Crunchyroll has announced that the anime film AKIRA will return to theaters in the United States and Canada on September 4, 2026.
The film will be shown in a new 4K restoration and presented in IMAX. It will be available in both Japanese with English subtitles and an English dubbed version.
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Originally released in Japan in 1988, AKIRA is based on the manga by Katsuhiro Otomo, who also directed the film. It was produced by Tokyo Movie Shinsha and became a landmark in sci-fi and cyberpunk animation, influencing filmmakers and artists worldwide. A 4K remaster of the film was first released in Japan in 2020.
Crunchyroll streams the AKIRA anime film, and describes as follows:
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…
Source: Press Release
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