(About this film):
Akira is a Japanese cyberpunk media franchise based on Katsuhiro Otomo's seminal manga, Akira, published from 1982 to 1990. It was adapted into a 1988 anime film and two video games. A live-action feature film has also been in development since 2000, and a new anime television series by Otomo was also announced in 2019.
(Synopsis):
Years ago, Tokyo was destroyed by an unknown force that sparked WW111. Now, in the middle of the 21st century. Now, Tokyo has been rebuilt on the ruins of the old city. Ravaged by aimless youth's and bike gangs, rife with political intrigue, cults and the undercurrents of revolution, this new city a sight to behold. Somewhere in the underbelly of the city, a young punk, Tetsuo, runs into a strange boy. The boy is part of a military experiment involving physics, and a mysterious project known as Akira. When Tetsuo begins to manifest psychic powers, along with bizarre hallucinations, he becomes a target of a shadowy government organization dedicated to stopping a repeat of the incident that destroyed the city once at any cost.
Stariing: Mitsuo Iwata, Nozomu Sasaki, Mami Koyama, Tesshô Genda, Hiroshi Ôtake
Format: Animated, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Widescreen, NTSC
Language: English, Japanese
Subtitles: English
Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Rated: R (Restricted)
Studio: Geneon [Pioneer]
Release Date: December 3, 2002
Running Time: 124 minutes
