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DVD : Akira [1991]
starring: Nozomu Sasaki, Mami Koyama, Mitsuo Iwata, Tesshô Genda, Hiroshi Ôtake
directed by: Katsuhiro Ôtomo
directed by: Katsuhiro Ôtomo
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Audience Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 0999999999993 Format: PAL Label: Manga Entertainment Manufacturer: Manga Entertainment Number Of Discs: 3 Number Of Items: 3 Publisher: Manga Entertainment Region Code: 2 Release Date: October 27, 2008 Running Time: 96 minutes Sales Rank: 61400 Studio: Manga Entertainment Theatrical Release Date: July 24, 2001 |
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Editorial Review:
Amazon.co.uk Review:
Artist-writer Katsuhiro Omoto began telling the story of Akira as a comic book series in 1982 but took a break from 1986 to 1988 to write, direct, supervise and design this animated film version. Set in 2019, the film richly imagines the new metropolis of Neo-Tokyo, which is designed from huge buildings down to the smallest details of passing vehicles or police uniforms. Two disaffected orphan teenagers--slight, resentful Tetsuo and confident, breezy Kanada--run with a biker gang, but trouble grows when Tetsuo start to resent the way Kanada always has to rescue him. Meanwhile, a group of scientists, military men and politicians wonder what to do with a collection of withered children who possess enormous psychic powers, especially the mysterious, rarely seen Akira, whose awakening might well have caused the end of the old world. Tetsuo is visited by the children, who trigger the growth of psychic and physical powers that might make him a superman or a super-monster.
As befits a distillation of 1,318 pages of the story so far, Akira is overstuffed with character, incident and detail. However, it piles up astonishing set pieces: the chases and shoot-outs (amazingly kinetic, amazingly bloody) benefit from minute cartoon detail that extends to the surprised or shocked faces of the tiniest extra; the Tetsuo monster alternately looks like a billion-gallon scrotal sac or a Tex Avery mutation of the monster from The Quatermass Experiment; and the finale--which combines flashbacks to more innocent days with a destruction of Neo City and the creation of a new universe--is one of the most mind bending in all sci-fi cinema. --Kim Newman
On the DVD: as befits this film's status as a Manga classic, Akira has a wide selection of extras spread across two discs, including a 'Making of Akira' documentary, a photo gallery, a quiz and a 'Make your own trailer' feature, as well as one hidden feature on each disc. The film has been digitally remastered and presented in widescreen format, with Dolby Digital 5.1 for the English-dubbed version, and Dolby Digital 2.0 for the original Japanese language version. The only disappointment of the disc is the animated Scene Selection, where the clips are rendered so small that they can be a bit difficult to decipher. --Rob Burrow
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- watching this is something you have 2 do!not just the greatest manga of all time, but possibly the greatest animated feature of all time, its pure briliance is unrivalled by any cartoon ive ever seen, i never get bored of it, and its detailed characters and storylines, revealing every detail of neo tokyo and the characters disturbing pasts are handled and drawn brilliantly, this film is amazing so go watch it!
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- Up there with the greats of science-fiction cinemaKatsuhiro Otomo's Akira (1988) is a bold and vivid cyber-punk saga; wherein the story is a simple tale of good versus evil blown up to multi-layered proportions, further developed through the sublime, visually-transcendent animation and intricate character details, which both combine to create one of alternative cinema's greatest ever achievements. Everything you could hope to find in a science-fiction film is brought into play here, with warring street-punks, shadowy government conspiracies, psychological ... Read More
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- If you want AKIRA get the version redone by Pioneer .This may involve tracking down the R1 copy that came in the black tin as i am not sure if the Pioneer release version came out in R2 . It contains the restorated THX badged version of this all time classic and is the one you should get .
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- Stunning... now go read the Manga!This is, simply, one of the best and most influential animes ever made. It's edgy, dark and definitely not for children; however, the violence is purely plot-driven and not gratuitous like some anime, and there is no sex apart from some slight nudity in one part of the film.
The animation and quality, in the "re-done" version at least, are top-notch. The voice acting in the English dub is also very good, with the exception of one or two rather flat-sounding background characters, who you don't ... Read More
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- The one that got me into anime!I was not a fan of anime until I saw this for the first time in July (on VHS believe it or not!), and all I can say is that this is one hell of a movie! The animation and soundtrack are absolutely divine, even by today's standards. I also like the fact that the movie can be enjoyed from two different angles. If you are having trouble understanding the story (which is great but very complicated) then you can just let the film entertain you with its incredible action sequences.
It's a shame that ... Read More
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