Originally Posted by ZeroFlame15 Yeah Im waiting for Funimation to rerelease it next year.

I think I'll wait at this point.

Originally Posted by bjstucker I never knew this got a Criterion I will have to hunt one of these down as it is top 5 movies of all time for me. I have the first press of this though well worth the 30 or 40 I payed when it released. I think mine had more extra's as the Criterion only had: a new widescreen transfer Japanese and English soundtracks two theatrical trailers

Yeah, the criterion laserdisc is well worth it! It comes with the extras you mentioned plus there's also a feature where you can "watch" the first issue of the Akira graphic novel and excerpts from other issues. There's a "Pencil to Screen: The genesis and execution of Akira" special feature too, along with "The Akira Archive" which is pretty awesome.

The laserdisc jacket opens up and there's extensive liner notes inside. Pretty neat, especially when back in the '90s this was the most exhaustive anime home video release to ever come out (at the time). The dolby surround on this on was really impressive too.

This is back in stock. 17 left as of right now.

Yeah, totally holding out for the Funimation version next year. Hoping for even more extras, and an even cheaper price.

I think HMV or amazon.uk has the steelbook version with the book for $30 US

Originally Posted by Finch106 I think HMV or amazon.uk has the steelbook version with the book for $30 US

It comes out to about $18US shipped at Amazon UK.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Akira-Collec...98/ref=lh_ni_t

It looks pretty nice in my opinion too (this is a stock image, the actual steel has no blu border)



Again: This is REGION B LOCKED

Originally Posted by shrike4242 This is about as cheap as I've seen it in a while, since it keeps its sky-high price for reasons that make no sense to me.

Reason is Bandai I believe. All their stuff has to rival their Japanese prices and they never go on sale. But if you're someone who really wants it...you're willing to pay that much. Say hi to my disc of Gundam Unicorn volume 1-5. Each one cost between 65-90 bucks. Hate you Bandai.

Originally Posted by ZeroFlame15 Yeah Im waiting for Funimation to rerelease it next year.

Same cause chances are it will be affordable and probably new packaging (love slipcovers). Though haven't heard any news if they have plans to re-dub it or just re-release the same version.

Originally Posted by ssjmichael Again: This is REGION B LOCKED

OOOOH. This is of tremendous importance. I couldn't remember, so yes skip it or do like I did and buy a US and UK version(stupid).

EDIT: Wrong forum, but if anyone wants the Panasonic version in the tin, I'll sell it no problem. It was hard to come by when I got it, and when I did it was fairly dinged up(I wanted it for the extras) so I'm not trying to profit too highly on it.

Back in stock but at $38 now. @_@

I'd totally buy this if I didn't already have it.

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The steelbook is quite nice, but the disc is region locked, so only get the steel if you have a region free player or our blu ray disc to put in it.