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Title Akira [(DVD) videorecording] / directed by Katsuhiro Otomo ; producer, Sawako Noma ... [et al.] ; screenwriter, Izo Hashimoto, Katsuhiro Otomo.

Edition 25th Anniversary edition.
Publication Info. Flower Mound, Texas : Funimation, [2013?]
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b1629859~S1
Location Call No. Status
 95th Street Adult DVD Fiction  F AKIRA    AVAILABLE
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Description 2 videodiscs (124 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
digital optical surround Dolby digital 5.1 rda
NTSC rda
video file DVD video Region 1 rda
Motion picture
System Details DVD; NTSC, region 1; Dolby digital 5.1 surround; aspect ratio (16:9).
Language English or Japanese dialogue; English subtitles.
Cast Nozomu Sasaki, Mami Koyama.
Note Originally produced as a motion picture in 1988.
Special features: Akira sound clip (1988); Music for Akira, director interview; Storyboard collection; The writing on the wall; Original trailers; Original commercials; Restoring Akira; Glossary; U.S. 2013 trailer; trailers.
Audience MPAA rating: R, for graphic violence and brief nudity.
Summary Clandestine army activities threaten the war-torn city of Neo-Tokyo when a mysterious being with powerful psychic abilities escapes his prison and inadvertently draws a violent motorcycle gang into a heinous web of experimentation. As a result, a biker with a twisted mind embarks on a path of war, seeking revenge against a society that once called him weak.
Subject Juvenile delinquents -- Japan -- Tokyo -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
Motorcycle racing -- Japan -- Tokyo -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
Human experimentation in medicine -- Japan -- Tokyo -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
Motorcycling accidents -- Japan -- Tokyo -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
Research institutes -- Japan -- Tokyo -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
Mental illness -- Japan -- Tokyo -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
Japan -- Tokyo -- Videodiscs.
DVD-Video discs.
Genre Science fiction films.
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Animated films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Added Author Ōtomo, Katsuhiro, 1954- film director, screenwriter.
Hashimoto, Izō, screenwriter.
Sasaki, Nozomu, 1967- actor.
Koyama, Mami, actor.
FUNimation Entertainment (Firm), film distributor.
ISBN 1421027984
Standard No. 704400094194
Music No. FN-09419 Funimation Entertainment
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