Description
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. Madman and
Manga Entertainment proudly present 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!
Details
Catalogue Number: MANV5004
Rating: 
Region: 4 - Suitable for Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, South America, Central America, Pacific Islands and Caribbean
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- Director: Katsuhiro Otomo
- Distributor: Madman Entertainment
- Studio: Manga Entertainment
- Feature:
- Main Menu Audio & Animation
- Trailer: 9
- Featurette: Production Report (47:52)
- Audio:
- English Dolby Digital 5.1
- English Dolby Digital 2.0
- Japanese Dolby Digital 2.0 surround-encoded
- English
- Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
- Discs: 1
- Format: PAL
- Layers: 2
- Release Year: 1987
- Running Time: 124 minutes
- Sides: 1
- Transfer Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Availabilty
Estimated despatch 5-10 days after ordering.
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