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Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play.   The genre defining anime as you've never seen it before! On Blu-ray for the first time. Digitally restored in full HD with super dynamic hypersonic audio. 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... Beautifully restored in full high definition, with an incredible True HD soundtrack, this is an unmissable anime Blu-Ray!   Actors Mitsuo Iwata, Nozomu Sasaki, Mami Koyama, Tesshô Genda, Hiroshi Ôtake, Kôichi Kitamura, Michihiro Ikemizu, Yuriko Fuchizaki, Masaaki Ôkura, Tarô Arakawa, Takeshi Kusao, Kazumi Tanaka, Masayuki Katô & Yôsuke Akimoto Director Katsuhiro Ôtomo Certificate 15 years and over Year 1988 Languages English Additional Languages Japanese Subtitles English Duration 2 hours and 4 minutes (approx)

Katsuhiro Otomo directs this feature-length anime set in 2019 Tokyo. With the Japanese capital on the brink of absolute destruction, cyberpunk biker Tetsuo (voice of Nozomu Sasaki) has become involved in a top-secret military research project and has begun to develop special powers. The police and the army attempt to contain Tetsuo, but his transformation gathers speed rapidly, and soon not even his friend Kaneda (Mitsuo Iwata) can help him.