Akira (Steelbook) - 4K Blu-Ray [4K Ultra HD Blu-ray]

A cyber agent must stop a potent form of artificial intelligence before it can reach human form. Animated.

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 sonic 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?

This groundbreaking anime cyberpunk saga is set in the post-WWIII metropolis of Neo-Tokyo. The labyrinthine plot revolves around a secret government project, an underground resistance group, motorcycle-riding punks, psychic assassins, and the mysterious InchAkira.Inch Katsuhiro Otomo directed the violent, senses-shattering tale, based on his manga creation. Special edition includes the 1988 and 2001 English-dubbed soundtracks. 129 min. Widescreen; Soundtracks Japanese Dolby TrueHD stereo, English Dolby TrueHD 5.1; Subtitles English; featurettes; interview; storyboards; theatrical trailers; TV spots; more. In Japanese with English subtitles/Dubbed in English. Two-disc set.