Akira (1987)
Front Cover Actor Back Cover
Mitsuo Iwata Shôtarô Kaneda (voice)
Nozomu Sasaki Tetsuo Shima (voice)
Mami Koyama Kei (voice)
Tesshô Genda Ryûsaku (voice)
Hiroshi Ôtake Nezu (voice)
Kôichi Kitamura Priestess Miyako, Council A (voice)
Michihiro Ikemizu Inspector, Council I (voice)
Yuriko Fuchizaki Kaori (voice)
Masaaki Ôkura Yamagata (voice)
Tarô Arakawa Eiichi Watanabe, Council G, Army (voice)
Movie Details
Genre Adventure; Animation; Action; Sci-Fi; Thriller
Director Katsuhiro Otomo; Katsuhiro Ôtomo
Writer Katsuhiro Ôtomo
Studio Pioneer Studios
Language English
Audience Rating R
Running Time 2 hr 4 mins
Country USA
Color Color
Plot
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!
Personal Details
On Location Yes
Index 13
In Collection Yes
Location Spindle 3
Product Details
Format Divx / Xvid
Chapters 36
Release Date 7/24/2001
Number of Cds 1
Links
Internet Movie Database