AKIRA" 4K Remastered Blu-ray Available at an Affordable Price! On sale July 23!

A 2-disc ULTRA HD Blu-ray & Blu-ray set of the 4K remastered version of "AKIRA," the milestone of science fiction anime films, is now available at an affordable price.

⇒ Katsuhiro Otomo was awarded the Medal with Purple Ribbon! The first feature-length animation film director since Isao Takahata (1998)
(Published in 2013)

AKIRA" is an animated feature film (released in 1988) based on the comic series by Katsuhiro Otomo that was serialized in Kodansha's "Young Magazine" from 1982 to 1990, and directed by Otomo himself. Since then, the film has been screened in the United States, Europe, Asia, and other countries around the world, and continues to attract many fans as one of Japan's most popular animation works.

This product includes 4K ULTRA HD Blu-ray and Blu-ray with 4K scanning, 4K remastering, and HDR to vividly reproduce the information from the 35mm master positive film.

The 5.1 channel soundtrack by music director Yoji Yamashiro has also been remastered, and includes a completely new soundtrack with further ultra-processing from 192 kHz.

Product Information
AKIRA 4K REMASTER EDITION / ULTRA HD Blu-ray & Blu-ray
Release date: July 23, 2021 (Friday)
Price: 6,380 yen (tax included)

＜4K ULTRA HD Blu-ray
Main feature:
Dolby TrueHD (5.1ch 192kHz 24bit) / Japanese audio
Dolby Digital (5.1ch) / Japanese audio (previously released DVD version)
Linear PCM (2ch Dolby Surround) / Japanese audio
(4) Dolby TrueHD (5.1ch) / English audio (Overseas release / previously released DVD version)
Subtitles in Japanese and English (ON/OFF available)

＜Japanese and English subtitles (can be turned on/off)
Main feature:
Dolby TrueHD (5.1ch 192kHz 24bit) / Japanese audio
Dolby Digital (5.1ch) / Japanese audio (previously released DVD version)
Linear PCM (2ch Dolby Surround) / Japanese audio
(4) Dolby TrueHD (5.1ch) / English audio (Overseas release / previously released DVD version)
Subtitles in Japanese and English (ON/OFF available)

Japanese and English subtitles (can be turned on/off)
AKIRA
＜Story
In July 1988, a new type of bomb was used in the Kanto area and World War III broke out.
Thirty-one years later, in 2019, Neo-Tokyo, a megalopolis on Tokyo Bay, is regaining its former prosperity as it prepares to host the Olympics the following year. Kaneda, the leader of a group of healthy juvenile delinquents, has been riding his motorcycle in this devastated city and repeatedly running amok and fighting. One night, his fellow member Tetsuo encountered a strange experimental boy during a runaway and fell and injured him. In front of the stunned Kaneda and his friends, they are taken away to a military laboratory.
　 Kaneda attempts to infiltrate the laboratory to rescue Tetsuo. However, there he sees the insane Tetsuo, who has awakened to a new "power" due to excessive human experimentation. Meanwhile, in a special baby room at the institute, an experimental girl predicts the awakening of "Top Secret Akira. Tetsuo begins to approach "Akira," which lies deep underground, in order to get closer to the mystery of his own power.

<Staff> Original Story and Director: Katsuyoshi Otomo
Original Story/Director: Katsuhiro Otomo
Script: Katsuhiro Otomo, Izo Hashimoto
Composer/Conductor: Shoji Yamashiro
Character Design：Katsuhiro Otomo
Animation Director：Takashi Nakamura
Assistant Animation Director：Koji Morimoto
Art Director：Toshiharu Mizutani
Music: Performing Arts Yamashiro-gumi (Victor Entertainment)
Sound Designer: Susumu Akutagawa
Music: Tetsuo Segawa
Photography: Katsuji Misawa / Editing: Takeshi Seyama

<Cast
Kaneda: Mitsuo Iwata
Tetsuo: Nozomu Sasaki
Kay: Maomi Koyama
Colonel: Taro Ishida
Ryu: Tetsuaki Genda
Doctor: Mizuho Suzuki

©1988 Mushroom/Akira Production Committee