AKIRA Limited Edition 4K Ultra-HD + Blu-ray

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Time Out's 50 Greatest Animated Films – Part 4 – Time Out Film – Time Out London". Time Out. Archived from the original on January 6, 2013 . Retrieved March 16, 2011. Knox, Kelly (September 29, 2021). "Watch Two Full Minutes of the AKIRA Motorcycle Slide Across the Years". Nerdist . Retrieved March 10, 2022. Restoring Akira (SD, 11:01) is divided into three segments: picture (SD, 4:02), English voice-over (SD, 3:13), and English 5.1 audio mix a b c d Bouissou, Jean-Marie (2000). "Manga goes global". Critique Internationale. 7 (1): 1–36 (22). doi: 10.3406/criti.2000.1577. a b Barone, Matt (June 8, 2011). "27. Akira (1988)". The 50 Best Sci-Fi Movies. Archived from the original on September 4, 2012 . Retrieved August 4, 2012.

The movie itself looks great in 4K, with HDR, I wondered what improvements could be seen in older animations like these but I can report the images are bright and colourful with some impactful highlights. Sound effects are well placed but speech is poorly lip-synced in English. Interview with Akira creator Katsuhiro Otomo (3/4)". Akira 2019. December 29, 2009. Archived from the original on April 17, 2016 . Retrieved November 29, 2016– via YouTube. When Tokyo was chosen to host the 2020 Summer Olympics in the 2013 bidding process, several commentators claimed that Akira predicted the future event. [162] [163] In 2017, Akira was referenced in several Tokyo Olympic promotions. [164] [165] In February 2020, during the coronavirus pandemic and 147 days before the Olympics, a scene in Akira which calls for the cancellation of the 2020 Olympics (147 days before the event) led to a social media trend calling for the cancellation of the 2020 Olympics. [166] [167] The Summer Olympics were eventually postponed to 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic. Neo-Tokyo is a futuristic metropolis on the verge of tomorrow. Kaneda (Mitsuo Iwata), a bike gang leader on a mission, is tossed in to a

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Showing the then-future of a corrupt Neo-Tokyo in 2019, prior to the delayed 2020 Olympics (which is a bit too prophetic for my liking). Akira starts with rival biker gangs speeding through the city's neon-filled nights, only to come across government experiments gone awry. Subsequently, one of their own, Tetsuo, is caught in an accident, captured, and then somehow medically modified to unleash latent psychic powers. There are also a bunch of great extras in this boxset, from interviews with the cast, storyboards, and a lovely book covering the production of the movie. While we have already had some amazing boxsets for Akira on DVD and Blu-ray, this new 4K remaster has a lot of new stuff to offer as well.

Tags: 4K, 4K remaster, 4K UHD, action, Akira, animation, comic book, Funimation, Geinoh Yamashirogumi, home release, home video, Katsuhiro Ôtomo, Mami Koyama, Manga, Mitsuo Iwata, Nozomu Sasaki, Reiji Asakura, remaster, Ryusuke Hikawa, science fiction, Shoji Yamashrio, Susumu Aketagawa, Takeshi Kusao, Yasushi Nagura For the week of December 21st, FUNimation Entertainment will bring Katsuhiro Otomo's classic anime film Akira to 4K UHD, while the Warner Archive Collection has The Shop Around the Corner and It Happened on Fifth Avenue remastered for Blu-ray. Sony Pictures Home ... Stories). The efforts of the team of animators are outstanding and bring a sense of wonder to the entire experience. Cam Clarke and Johnny Yong Bosch (top to bottom) voiced Kaneda in the first and second English dub of the film, respectively. Character Ripper, The (April 1994). "Europa!". GameFan. Vol.2, no.5. p.136. Archived from the original on January 5, 2019 . Retrieved August 20, 2018.