Edition |
Widescreen. |
Description |
1 videodisc (124 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
System Details |
DVD; Dolby digital 5.1 surround (English) and 5.1 DTS (Japanese). |
Performer |
Voices: Mitsuo Iwata, Nozomu Sasaki, Mami Koyama, Tetsusho Genda, Hiroshi Otake, Koichi Kitamura ; English voices: Johnny Yong Bosch, Joshua Seth, Wendee Lee. |
Credits |
Character design by Katsuhiro Otomo ; English adaptation by Michael Haller ; chief animator, Takashi Nakamura ; special effects artist, Takashi Maekawa. |
Note |
Based on the graphic novel by Katsuhiro Otomo. |
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Videodisc release of the 1987 motion picture. |
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. |
Language |
Soundtracks in English or Japanese ; with English subtitles. |
Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
Subject |
Motorcyclists -- Japan -- Tokyo -- Drama.
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Twenty-first century -- Drama.
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Tokyo (Japan) -- Drama.
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Animated films.
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Feature films.
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Foreign films.
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Science fiction films.
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Added Author |
Ōtomo, Katsuhiro, 1954- Director. Screenwriter.
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Hashimoto, Izō. Screenwriter.
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Suzuki, Ryōhei, 1936- Producer.
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Katō, Shunzō. Producer.
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Iwata, Mitsuo, 1967-
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Sasaki, Nozomu, 1967-
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Koyami, Mami, 1955-
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Ōtomo, Katsuhiro, 1954-
Akira.
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Pioneer Entertainment (USA)
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Standard No. |
013023172692 |
Music No. |
11726 Pioneer |
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