AKIRA The Cyberpunk Anime Returns on 4K Remastered Blu-Ray
Akira makes its legendary return on 4K UHD Blu-Ray on January 18, 2022, from Funimation
Funimation announces a wave of animes soon to be available on Blu-ray, including a 4k remaster of Akira. The iconic anime movie is one of the latest releases along with various titles also coming in January 2022. Fans will be able to add more of their favorite shows to their home collection in the first month of the new year.
Akira (アキラ), one of the top-rated anime films directed by Katsuhiro Otomo, is the best Japanese cyberpunk movie. It was originally made as a manga written by him and its anime movie adaption was released in 1988. The anime movie was made with the climax story exactly different from that of the manga, based on the first 3 volumes that had been published by 1988.
Akira is set in Neo Tokyo in 2019, where Tokyo is destroyed due to the outbreak of WWIII. There are two main characters in Akira: a leader of the Bosozoku group (Japanese biker gang) named Shotaro Kaneda and his childhood friend Tetsuo Shima. The story unfolds first when Tetsuo gains supernatural power after a motorcycle accident.
AKIRA Special Features Includes:
- AKIRA Sound Clip (1988)
- Music for AKIRA
- Kaneda’s Theme
- Exodus
- Ethnic Meets Hi-Tech
- Awakening
- Mutation
- Requiem
- Director Interview
- Storyboard Collection
- The Writing on the Wall
- Original Trailers
- Original Commercials
- Restoring AKIRA
- Picture
- English Voice Over
- English 5.1 Audio Mix
- Glossary
- U.S. Trailer (2013)
- Trailers
