Akira

  • Original title:Akira
  • Genres:Anime
  • Type:DVD
  • Barcode:013023153899
  • Prod. Year:2001
  • DVD Release:7-24-2001
  • Runtime:124 min
  • Video Std.:NTSC
  • Aspect Ratio:1.78:1
  • Discs: Single Sided
  • Audio: English, Dolby Digital  English, Dolby Digital
    Japanese, Dolby Digital  Japanese, Dolby Digital
  • Subtitles: English  English

Movie Description

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 the pinnacle of cel animation and retains the explosive impact of its highly detailed animation and its intensely violent saga of power and corruption.

Neo-Tokyo has risen from the ashes of World War III to become a dark and dangerous megalopolis infested with gangs and terrorists. The government seethes with corruption and only maintains a token control over the powerful military that prevents total chaos and hides the secrets of the past. Childhood friends Tetsuo and Kaneda plunge into Neo-Tokyo's darkest secret when their motorcycle gang encounters a military operation to retrieve an escaped experimental subject. Tetsuo, captured by the military, is subjected to experiments that make him a powerful psychic, but, unfortunately for Neo-Tokyo, Tetsuo's powers rage out of control and he lashes out at the world that has oppressed him! Nothing can stop the destructive forces that Tetsuo wields except possibly the last boy to destroy Tokyo.

