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Akira Returns to Theaters in 4K IMAX This September

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Crunchyroll and Sony announced that Katsuhiro Otomo's 1988 cyberpunk anime classic Akira, famed for Kaneda's motorcycle slide sequence, will return to theaters in 4K IMAX from September 4, 2026, in both subtitled and English dub versions, even as the long-stalled live-action adaptation remains in development limbo.

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The day Kaneda's slide finally gets a 4K IMAX screening is genuinely moving for someone who loved motorcycles before I even knew them properly. I plan to be there opening day to see how that exact frame, that exact scene, comes back to life on the big screen.