Akira: Special Edition
DVD - 2 Disc Set - Wide Screen / Dolby 5.1 Learn more
- DVD Release Date: 07/24/2001
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Features
Disc One: New English translation and dub; HD-5 high-definition mastering with digital restoration; hidden frames accessible through a new selectable feature; THX-ceritifed sound; remixed Dolby digital AC-3 Surround Sound; English and Japanese language tracks; English subtitles. Disc Two: The Making of Akira documentary; The Making of the Akira Soundtrack documentary; a documentary of the restoration process; archival interview with the director; storyboards, key drawings, and character designs; theatrical trailers, teaser and TV spots; Akira Glossary A-Z.
Full Product DetailsScene Index
Disc #1- The Feature
0. Scenes
1. 2019 Neo Tokyo [1:05]
2. Back Street [:33]
3. Joker [1:17]
4. No.26 Takashi [:06]
5. Chase [2:20]
6. Tetsuo vs.Clown [1:33]
7. Interrogation [:12]
8. Colonel's Office [3:22]
9. Vocational School [:52]
10. Clown's Revenge [:13]
11. Illusion [:32]
12. Terrorist Bombing [4:36]
13. Tetsuo's Memory [:05]
14. Control Room [:03]
15. Terrorist's Hideout [:03]
16. Supreme Executives [:49]
17. Invasion [:18]
18. Battle In A Sewer [2:28]
19. To The Baby Room [3:07]
20. Locating Tetsuo [:33]
21. Tetsuo Files [2:26]
22. Haruki-Ya [:04]
23. In Prison [:08]
24. Ready for Battle [:21]
25. Nezu's Mansion [:13]
26. Nezu's Demise [1:38]
27. Olympic Stadium [:04]
28. Frozen Capsule [:56]
29. Sol [1:59]
30. Momentary Break [:40]
31. Stadium Showdown [:44]
32. Tetsuo's Mutation [:32]
33. Akira,Resurrected [1:13]
34. Memories [:21]
35. Destruction [2:31]
36. Return Of Kaneda [3:08]
Editorial Reviews
When Katsuhiro Otomo's landmark sci-fi anime feature Akira arrived in U.S. theaters in 1988, fans and newbies alike came, saw, and often walked away with mixed emotions. Which is why Pioneer's wonderful 2001 reissue of the film, which brought clarity to various cloudy narrative issues, is such a welcome addition to the library. Upon that initial release, there was no missing that Akira was an animated work of unrivaled power; its Neo-Tokyo cityscape a media-rich, neon-lit labyrinth of plastic, glass, and concrete. Set 31 years after World War III, it was a dystopia where pill-popping tribes zipped around town on tricked-out motorbikes -- a vision destined to be regarded as the stylistic ground zero for sci-fi films yet to come. (You can bet your Matrix action figures that the Wachowski brothers are fans.) Yet, Akira's story seemed vague and unfocused when compared to the version that was familiar from Otomo's original graphic novel. The English-speaking audience could only presume that the narrative holes were a result of style over substance, and had to be content with the fact that the style was breathtaking enough to forgive substantive shortcomings. The 2001 re-release of Akira restores focus and clarity in more ways than one. The new, high-definition transfer, produced by using the original negative, captures Neo-Tokyo's postapocalyptic luster. And the new English translation and dub, far more faithful to Otomo's original text, reveals Akira's symbolic genesis in Japan's political zeitgeist. It is an epic conflict between youth and age, chaos and control, personified by two childhood friends, Tetsuo and Kaneda. Patrick Macias, Barnes & Noble
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