (Anamorphic)
Layers Single Side, Dual Layer
Audio Tracks ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1
JAPANESE: Dolby Digital Surround
Subtitles English
DVD Date 7/24/2001
Discs 2
Library Index A05:079
Plot
The Masterpiece Returns!

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!
Additional Information
Extra Features
Disc One 1: The Feature
  • Capsule Option - English translation of graffiti
  • Scene Access
  • THX Optimizer
  • THX Certified

Disc 2: Bonus Material
  • Akira Production Report
  • Akira Sound Clip by Geinoh Yamashiro Gumi
  • Interview of Director Katsuhiro Otomo
  • Over 4,500 Stills of Akira Glossary
  • Original Teasers and Trailers
  • Interviews of Restoration Staff
External Resources
IMDB: Akira
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