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| Title: | Akira [videorecording] / presented by Pioneer Entertainment(USA) Inc. in association with ZRO Limit Productions ; producers, Ryohei Suzuki, Shunzo Kato ; screenplay, Katsuhiro Otomo, Izo Hashimoto ; written and directed by Katsuhiro Otomo. |
| Edition: | Widescreen. |
| Description: | 1 videodisc (124 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Published: | [United States] : Pioneer Entertainment USA, 2001. |
| Publisher No.: | 11726 Pioneer |
| System: | DVD; Dolby digital 5.1 surround (English) and 5.1 DTS (Japanese). |
| Language Note: | Soundtracks in English or Japanese ; with English subtitles. |
| Credits: | Character design by Katsuhiro Otomo ; English adaptation by Michael Haller ; chief animator, Takashi Nakamura ; special effects artist, Takashi Maekawa. |
| Performer(s): | Voices: Mitsuo Iwata, Nozomu Sasaki, Mami Koyama, Tetsusho Genda, Hiroshi Otake, Koichi Kitamura ; English voices: Johnny Yong Bosch, Joshua Seth, Wendee Lee. |
| Summary: | A powerful psychic force known only as Akira resurfaces in Neo-Tokyo in the 21st century. Tetsuo, a young, inexperienced motorcycle biker driven beyond the boundaries of sanity by the power of Akira, is forced to conjure up demons laying dormant within his subconscious. |
| Notes: | Based on the graphic novel by Katsuhiro Otomo. Videodisc release of the 1987 motion picture. |
| Subject(s): | Motorcyclists Japan Tokyo Drama. Twenty-first century Drama. Animated films. Feature films Japan. Science fiction films. |
| Tokyo (Japan) Drama. | |
| Other Author(s): | Ōtomo, Katsuhiro, 1954- Hashimoto, Izō. Suzuki, Ryōhei. Katō, Shunzō. Iwata, Mitsuo, 1967- Sasaki, Nozumo, 1967- Koyami, Mami, 1955- Ōtomo, Katsuhiro, 1954- |
| Pioneer Entertainment (USA) |
| Location(s): | copy 1 Bailey/Howe Media Resources (videodisc) (Ground Floor) |
| Call Number: | DVD 4161 |
| Notes: | CAMPUS USE INSTRUCTIONAL |
| Status: | Not Charged Check Shelf |