Neo-Tokyo has risen from the ashes of World War III to become a dark and dangerous megalopolis infested with gangs and terrorists. The government seethes with corruption and only maintains a token control over the powerful military that prevents total chaos and hides the secrets of the past.

Childhood friends Tetsuo and Kaneda plunge into Neo-Tokyo's darkest secret when their motorcycle gang encounters a military operation to retrieve an escaped experimental subject. Tetsuo, captured by the military, is subjected to experiments that make him a powerful psychic, but, unfortunately for Neo-Tokyo, Tetsuo's powers rage out of control and he lashes out at the world that has oppressed him! Nothing can stop the destructive forces that Tetsuo wields except possibly the last boy to destroy Tokyo - AKIRA!

The landmark anime film Akira is now available with the newly re-mixed Japanese 5.1 DTS Mix to compliment the fully restored video!

DVD Features: 5.1 DTS Japanese mix, Dolby Digital 5.1 surround English audio, widescreen, enhanced for TVs (anamorphic), digitially re-mastered picture (high definition tranfer, high definition restoration), features a foil-enhanced DVD cover.