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Akira [videorecording] /

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: 11726 | PioneerPublication details: [United States] : Pioneer Entertainment USA, 2001.Edition: The special edition WidescreenDescription: 2 videodiscs (124 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inSubject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • PN1997
Production credits:
  • 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.Summary: 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.
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Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode
Video Recording Carleton University, AVRC SP456 - Collections Room DVD 0129 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 16050089841

Based on the graphic novel by Katsuhiro Otomo.

Videodisc release of the 1987 motion picture.

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

Soundtracks in English or Japanese ; with English subtitles.

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