Akira (Steelbook)
Product ID: 736687964
Details
- ContributorKatsuhiro Kato
- FormatBlu-ray
- GenreAnime
- Initial release date1989-12-25
- LanguageJapanese
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Review: One of the best Written Film that's animated brilliantly - Amazing movie, really well done with the HDR Re master as usually it is difficult for an animated film... This is one of the best written films ever do check it out Review: About the 2-disc DVD set - The 2-disc DVD set of AKIRA surpasses in many ways even the excellent Criterion's laserdisc edition from 1992. The brand-new video transfer is noticeably better: colors, especially the primary reds and greens, look more brilliant, flesh tones are more realistic, and there is a bit MORE picture at the bottom (in particular, the shot at time 1:16:23 reveals part of Kaneda's crouching body that was not seen on old transfers). The 5.1 English track, though not state of the art, is highly active and satisfying. The new English dub and subtitles are better written and spoken, making the characterizations more real and the story more comprehensible. In the scene where the colonel meets the senator (Chapter 8), the old English dub had the senator sounding concerned and supportive. On the new dub, he sounds cold and indifferent, in keeping with his subsequent body gesture of fiddling with his plants. The new dub also has characters speaking in correct pitches -- Kei's voice is now lower, and Masaru no longer sounds like an old man, but like a child, just like on the Japanese track. Also welcomed are the correct pronunciations of Japanese names: AH-kee-ra, KAH-nee-dah, KAH-oh-ri. Last but not least, the new dub makes more frequent uses of strong language to enhance reality. The DVD supplements include interviews of the voice actors for the new dub, who certainly deserve to be mentioned. Here is one thing that this DVD pales in comparison to the Criterion LD. The LD included still-frames of the entire first issue of the original Akira comic novel. It is a shame that this DVD does not include even one screen shot of the actual comic strips that inspired this movie (it does include shots of the COVERS of the comic novels) just to benefit those who have never seen them or do not own the LD. Other DVD supplements include an excellent 48-minute making-of documentary (the Criterion LD had excerpts of it). It has plenty of behind-the-scenes footage: artists drawing pencil tests, actors recording their lines, musicians composing a score with wood xylophones, photographers taking shots of finished "cels". We are told that it was not the norm in Japanese animation films to record the dialogs before drawing the pictures, as it was done for AKIRA. The youthful director Katsuhiro Otomo appears in his own 30-minute interview segment (not on the LD), where he recalls various processes of making the Akira comics and the Akira movie, and speculates on what he will do next. Yet another half-hour segment, "Akira Sound Clips", explains how the movie's score was conceptualized and recorded. The most prized supplement on the DVD is perhaps the mammoth collection of the film's storyboards, character designs, and background designs. The storyboards, done by Otomo himself, are the most meticulously designed ones I've ever seen; each of them is denoted with Scene/Cut number (under "S" and "C" on the left), notes, dialogs, and time of duration of the shot. To help locating a storyboard among the 4500 of them, the printed chapter index is cross-referenced with Scene/Cut numbers of its corresponding storyboards. Rather disappointing is a short featurette that tersely describes the new video transfer of the DVD with only interviews of 3 technicians and no demonstration of the restoration by way of before-and-after comparisons. There is also an interesting feature called "capsule option". When it is enabled, a capsule icon pops up on the screen from time to time while the movie is playing, and when you activate the icon, the screen pauses and shows you English text translation of the Japanese words on the screen -- traffic signs, graffitis, postings, etc.
| Contributor | Deanna Morris, Jimmy Flinders, Johnny Yong Bosch, Joshua Seth, Katsuhiro Otomo, Mami Koyama, Mitsuo Iwata, Nozomu Sasaki, Stanley Gurd Jr., Wendee Lee Contributor Deanna Morris, Jimmy Flinders, Johnny Yong Bosch, Joshua Seth, Katsuhiro Otomo, Mami Koyama, Mitsuo Iwata, Nozomu Sasaki, Stanley Gurd Jr., Wendee Lee See more |
| Customer Reviews | 4.7 out of 5 stars 4,533 Reviews |
| Format | Subtitled |
| Genre | Anime & Manga |
| Language | Japanese |
| Manufacturer | Crunchyroll |
| UPC | 704400111150 |
G**T
One of the best Written Film that's animated brilliantly
Amazing movie, really well done with the HDR Re master as usually it is difficult for an animated film... This is one of the best written films ever do check it out
K**1
About the 2-disc DVD set
The 2-disc DVD set of AKIRA surpasses in many ways even the excellent Criterion's laserdisc edition from 1992. The brand-new video transfer is noticeably better: colors, especially the primary reds and greens, look more brilliant, flesh tones are more realistic, and there is a bit MORE picture at the bottom (in particular, the shot at time 1:16:23 reveals part of Kaneda's crouching body that was not seen on old transfers). The 5.1 English track, though not state of the art, is highly active and satisfying. The new English dub and subtitles are better written and spoken, making the characterizations more real and the story more comprehensible. In the scene where the colonel meets the senator (Chapter 8), the old English dub had the senator sounding concerned and supportive. On the new dub, he sounds cold and indifferent, in keeping with his subsequent body gesture of fiddling with his plants. The new dub also has characters speaking in correct pitches -- Kei's voice is now lower, and Masaru no longer sounds like an old man, but like a child, just like on the Japanese track. Also welcomed are the correct