Get ready to experience Neo Tokyo and body horror madness in 4K as a new restoration of anime classic Akira heads to theaters and IMAX soon.
Tickets are on sale now for Akira, in theaters and IMAX on September 4.
The restoration brings a new trailer and poster, below.
July, 1988— World War III breaks loose. Then, in 2019, in megalopolis Tokyo…As the leader of a group of young robust delinquents, Kaneda spent his nights tearing through the urban wastes, racing his motorbike against rival groups. One night while riding with his gang, his friend Tetsuo suddenly encounters a strange boy- the product of human experimentation— and is injured in the ensuing crash. Shortly thereafter, a military squadron appears on the scene to take the boy and Tetsuo away to an army research facility.
Determined to free Tetsuo from capture, Kaneda sneaks into the army research lab. However, a regimen of extreme experimental procedures has awakened a new power in his friend, and now he is consumed by madness…
Katsuhiro Otomo directs the 1998 cyberpunk classic from a script he co-wrote with Izo Hashimoto, based on Otomo’s 1982 manga of the same name.
A live-action adaptation of Akira has been in development hell for years at Warner Bros., with Taika Waititi most recently attached to direct.
