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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! DVD Features: • Digitally Remastered Picture • New English Dialogue • New English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround • Original Japanese Dolby Surround • English Subtitles • Anamorphic 16:9 Widescreen (1.78:1 Aspect Ratio) • Capsule Option - English translation of graffiti • Scene Access • THX Optimizer • THX Certified Presented by: Pioneer Entertainment Based on the graphic novel: "AKIRA" By: Katsuhiro Otomo First published by: "Young Magazine", Kodansha, Ltd. Executive producer: Sawako Noma Produced by: Ryohei Suzuki, Shunzo Kato Director: Katsuhiro Otomo Screenplay by: Katsuhiro Otomo, Izo Hashimoto Chief animator: Takashi Nakamura Art director: Toshiharu Mizutani Director of photography: Katsuji Misawa Sound Recording director: Susumu Aketagawa Musical director: Shoji Yamashiro Supervision sound / recording engineer: Tetsuo Segawa Sound effect supervisor: Shizuo Kurahashi Editor: Takeshi Seyama Assistant to chief animator: Koji Morimoto Animation directors: Yoshio Takeuchi, Hiroaki Sato Associate producer: Yoshimasa Mizuo Production coordinator: Ken Tsunoda Production manager: Yoichi Ikeda, Takahisa Yokomizo Region: 1 Restricted. Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Rated R for graphic violence and brief nudity. Dolby Digital® THX® Digitally Mastered Digitally Remastered and English Cersion, 2001 Produced by: Pioneer Entertainment (USA) Inc. In association with ZRO Limit Productions & Animaze., Inc. "AKIRA" is presented in a "letterbox" widescreen format preserving the 1.78:1 aspect ratio of its original theatrical exhibition. Enhanced for 16:9 television. Running time: 124 min. Dolby and the Double D symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation. THX is registered trademark of LucasFilm, Ltd. All rights reserved. Produced by: Akira Committee / Kodansha © 1987 Akira Committee Licensed by Kodansha, Ltd. FBI: Warning: Federal law provides severe civil and criminal penalties for the unauthorized reproduction, distribution or exhibition of copyrighted motion pictures and video tapes. (Title 17, United States Code, Sections 501 and 506). The Federal Bureau of Investigation investigates allegations of criminal copyright infringement, (Title 17, United States Code, Section 506). |
