Pioneer Entertainment Restores The Landmark Anime Feature Film - ""Akira""

Million Dollar Restoration Includes New Film Interpositive, HD-5 High Definition Mastering With Digital Restoration, THXÆ Certification, Remixed DolbyÆ Digital Sound And Brand New English Dub

2-Feb-01

Utilizing the latest high definition digital technology, Pioneer Entertainment has retained International Video Conversions, Inc. (IVC) to restore the classic anime film ""Akira."" First released in 1988 and produced by the ""Akira"" committee (under license by Kodansha, Tokyo, Japan), ""Akira"" has garnered legions of fans around the world and is still considered the pinnacle of cel animation. To celebrate this landmark film, ""Akira"" will undergo a complete restoration at a cost of one million dollars. The restoration will include a new film interpositive and high definition mastering using the latest Digital Vision HD technology. In addition, ""Akira"" will be THXÆ-certified, the audio components will be remixed to DolbyÆ Digital sound and a new English dub will be created from a new translation of the original Japanese script. ""Akira"" will be released theatrically in spring 2001. ""'Akira' jump-started the anime industry with its groundbreaking animation and has achieved a cult status with anime fans around the world,"" said Pioneer Entertainment President Yosuke Kobayashi. ""Restoring this extraordinary film will enable Pioneer Entertainment to reintroduce 'Akira' to a new generation and seal its place as the benchmark anime film."" ""'Akira' is dramatic cel animation at its best, making use of vibrant color, high and low contrast, fine detail and an extreme range of light and dark scenes,"" said Mark Nakamine, IVC's High Definition Colorist. ""I used the very latest in high definition processing to create the digital master which will convey all the visual nuances intended."" 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, Testuo'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! For more information about Pioneer Entertainment (USA) L.P., visit www.pioneer-ent.com. For more information about International Video Conversions, Inc. (IVC), visit www.ivchd.com.

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