Akira R
Neo-Tokyo is about to E.X.P.L.O.D.E.

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DVD Features:
- Rated: R
- Run Time: 2 hours, 4 minutes
- Video: Color
- Released: November 12, 2013
- Originally Released: 1988
- Label: Funimation Prod
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Note: The 25th anniversary edition includes all three audio tracks: the remastered Japanese (2009), the original english (1988), & the remastered english (2001).
- Extras include:
- Original trailers
- Original commercials
- U.S. trailer (2013)
- Trailers
- Aspect Ratio: Widescreen
- Audio:
- Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo - English, Japanese
- Dolby Digital 5.1 - English, Japanese
- Subtitles - English
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Directed by | Katsuhiro Ôtomo | |
Edited by | Takeshi Seyama | |
Produced by | Katsuhiro Ôtomo, Ryohei Suzuki, Shunzo Kato & Sawako Noma |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 8/10 --
Handsome and preposterously ambitious, and even its worst narrative missteps are a factor of that ambition.
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Antagony & Ecstasy
Rating: 9.5/10 --
It's dark and violent but, because it is so creative, it is a really fun experience. It's like Inception but way more trippy!
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Rotoscopers
Rating: 2/4 --
Pounding away, it becomes monotonous.
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Chicago Tribune
Rating: 5/5 --
It continues to show the best of the genre, almost 30 years later. It would be sacrilegious to give a different rating from PERFECT to AKIRA. [Full review in Spanish]
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Cine Premiere
Rating: 5/5 --
Style and substance run neck and neck in this thrilling, bold landmark film that just refuses to become dated.
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Guardian
Grade-school violence freaks may find a few kicks here, but even they may have trouble coping with this ugly movie's ending about eight separate times.
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Chicago Reader
...The film itself is well worth revisiting, if only to admire how well it stands up next to more recent genre classics such as METROPOLIS and SPIRITED AWAY...
Sight and Sound
Product Description:
A landmark film that introduced much of the Western world to modern animé, AKIRA is a marvel of modern animation. Based on Katsuhiro Otomo's 2,000 page manga, AKIRA begins on July 16, 1988, when what was believed to be an atomic bomb was dropped on Tokyo, completely destroying the city and marking the beginning of WWIII. Thirty-one years later, Neo-Tokyo has sprung from the ruins of the old city and is experiencing a prolonged period of civil unrest caused by student uprisings, political instability, and, most destructively, biker gangs. One of the members of these biker gangs, Tetsuo, is detained by the military after a near accident with a strange young boy. After recognizing innate psychic ability in him, the military begins using Tetsuo as a test subject to channel Akira, a source of unimaginable power and the cause of the explosion that destroyed the original Tokyo. However, the military's plan backfires, and instead of locating the source of Akira's power, Tetsuo becomes a medium for it. Endowed with incredible psychic powers that make every one of his destructive impulses a reality, Tetsuo begins to go on a rampage that threatens to completely annihilate Neo Tokyo. Combining a complex science-fiction universe with intricately detailed animation and phantasmagoric images, AKIRA is a stunning visual experience and a disturbing vision of the future.
Plot Synopsis:
In this landmark classic of Japanese animation, a race of children with special powers is being used by the government -- following the nuclear devastation of a world war.
Keywords:
Action
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Adventure
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Animation
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Big Battles
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Classic
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Fantasy
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Live-Action
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Psychic Forces
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Science-Fiction
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Epic
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Recommended
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Theatrical Release
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Anime
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1980s
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Essential Cinema
Production Notes:
- Original theatrical release: July 16, 1988 (Japan).
- Copyright 1989 Akira Committee.
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Product Info
- Sales Rank: 20,238
- UPC: 704400094194
- Shipping Weight: 0.21/lbs (approx)
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