We’ve just got word of the full details for the 4K Blu-ray release of Akira which is planned for the first week of December. The re-release hit cinemas back in the late-summer and will be available for home audiences from 7th December.
The definitive anime masterpiece! Neo-Tokyo, 2019. The city is being rebuilt post World War III. Kaneda and Tetsuo, two high school drop outs, stumble on a secret government project to develop new weapons – telekinetic humans. Tetsuo learns of the existence of his ‘peer’, Akira, the project’s most powerful subject, and determines to challenge him…
The full trailer for the home release is below, followed by the bonus features.
AKIRA 4K Limited Edition includes:
1x 4K UHD Blu-ray
2x Standard Blu-ray
1x 40 page booklet featuring: ‘The Energy Of Akira Stimulates The Human Mind’ by Ryusuke Hikawa, ‘The Music of Akira Continues to Evolve’ by Reiji Asakura, a round table interview with the Japanese cast and sound director, and ‘Timeline of Events in Akira’
All packaged in a rigid collectors box.
Bonus Blu-ray special features include:
AKIRA sound making 201
AKIRA soundclip by Geinoh Yamashirogumi
End credits for 1998 theatrical release
Theatrical preview – Trailer collection with English subtitles
Storyboard collection.
