From Pioneer Entertainment! The chilling story of Kaneda and Tetsuo, two bikers in post-holocaust Neo-Tokyo who stumble onto the mysterious project Akira and discover a bizarre experiment in ESP, genetic manipulation, and evolution. Pioneer Entertainment has re-mastered this classic work with the highest technological standards: A new film transfer from new inter-positive of the original negative, completely restored and digitally re-mastered by High-Definition digital mastering (1080i, 16:9, D5). THX Certified Audio components are re-mixed to Dolby Digital AC3 Surround Sound (5.1 Channels, English only), and a new English translation of the original Japanese AKIRA script has been produced. Approximate running time: 125 minutes.
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