DVD

Akira / presented by Pioneer Entertainment(USA) Inc. in association with ZRO Limit Productions ; producers, Ryohei Suzuki, Shunzo Kato ; screenplay, Katsuhiro Otomo, Izo Hashimoto ; written and directed by Katsuhiro Otomo.

Ōtomo, Katsuhiro, 1954- (Director, Screenwriter). Hashimoto, Izō. (Screenwriter). Suzuki, Ryōhei. (Producer). Katō, Shunzō. (Producer). Iwata, Mitsuo, 1967- (Added Author). Sasaki, Nozomu, 1967- (Added Author). Koyama, Mami. (Added Author). Ōtomo, Katsuhiro, 1954- Akira. (Added Author). Pioneer Entertainment (USA) (Added Author).

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.

Record details

Physical Description: 1 videodisc (124 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Edition: Widescreen.
Publisher: [Des Moins, Iowa] : Pioneer, [2001?]
Copyright: ©1987

Content descriptions

General Note:	DVD features: digitally remastered picture, new English dialogue, new English Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, original Japanese Dolby surround, English subtitles, capsule option -- English translation of graffiti, scene access, THX optimizer, THX certified. Based on the graphic novel by Katsuhiro Otomo. Videodisc release of the 1987 motion picture.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Character design by Katsuhiro Otomo ; English adaptation by Michael Haller ; chief animator, Takashi Nakamura ; special effects artist, Takashi Maekawa.
Participant or Performer Note:	Voices: Mitsuo Iwata, Nozomu Sasaki, Mami Koyama, Tetsusho Genda, Hiroshi Otake, Koichi Kitamura ; English voices: Johnny Yong Bosch, Joshua Seth, Wendee Lee.
Target Audience Note:	MPAA rating: R. 11-adult FAR.
System Details Note:	DVD; Dolby digital 5.1 surround (English) and 5.1 DTS (Japanese).
Language Note:	Soundtracks in English or Japanese ; with English subtitles.