pronunciations of Japanese names: AH-kee-ra, KAH-nee-dah, KAH-oh-ri. Last but not least, the new dub makes more frequent uses of strong language to enhance reality. The DVD supplements include interviews of the voice actors for the new dub, who certainly deserve to be mentioned. Here is one thing that this DVD pales in comparison to the Criterion LD. The LD included still-frames of the entire first issue of the original Akira comic novel. It is a shame that this DVD does not include even one screen shot of the actual comic strips that inspired this movie (it does include shots of the COVERS of the comic novels) just to benefit those who have never seen them or do not own the LD. Other DVD supplements include an excellent 48-minute making-of documentary (the Criterion LD had excerpts of it). It has plenty of behind-the-scenes footage: artists drawing pencil tests, actors recording their lines, musicians composing a score with wood xylophones, photographers taking shots of finished "cels". We are told that it was not the norm in Japanese animation films to record the dialogs before drawing the pictures, as it was done for AKIRA. The youthful director Katsuhiro Otomo appears in his own 30-minute interview segment (not on the LD), where he recalls various processes of making the Akira comics and the Akira movie, and speculates on what he will do next. Yet another half-hour segment, "Akira Sound Clips", explains how the movie's score was conceptualized and recorded. The most prized supplement on the DVD is perhaps the mammoth collection of the film's storyboards, character designs, and background designs. The storyboards, done by Otomo himself, are the most meticulously designed ones I've ever seen; each of them is denoted with Scene/Cut number (under "S" and "C" on the left), notes, dialogs, and time of duration of the shot. To help locating a storyboard among the 4500 of them, the printed chapter index is cross-referenced with Scene/Cut numbers of its corresponding storyboards. Rather disappointing is a short featurette that tersely describes the new video transfer of the DVD with only interviews of 3 technicians and no demonstration of the restoration by way of before-and-after comparisons. There is also an interesting feature called "capsule option". When it is enabled, a capsule icon pops up on the screen from time to time while the movie is playing, and when you activate the icon, the screen pauses and shows you English text translation of the Japanese words on the screen -- traffic signs, graffitis, postings, etc.
W**Z
Clássico da animação japonesa
Um classico da animação! Esta versão não possui legendas em português brasileiro. Somente as descritas na capa caso haja dúvidas
N**A
Great anime classic, good 4k rendition.
Very nice edition of one of the great movies of the 20th century. Animation at it's finest, great sound too. The extras are ok but could be a bit more complete
T**E
Amazing
Een can die beste movie allertijden
A**Z
Perfecta para fans de la película
No me arrepiento de optar por esta edición tipo Steelbook (aunque la distribuidora no lo considere un steelbook, sino un "estuche de colección") en lugar de la edición Blu-Ray regular que está más barata, pues esta edición vale muchísimo la pena. El estuche está espectacular y tiene un acabado metálico de muy buena calidad y unos colores brillantes. Tiene un relieve en cada uno de sus elementos como el logo o las partes de la motocicleta y las arrugas del chaleco de Kaneda. En cuanto a la presentación del empaque, definitivamente se lleva cinco estrellas. Digna de colección por ese hecho. Y claro, otra razón para preferir esta edición, es el libro exclusivo de 32 páginas sobre la película. Sin mencionar lo que contiene, pues me gustaría que lo compres y lo averigues tú mismo, debo decir que es un libro muy interesante. Se siente delgado, pero tiene muchísimo por leer, aunque (puede parecer obvio pero quiero decirlo) está en inglés. Tiene tres discos: Un DVD de la película solamente, un DVD del material extra de la edición en DVD y el Blu-Ray con la película y material extra. Cabe señalar que el material adicional es el mismo tanto en el Blu-Ray y el DVD de extras. A pesar de que no tienen arte interno (como algún dibujo o ilustración de la película) el color de los discos se ve muy bien, siendo un color negro para el disco DVD de la película, rojo brillante para el DVD con material extra y un azul celeste para el Blu-Ray. La calidad de audio y video en el Blu-Ray es impresionante. La pista de audio en Japonés (idioma original) Dolby TRUEHD 5.1 pondrá a trabajar a tu teatro en casa, pues cada sonido se escucha con completa claridad. Es una experiencia quente hace realmente sentirte parte de la película. En cuanto a imagen solo puedo decir que es una muy buena remasterización de una película animada de 1988. Se ve cada detalle de cada personaje y fondo con perfecta claridad. Como punto negativo (no para mí, pues no me molesta) podría ser el hecho de que no está en español (no tiene subtítulos al español, ni mucho menos doblaje) solo tiene subtítulos y doblaje en inglés. Ni siquiera la versión en DVD tiene el idioma español ni ningún otro idioma. Solo inglés y japonés. Otra cosa a tomar en cuenta es que los DVD son región 1 (es decir, no se puede reproducir en un reproductor de México a menos que sea en una computadora como yo o tu reproductor sea multiregión), aunque por fortuna el Blu-Ray sí es región A y sin problemas lo puedes reproducir en tu reproductor Blu-Ray. En resumen: Una edición perfecta para fans de esta película, fans del anime o simplemente fans del buen cine, pues no te tiene que gustar el anime para disfrutar de la majestuosa obra maestra que es Akira. Si ya la viste y te encanta, definitivamente cómprala, aunque el precio es un poco elevado, vale cada centavo. Y por último, excelente servicio de Amazon. Llegó en tres días (dos días antes de lo prometido) y en perfectas condiciones como muestro en las fotos, ¡muchas gracias!
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