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Akira: Movie (Blu-ray/DVD Combo)

Johnny Yong Bosch (Actor), Jan Rabson (Actor), Katsuhiro Otomo (Director) Rated:

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November 12, 2013

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25th Anniversary Edition

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Genre	Anime & Manga
Format	Multiple Formats, Animated, Blu-ray, Widescreen, Color, NTSC
Contributor	Katsuhiro Otomo, Johnny Yong Bosch, Jan Rabson, Wendee Lee
Language	English, Japanese
Runtime	2 hours and 4 minutes

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Neo-Tokyo is about to explode!

"Style and substance run neck and neck in this thrilling, bold landmark film that just refuses to become dated." - The Guardian

"Accept no substitutes; 23 years on, Akira is still the genre's crowning achievement." - Total Film

"A phenomenal work of animation with all the hallmarks of an instant cult classic." - New York Times

"Easily the most breathtaking and kinetic anime ever made." - Village Voice

Product Description

Neo-Tokyo is about to E X P L O D E!

Akira isn’t just a movie – it’s the genesis of a genre. Katsuhiro Otomo’s landmark cyberpunk classic obliterated the boundaries of Japanese animation and forced the world to look into the future. Akira’s arrival shattered traditional thinking, creating space for movies like the The Matrix to be dreamed into brutal reality. Without Kaneda and Tetsuo, without espers and psionic assassins, without that badass motorcycle – our world would be a far less exciting place to exist. But the manga became the movie and the movie became a phenomenon and the world took notice. Now, Akira is everywhere. If you can’t see it in the streets – if you can’t feel it crawling around inside your brain – then you have yet to be initiated. What. Are. You. Waiting. For?

• Listen How You Want: The 25th Anniversary release of Akira features both English dubs that have occurred since 1988, letting you choose the track that’s best for you.

• An Audiophiles Dream: Includes the “Hypersonic” 24-Bit, 192kHz Dolby TrueHD remaster of the original Japanese audio track.

• Exploding with Extras: Packed with over 120 minutes of on-disc extra features; including the “Restoring Akira” documentary and original storyboards for the anime.

Product details

Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 1.78:1
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ R (Restricted)
Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 2.82 Ounces
Audio Description: ‏ : ‎ English
Item model number ‏ : ‎ 28935078
Director ‏ : ‎ Katsuhiro Otomo
Media Format ‏ : ‎ Multiple Formats, Blu-ray, Color, Animated, NTSC, Widescreen
Run time ‏ : ‎ 2 hours and 4 minutes
Release date ‏ : ‎ November 12, 2013
Actors ‏ : ‎ Johnny Yong Bosch, Jan Rabson, Wendee Lee
Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English
Language ‏ : ‎ English (Dolby Digital 2.0)
Studio ‏ : ‎ Funimation Prod
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00ENNA62W
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 2

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Happy

This is the edition you want.

Reviewed in the United States on August 7, 2023

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This is the best version you can get (easily), mainly because you get your choice of audio/script/voiceover - you can choose, Japanese, the goofy 1980's original dub, or the newer dub with Vash the Stampede's voice actor. Plus having the 780p DVD so you can watch it in fuzz-o-vision is crucial.

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Darren

Has the 1988 Streamline dub

Reviewed in the United States on August 10, 2023

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Looks great. Packaging came clean and new. It has both of the dubs. This means the 1988 Streamline dub and the 2001 Pioneer dub. Mine has both dubs for the DVD and Blu-ray.

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Connie Miller

Anime classic movies

Reviewed in the United States on July 1, 2023

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Can't give you any opinions, I bought it for a friend's birthday.

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Kurgan

A Masterpiece - never looked and sounded better

Reviewed in the United States on July 2, 2021

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I've seen this movie a couple of times before on DVD and seeing it finally in high definition I fell in love with it all over again. Yes, it's a long, bizarre, dark and gritty vision of the (then) future. Yes, we are approaching the real 2020 Tokyo Olympics (a year late because of the pandemic), so let's hope no teenagers blow up into giant blobs after trying to kill everybody. This cartoon is definitely not for kids, having quite a bit of blood, brutality and some nudity. This is a the mature blockbuster that shocked the Western world into the knowledge that Japanese Anime had come into its own.

The artwork is incredible (and the style has thankfully not been copied much, although fans of Dragonball Z will see clearly the inspiration their shows have taken), with fluid animation and lifelike, frightening images of destruction and illusion come to life. The troubled characters try to live within the bizarre nightmare world in which they are placed. The story follows a couple of young men caught up in a government scheme to bring about a psychic super-being: a human weapon that cannot be controlled, a warning about tampering with the mind and doomsday weaponry as well as the loss of innocence and cheapening of human life when overwhelmed by technology, greed and the lust for power. It's a thrill ride that inspired many later on down the line besides Dragonball, but also the Matrix and Blade-Runner. Sci Fi fans will recognize inspiration taken from the Star Wars movies and Tron, and video game fans of the early 90's will see images shown here (Turtles in Time for one). Next to the works of Studio Ghibli, this is probably the best example of big budget anime as mature entertainment one can find (mature as in 'not just for kids').

Package includes the DVD version as well as the Blu-ray, extras and you can listen to it with or without subtitles and have the choice of original Japanese language or two different English tracks (from the 80's and a new one done in 2001). This is worth it for collectors of the genre not just fans of the movie.

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Finally the original Akira I love!!!

Reviewed in the United States on August 3, 2020

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Akira has been one of my top 5 movies of all time for a while. I have watched it numerous times over the past 20 years. I first found out about it when I was reading a metal magazine and Dave Mustaine had an Akira t-shirt - I figured it must be cool, and since purchasing it on VHS I have loved it.

However, after I got a DVD player, I bought the DVD version and was completely disappointed. The English on the original version was dubbed, for sure, but it was done with style - the language and story, nuances and emotion, all represented the story and its depth. The new dubbing was amateur and seemed cheap, and definitely took away not only the story but bumped Akira down from being a favorite. Some examples include the use of profanity when it wasn't necessary, and the use of various cliches which didn't even relate to the story, plot, scene, or tone. I bought another one on Blu-ray, hoping it would be better, and it wasn't.

But this one is it! It allows you to select the audio as the original 1988 english dubbing (not the default), which is something I have been hoping for for years. Decades even. Sad that it took this long, but better late than never.

The version I'm talking about it the one with Kaneda walking towards his bike from above, with "25th anniversary edition" above the Akira logo on the bottom, "Blu ray + dvd combo pack" on the top in the blue banner, and "Funimation" on the lower right hand corner of the title.

Finally... so happy I can share this with others now without being embarrassed about the terrible dubbing quality.

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