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Kodansha's Anime Manga Official YouTube channel began streaming Katsuhiro Ōtomo's Akira anime film in Japanese with English subtitles and also with an English dub on July 1.
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Crunchyroll is releasing theanime in 4K and IMAX formats in North America and describes its story:
July,1988— World War III breaks loose. Then, in 2019, in megalopolis Tokyo…
Asthe leader of a group of young robust delinquents, Kaneda spent his nights tearing throughthe urban wastes, racing his motorbike against rival groups. One night while riding withhis 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 isconsumed by madness…
Otomo began his career as a manga creator on such worksas Domu, Kibun wa mō Sensō, and his most famous title internationally, Akira. He then branched into animation by directing part of the Robot Carnival omnibus and a feature film adaptation of his own Akira story. He directed other anime projects such as the Memories omnibus, the Gundam: Mission to the Rise event short, and the Steamboy feature. He also collaborated on Harmagedon, Roujin Z, Spriggan, Metropolis, Freedom Project and Hipira: The Little Vampire.
Otomo recently founded a new feature animation studio called OVAL GEAR based in Tokyo. The studio's first title is currently in production.