Last month Anime Limited have announced that Katsuhiro Otomo’s cyberpunk epic AKIRA is returning to UK cinemas and IMAX, now we have a new Trailer.

AKIRA was first released to global audiences around 1991 after premiering in Japan in 1988. It’s widely regarded as being the film that introduced audiences around the world to anime.

The film takes place in Neo-Tokyo, rebuilt from the ashes of World War III.  Where lawlessness and corruption run rampant, racing through its streets are Kaneda and Tetsuo, two delinquents and members of a biker gang. When they crash into a secret government plot, and Tetsuo is experimented on, the result is an explosive.

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Synopsis | Iconic and game-changing, AKIRA is the definitive anime masterpiece! Katsuhiro Otomo’s landmark cyberpunk classic obliterated the boundaries of Japanese animation and forced the world to look into the future. AKIRA’s arrival shattered traditional thinking, creating space for future generations of ground-breaking movies.

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…

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AKIRA releases in IMAX and cinemas in both Japanese with English subtitles, and English dubbed versions, from 17th April.

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