AKIRA / Kodomo no Jikan 2
AKIRA on Blu-ray with English Subtitles
The landmark Katsuhiro Ohtomo's anime film "AKIRA" finally release on Feb. 20, 2009! Features Japanese audio track (Dolby NR TrueHD 5.1ch 192kHz/24bit) and English audio track (5.1ch). Also includes special booklet. The story is set in 2019, devastated city "Neo-Tokyo" which was destroyed by a super-bomb during World War III in 1988. One night, a bike gang leader Kaneda, his friend Tetsuo and other gang engage a rival gang in a street fight. In the midst of the fight, Tetsuo crashes into an unusual boy, and gets injured. After a while, the soldiers arrive and whisk Tetuo and the boy away to a laboratory. To help Tetsuo, Kaneda heads into the laboratoy, and gets involved in a government top-secret project "Akira."