Akira  [videorecording] / 
Pioneer ; presented by Pioneer Entertainment (USA) Inc. ; Akira Committee production ; written and directed by Katsuhiro Otomo ; producers, Ryohei Suzuki, Shunzo Kato ; screenplay, Katsuhiro Otomo, Izo Hashimoto, Shoji Yamashiro. 
 - Special ed. 
 - [United States] :  Pioneer Entertainment (USA) Inc.,  [2001] 
 - 2 videodiscs (124 min.) :  sd., col. ;  4 3/4 in. 
<br/><br/> Originally released as a motion picture in 1987 ; Digitally remastered and English version released in 2001.  Based on the graphic novel by åOtomo Katsuhiro, first published by "Young Magazine," Kodansha Ltd.  Special features: capsule option (English translation of graffiti) ; Akira production report ; interview with Katsuhiro Otomo ; stills of production materials and Akira glossary ; interviews with restoration staff ; original teasers and trailers. 
<br/><br/>Disc 1. Akira -- Disc 2. Bonus materials. 
<br/><br/>Music, Yamashiro Shåoji ; [Digitally remastered and English version. 2001] Producers, Tsukamoto Hiroe, Maseba Yutaka, Kanesaku Haruo ; director, Kevin Seymour ; screenplay & supervision, Kevin Seymour, Heidi Wilbur.  Music, Yamashiro Shåoji ; [Digitally remastered and English version. 2001] Producers, Tsukamoto Hiroe, Maseba Yutaka, Kanesaku Haruo ; director, Kevin Seymour ; screenplay & supervision, Kevin Seymour, Heidi Wilbur. 
<br/><br/>Iwata Mitsuo, Sasaki Nozomu, Koyama Mami. [English voiceover] Johnny Yong Bosch, Joshua Seth, Wendee Lee. 
<br/><br/> A powerful psychic force known only as Akira resurfaces in Neo-Tokyo in the 21st century. Tetsuo, a young, inexperienced motorcycle biker driven beyond the boundaries of sanity by the power of Akira, is forced to conjure up demons laying dormant within his subconscious. 
<br/><br/> MPAA rating: R. 
<br/><br/><br/>DVD, region 1; anamorphic widescreen (1.78:1) presentation. 
<br/><br/><br/>English (5.1 surround) or Japanese (2.0 surround) language soundtracks with optional subtitles in English. 
<br/><br/><label>Publisher. No.: </label>11568  Pioneer Entertainment (USA) Inc. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Motorcyclists--Japan--Tokyo--Drama.<br/>Twenty-first century--Drama.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Tokyo (Japan)--Drama.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Baikåa  Nihon  Tåokyåo  Dorama 
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Feature films--Japan.<br/>Animated films--Japan.<br/>Science fiction films--Japan.<br/>Motion pictures--Japan.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>CM DVD 01053 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>791.43/72