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Akira [videorecording] / - The special edition Widescreen - [United States] : Pioneer Entertainment USA, 2001. - 2 videodiscs (124 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Based on the graphic novel by Katsuhiro Otomo. Videodisc release of the 1987 motion picture.

Character design by Katsuhiro Otomo ; English adaptation by Michael Haller ; chief animator, Takashi Nakamura ; special effects artist, Takashi Maekawa. Character design by Katsuhiro Otomo ; English adaptation by Michael Haller ; chief animator, Takashi Nakamura ; special effects artist, Takashi Maekawa.

Voices: Mitsuo Iwata, Nozomu Sasaki, Mami Koyama, Tetsusho Genda, Hiroshi Otake, Koichi Kitamura ; English voices: Johnny Yong Bosch, Joshua Seth, Wendee Lee.

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.


DVD; Dolby digital 5.1 surround (English) and 5.1 DTS (Japanese).


Soundtracks in English or Japanese ; with English subtitles.

Standard No.: 013023172692

Publisher. No.: 11726 Pioneer

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Motorcyclists--Japan--Tokyo--Drama.
Twenty-first century--Drama.
Animated films.
Feature films.
Science fiction films.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Tokyo (Japan)--Drama.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Drama.
Video recordings.

LC Class. No.: PN1997