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Title:

Akira [videorecording] / directed by Katsuhiro Otomo ; producer, Sawako Noma ... [et al.] ; screenwriter, Izo Hashimoto, Katsuhiro Otomo.

Format:

[videorecording] /

Edition:

25th Anniversary edition.

Publisher:

Funimation,

Copyright Date:

2013?

Description:

2 videodiscs (124 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Juvenile delinquents--Tokyo--Tokyo--Drama.
Motorcycle racing--Tokyo--Tokyo--Drama.
Human experimentation in medicine--Tokyo--Tokyo--Drama.
Motorcycling accidents--Tokyo--Tokyo--Drama.
Research institutes--Tokyo--Tokyo--Drama.
Mental illness--Tokyo--Tokyo--Drama.
Science fiction films.
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Animated films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.

Other Authors:

Ōtomo, Katsuhiro, 1954-, screenwriter. screenwriter.
Hashimoto, Izō, screenwriter.
Sasaki, Nozomu, 1967-, actor.
Koyama, Mami, actor.
FUNimation Entertainment (Firm), film distributor.

Notes:

Title from web page. Nozomu Sasaki, Mami Koyama. Originally released as motion picture in 1988. Special features: Akira sound clip (1988); Music for Akira, director interview; Storyboard collection; The writing on the wall; Original trailers; Original commercials; Restoring Akira; Glossary; U.S. 2013 trailer; trailers.

Summary:

Clandestine army activities threaten the war-torn city of Neo-Tokyo when a mysterious being with powerful psychic abilities escapes his prison and inadvertently draws a violent motorcycle gang into a heinous web of experimentation. As a result, a biker with a twisted mind embarks on a path of war, seeking revenge against a society that once called him weak.

ISBN:

9781421027975
1421027976
9781421027982
1421027984

OCLC:

(OCoLC)859684359

UPC:

704400094187
704400094194

Locations:

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FYPI314 -- Dubuque County Library - Asbury Branch (Asbury)

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TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

ETPD745 -- Emmetsburg Public Library (Emmetsburg)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)

AAPF906 -- Ottumwa Public Library (Ottumwa)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)