Director

  •   Katsuhiro Ôtomo

Cast

  •   Takeshi Kusao (Kai (voice))
  •   Tesshô Genda (Ryûsaku (voice))
  •   Mitsuo Iwata (Shôtarô Kaneda (voice))
  •   Nozomu Sasaki (Tetsuo Shima (voice))
  •   Mami Koyama (Kei (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))
  •   Kazumi Tanaka (Army (voice))
  •   Masayuki Katô (Engineer Sakiyama, Council D (voice))
  •   Yôsuke Akimoto (Harukiya Bartender (voice))
  •   Masato Hirano (Yûji Takeyama, Spy, Council F (voice))
  •   Yukimasa Kishino (Mitsuru Kuwata, Terrorist, Assistant, Council B (voice))
  •   Kazuhiro Kamifuji (Masaru (No. 27) (voice) (as Kazuhiro Kandô))
  •   Tatsuhiko Nakamura (Takashi (No. 26) (voice))
  •   Fukue Itô (Kiyoko (No. 25) (voice) (as Sachie Itô))
  •   Issei Futamata ( (voice))
  •   Kôzô Shioya (Follower of Miyako (voice))
  •   Sanshirô Nitta ( (voice))
  •   Hideyuki Umezu ( (voice))
  •   Satoru Inagaki ( (voice))
  •   Kayoko Fujii (Girl A (voice))
  •   Masami Toyoshima (Girl B (voice))
  •   Yuka Ôno (Girl C (voice))
  •   Tarô Ishida (Colonel Shikishima (voice))
  •   Mizuho Suzuki (Doctor Ônishi (voice))
  •   Bob Bergen (Masaru, Kai (voice: English version))
  •   Cam Clarke (Kaneda (English Version) (voice: English version) (as Jimmy Flinders))
  •   Watney Held (Additional Voices (Streamline version 1989) (voice: English version))
  •   Steve Kramer (Ryu (Streamline version 1989) (voice: English version) (as Drew Thomas))
  •   Marilyn Lane (Additional Voices (Streamline version 1989) (voice: English version))
  •   Lewis Lemay (Additional Voices (Streamline version 1989) (voice: English version))
  •   Stanley Gurd Jr. (Tetsuo, Additional Voices (voice: English version))
  •   barbara goodson (Kaori (Streamline version 1989) (voice: English version) (as Barbara Larsen))
  •   Eddie Frierson (Additional Voices (Streamline version 1989) (voice: English version) (as Christy Mathewson))
  •   Lara Cody (Kei (Streamline version 1989) (voice: English version) (as Deanna Morris))
  •   Tony Pope (Additional Voices (Streamline version 1989) (voice: English version) (as Tony Mozdy))
  •   Julie Phelan (Additional Voices (Streamline version 1989) (voice: English version))
  •   Burt Walters (Additional Voices (Streamline version 1989) (voice: English version))
  •   Bruce Winant (Additional Voices (Streamline version 1989) (voice: English version))
  •   Brad Wurst (Additional Voices (Streamline version 1989) (voice: English version))
  •   Robert Axelrod (Resistance Member (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version))
  •   William Bassett (Additional Voices (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version))
  •   Johnny Yong Bosch (Kaneda (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version))
  •   Ivan Buckley (Bartender (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version))
  •   Emily Brown (Newscaster, Nurse (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version) (as Emilie Brown))
  •   Steve Staley (Helicopter Reporter (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version) (as Steve Cannon))
  •   Paul St. Peter (Interrogator #2 (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version) (as George C. Cole))
  •   Dan Woren (Additional Voices (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version) (as Jackson Daniels))
  •   Bambi Darro (Girl In Kaneda's Gang (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version))
  •   Josil Ferhardt (Additional Voices (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version))
  •   Rebecca Forstadt (Additional Voices (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version))
  •   Sandy Fox (Kiyoko (voice: English version))
  •   Jessica Gee (Additional Voices (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version))
  •   Dougary Grant (Additional Voices (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version))
  •   Skip Stellrecht (Additional Voices (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version) (as Henry Douglas Grey))
  •   W.T. Hatch (Additional Voices (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version))
  •   Julie Anne Taylor (Additional Voices (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version) (as Jean Howard))
  •   Matthew Hustin (Additional Voices (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version))
  •   Simon Prescott (The Doctor (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version) (as Simon Isaacson))
  •   Christopher Joyce (Additional Voices (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version))
  •   Lee Kelso (Additional Voices (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version))
  •   William Knight (Additional Voices (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version) (as William Frederick Knight))
  •   Lex Lang (Additional Voices (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version))
  •   Patricia Ja Lee (Additional Voices (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version) (as Pee Jay Lee))
  •   Peter Lee (Additional Voices (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version))
  •   Wendee Lee (Kei (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version))
  •   Mike Lembaw (Additional Voices (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version))
  •   Detroit Louie (Additional Voices (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version))
  •   Steven Jay Blum (Nurse (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version) (as David Lucas))
  •   Jamieson Price (Colonel (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version))
  •   Cody MacKenzie (Additional Voices (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version))
  •   mona marshall (Additional Voices (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version))
  •   Dan Martin (Additional Voices (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version))
  •   Michael McConnohie (Additional Voices (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version))
  •   Mike Reynolds (Mr. Nezu (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version) (as Ray Michaels))
  •   Ethan Murray (Additional Voices (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version))
  •   Tony Oliver (Police Car Driver (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version))
  •   Jonathan C. Osborne (Additional Voices (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version))
  •   Guy Pinkham (Additional Voices (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version))
  •   Richard Plantagenet (Additional Voices (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version))
  •   Ted Rae (Additional Voices (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version))
  •   Joe Romersa (Additional Voices (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version))
  •   Michelle Ruff (Kaori (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version))
  •   Tony Sarducci (Additional Voices (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version))
  •   Joshua Seth (Tetsuo Shima - Animaze version 2001 (voice: English version))
  •   Adam Sholder (Additional Voices (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version))
  •   Michael Sorich (Additional Voices (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version))
  •   Peter Spellos (Council Member (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version))
  •   Doug Stone (Council Member (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version))
  •   Sam Strong (Additional Voices (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version))
  •   Jim Taggert (Additional Voices (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version))
  •   Lisa Tarulli (Additional Voices (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version))
  •   Michael Forest (Colonel's Council Connection (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version) (as Russell Thor))
  •   Chloe Thornton (Additional Voices (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version))
  •   Kirk Thornton (Additional Voices (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version) (as Sparky Thornton))
  •   Michael Lindsay (Member of Kaneda's Gang (Animaze version 2001) (voice: English version) (as Dylan Tully))
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