Product Information
It's 2019 and the world lies on the brink of destruction. Tokyo fills with rioting crowds and violence.Product Identifiers
ProducerSawako Noma, Shunzo Kato, Katsuhiro Otomo, Ryohei Suzuki
EAN5022366201247
eBay Product ID (ePID)3951408
Product Key Features
Film/TV TitleAkira- (Ultimate Collection)
FormatDVD
LanguageJapanese
Release Year2003
Run Time300 Mins
GenreGeneral, Action & Adventure
Additional Product Features
Certificate15
Number of Discs2
Country/Region of ManufactureJapan
ReviewsNew York Times - ...A phenomenal work of animation with all the hallmarks of an instant cult classic...
AuthorKatsuhiro Otomo
Additional InformationA landmark film that introduced much of the Western world to modern anime, AKIRA is a marvel of modern animation. Based on Katsuhiro Otomo's 2,000 page manga, AKIRA begins on July 16, 1988, when what was believed to be an atomic bomb was dropped on Tokyo, completely destroying the city and marking the beginning of WWIII. Thirty-one years later, Neo-Tokyo has sprung from the ruins of the old city and is experiencing a prolonged period of civil unrest caused by student uprisings, political instability, and, most destructively, biker gangs. One of the members of these biker gangs, Tetsuo, is detained by the military after a near accident with a strange young boy. After recognising innate psychic ability in him, the military begins using Tetsuo as a test subject to channel Akira, a source of unimaginable power and the cause of the explosion that destroyed the original Tokyo. However, the military's plan backfires, and instead of locating the source of Akira's power, Tetsuo becomes a medium for it. Endowed with incredible psychic powers that make every one of his destructive impulses a reality, Tetsuo begins to go on a rampage that threatens to completely annihilate Neo Tokyo. Combining a complex science-fiction universe with intricately detailed animation and phantasmagoric images, AKIRA is a stunning visual experience and a disturbing vision of the future.
Movie/TV TitleAkira - (Ultimate Collection)