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### Akira The Ultimate Enthusiast's Collected Edition
*The best picture quality, comprehensive list of best audio & subtitle tracks + extras.*
Here we have best version of Akira to date, the Italian Bluray, done by the genius mp3dom at Dynit. It rocks a very healthy bitrate at ~35.4Mbps with no pointless additional filtering or DNR. Can't really get better than this unless Dynit releases a 4K BD of their own.
[Comparisons from caps-a-holic](https://caps-a-holic.com/c_list.php?c=1600)
The 4K BD is just dumb, it doesn't look better in any way compared to the IT BD. The overuse of DNR is by far the worst offender with it. The people working on these releases in Japan have a weird general philosophy when it comes to remastering older movies shot on film. They just love to meddle with the grain and in the process of trying to remove it, they usually end up ruining at least some of the fine detail. Akira's 4K release is no exception as you can see from the comparisons. Luckily we have people like mp3dom with a vastly different philosophy. Ok, rant over.
About the audio; the 2009 "Hypersonic mix" is [not very good](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uV_GPO7WFLM&list=PLsuctd1-o8VgaYjcgyiEt_7f3t8DFXOBz&index=1). The 4K version has a new 2020 remixed version of the Hypersonic mix which is none the better IMO, so I didn't include either here. No one should be watching this movie with that kind of audio anyway. Other than that, because the original 1988 theatrical audio has not been included in any release as of 2021, the Dolby Surround remix is the closest we've got to the original if you care about that.
There are two different versions of the soundtrack included:
* Original CD (USA version, but it's the same mastering as VDR-1532 only level shifted) (16bit 44.1Khz FLAC)
* 2002 DVD-A 4.1ch (24bit 96Khz FLAC)
You can listen to the DVD-A tracks with just headphones or a 2.0 speaker setup by downmixing the channels but you won't get the full experience as it's best listened to with a full 5.1 setup. If you happen to have such a thing I wholly recommend giving it a try. The DVD-A also has extended versions of some songs, so it's good to have for the most complete OST, even if you don't have a fitting listening setup.
In addition to the considerable amount of tracks, I've collected the worthwhile extras from MangaUK's release:
* 2 original Japanese TV commercials for Akira (1920x1080)
* 3 original Japanese Trailers (1920x1080, eng subs)
* 19min Geinoh Yamashirogumi - Akira Sound Clip mini documentary (720x480, eng subs)
* 30min Interview with Katsuhiro Otomo after the completion of Akira (720x480, eng subs)
* 31min Full Storyboard collage with music from the film (1920x1080)
* Full storyboard image collection w/shots that we're cut from the film
#### Specifics of this release:
Video:
1. IT BD Remux 1980x1080 (23.976fps)
Audio:
1. Japanese Home Video Dolby Surround remix 2.0 FLAC (1988)
2. Japanese 5.1 remix FLAC (2001) (default)
3. English Streamline Pictures 2.0 FLAC (Fixed LD version by scav, more info [here](https://nyaa.si/view/1320871))
4. English Animaze 5.1 FLAC
Subtitles:
1. English - THORA (ASS) (default)
2. English - Niizk (ASS)
3. English - REVO (ASS)
4. English - Animaze (PGS)
5. Italian - Dynit (PGS)
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*Special thanks to user scav for uploading his fixed version of the Streamline English dub and the audio comparisons.*
I’ll be seeding 24/7 with a seedbox for the foreseeable future.
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### [Akira's 9 layer insanity](https://slow.pics/c/hkn963Sq)
