Akira
Suzuki, Ryåohei.
Katåo, Shunzåo.
Hashimoto, Izåo.
Iwata, Mitsuo
1967-
Sasaki, Nozumu
1967-
Koyami, Mami
1955-
Yamashiro, Shoji.
Seymour, Kevin.
åOtomo, Katsuhiro
1954-
Pioneer Entertainment (USA)
moving image
videorecording
Feature films-Japan.
Animated films-Japan.
Science fiction films-Japan.
Motion pictures-Japan.
ja
United States]
Pioneer Entertainment (USA) Inc.
[2001]
2001
Special ed.
monographic
jpn
eng
eng
2 videodiscs (124 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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.
Disc 1. Akira -- Disc 2. Bonus materials.
MPAA rating: R.
adult
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.
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.
Iwata Mitsuo, Sasaki Nozomu, Koyama Mami.
[English voiceover] Johnny Yong Bosch, Joshua Seth, Wendee Lee.
DVD, region 1; anamorphic widescreen (1.78:1) presentation.
English (5.1 surround) or Japanese (2.0 surround) language soundtracks with optional subtitles in English.
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.
a-ja---
Motorcyclists
Japan
Tokyo
Drama
Twenty-first century
Drama
Tokyo (Japan)
Drama
Baikåa
Nihon
Tåokyåo
Dorama
CM DVD 01053
791.43/72
11568 Pioneer Entertainment (USA) Inc.
ZCU
010928
20230410123851.0
40057