Akira (1988) Special Edition

Title: Akira - Special Edition
Directed: Katsuhiro Ôtomo
Year: 1988 (Remastered by Pioneer: 2001)
Genre: Animation, Action, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Runtime: ~120 mins
Country: Japan
Language: Japanese + 2 English Dubbed (Original + New)
Subtitles: English Imbedded (SoftSub)
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094625/
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Cast:
Mitsuo Iwata............ Shôtarô Kaneda
Nozomu Sasaki......... Tetsuo Shima
Mami Koyama........... Kei
Tesshô Genda.......... Ryûsaku (as Tetsusho Genda)
Hiroshi Ôtake........... Nezu
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Plot Summary (IMDB):
Kaneda is a bike gang leader whose close friend Tetsuo gets involved in a government secret project known as Akira. On his way to save Tetsuo, Kaneda runs into a group of anti-government activists, greedy politicians, irresponsible scientists and a powerful military leader. The confrontation sparks off Tetsuo's supernatural power leading to bloody death, a coup attempt and the final battle in Tokyo Olympiad where Akira's secrets were buried 30 years ago.
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Technical Information:
Source: DVD Rental Region 4
Overall bit rate: 2908 Kbps

Video:
File Format: MKV, H264
Format/Info: Advanced Video Codec
Bit rate: 2000 Kbps (2nd pass)
Width: 720 pixels
Height: 576 pixels
Display aspect ratio: 16:9
Frame rate: 25.000 fps
Stream size: 1.64 GiB (67%)
Encoding settings: cabac=1 / ref=9 / me=umh / subme=9 / psy=1 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=64 / trellis=2 / 8x8dct=1 / bframes=16

Audio (Track 1):
Format: AC-3
Bit rate mode: Constant
Bit rate: 448 Kbps
Channel(s): 6 channels
Channel positions: Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate: 48.0 KHz
Stream size: 385 MiB (15%)
Language: English (Remastered)

Audio (Track 2):
Format: AC-3
Bit rate mode: Constant
Bit rate: 224 Kbps
Channel(s): 2 channels
Channel positions: Front: L R
Sampling rate: 48.0 KHz
Stream size: 193 MiB (8%)
Language: Japanese

Audio (Track 3):
Format: AC-3
Bit rate mode: Constant
Bit rate: 224 Kbps
Channel(s): 2 channels
Channel positions: Front: L R
Sampling rate: 48.0 KHz
Stream size: 193 MiB (8%)
Language: English (Original)

- Subtitles are the same as DVD version
- Chapters are included and named
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Xtras: Production Report, 1988

Video: MPEG4 Video (H264, MKV)
1015 Kbps
720x496 (763:496)
25.00fps
~48mins

Audio: Dolby AC3
224 Kbps
2 channels
48000Hz
English

- Subtitles: None!
- Chapter included

* The Production Report is not a low quality rip or anything, that's just the way it looks *
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