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Akira 4K Cinema and IMAX Release in October

Manga Entertainment has announced the venues which will be screening a 4K edition of Katsuhiro Ōtomo's 1988 film Akira in the UK and Ireland.

The film will have previews on October 7 and 8, with the main screenings on October 9. Bookings can be made at the film's website. All screenings will be in Japanese with English subtitles

The film was originally released in Japan in 1988, directed by Katsuhiro Ōtomo and adapted from his own epic manga. The website describes the film as follows:

"Neo-Tokyo, 2019. The city is being rebuilt post World War III. Kaneda and Tetsuo, two high school drop outs, stumble on a secret government project to develop new weapons - telekinetic humans. Tetsuo learns of the existence of his 'peer', Akira, the project's most powerful subject, and determines to challenge him..."

The film will be shown in IMAX format at the following cinemas:

Ashton Cineworld; Basildon Cineworld; BFI Odeon (London); Birmingham Broad Street Cineworld; Birmingham NEC Cineworld; Bluewater CDL Showcase; Braehead Odeon; Broughton Cineworld; Cambridge IMAX Light Cinemas; Cardiff Odeon; Chatham Odeon; Cheltenham Cineworld; Cheshire Oaks Vue; Chichester Cineworld; Crawley Cineworld; Edinburgh Cineworld; Enfield Cineworld; Greenwich Odeon; Hemel Hempstead Cineworld; Ipswich Cineworld; Kingston Odeon; Leeds Cineworld; Leeds Kirkstall Vue; Leicester Square Cineworld (London); Liverpool One Odeon IMAX; Manchster Printworks Vue; Metrocentre Odeon; Mansfield Odeon; Milton Keynes Odeon Stadium; Newcastle Odeon; Norwich Odeon; Nottingham Cineworld; Plymouth Cineworld; Rushden Lakes Cineworld; Sheffield Cineworld; Southampton Odeon; Stevenage Cineworld; Swiss Cottage Odeon; Telford Cineworld; Trafford Centre Odeon; Uxbridge The Chimes Odeon; Watford Cineworld; Wimbledon Odeon; York Cineworld.

The film will be shown in standard format at the following cinemas:

Aberdeen Cineworld; Aberdeen Vue; Addlestone Light Cinemas; Altrincham Everyman; Ashford Cineworld; Ashford PictureHouse; Barnet Everyman; Basingstoke Festival Place Vue; Belfast Odeon; Bexleyheath Cineworld; Bicester Vue; Birmingham Broadway Plaza Odeon; Birmingham Everyman; Birmingham Star City Vue; Blackburn Vue; Boldon Cineworld; Bolton Cineworld; Bolton Vue; Bournmouth Odeon; Bracknell Cineworld; Bradford Cineworld; Bradford Light Cinemas; Braintree Cineworld; Brighton Cineworld; Brighton DOY PictureHouse; Brighton Komedia PictureHouse; Brighton Odeon; Bristol CDL Showcase; Bristol Everyman; Bristol Showcase; Bromley PictureHouse; Burton Cineworld; Bury St Edmunds Cineworld; Bury Vue; Camberley Vue; Cambridge PictureHouse; Cambridge Vue; Cameo PictureHouse; Cardiff Cineworld; Cardiff Everyman; Cardiff Showcase; Castleford Cineworld; Chelmsford Everyman; Chesterfield Cineworld; Cityside Belfast Moviehouse; Cleveleys Vue; Clitheroe Everyman; Cork Omniplex; Covent Garden Odeon; Coventry CDL Showcase; Cramlington Vue; Crouch End PictureHouse; Crystal Palace Everyman; Dagenham Vue; Darlington Vue; Derby CDL Showcase; Derby Showcase; Doncaster Vue; Dublin Vue; Dudley Showcase; Dundee Cineworld; Dundonald Omniplex; East Dulwich PictureHouse; Eastbourne Cineworld; Eastleigh Vue; Edinburgh Omni Vue; Esher Everyman; Exeter Vue; Falkirk Cineworld; Feltham Cineworld; Fulham PictureHouse; Gateshead Vue; Glasgow CDL Showcase; Glasgow Fort Vue; Glasgow Quay Odeon; Glasgow Renf Cineworld; Glasgow Everyman; Gloucester Quays Cineworld; Greenwich PictureHouse; Hackney PictureHouse; Halifax Vue; Hamilton Vue; Hampstead Everyman; Harrogate Everyman; High Wycombe Cineworld; Holloway Odeon; Hull Cineworld; Hull Vue; Huntingdon Cineworld; Ilford Cineworld; Inverness Vue; Kings Cross Everyman; Lancaster Vue; Leeds CDL; Leeds Everyman; Leicester CDL Showcase; Limerick Omniplex; Lincoln Everyman; Liverpool CDL Showcase; Liverpool PictureHouse; Liverpool Everyman; Livingston Vue; Llandudno Cineworld; London Croydon Grants Vue; London Croydon Purley Way Vue; London Finchley North Vue; London Finchley Road Vue; London Fulham Vue; London Harrow Vue; London Islington Vue; London Shepherds Bush Vue; London Watford Vue; London Westfield Stratford Vue; London Westfield White City Vue; London Wood Green Vue; Luton Cineworld; Manchester Everyman; Manchester Great Northern Odeon; Manchester Lowry Vue; Merthyr Tydfil Vue; Middlesbrough Cineworld; Milton Keynes Cineworld; Muswell Hill Everyman; New Brighton Light Cinemas; Newbury Vue; Newcastle Cineworld; Newcastle Everyman; Newcastle Under Lyme Vue; Newham Showcase; Newport Cineworld; Northampton Cineworld; Northampton Vue; Norwich PictureHouse; Norwich Vue; Nottingham CDL; Oxford PictureHouse; Oxford Vue; Paisley CDL; Peterborough CDL; Plymouth Vue; Poole Cineworld; Portsmouth Vue; Preston Vue; Reading CDL Showcase; Ritzy, Brixton PictureHouse; Rochester Cineworld; Romford Vue; Ruislip Cineworld; Saint Helens Cineworld; Salthill Omniplex; Sheffield Light Cinemas; Sheffield Vue; Solihull Cineworld; Southampton CDL Showcase; Southampton PictureHouse; Speke Cineworld; Stirling Vue; Stockport Light Cinemas; Stoke Cineworld; Stratford East PictureHouse; Stratford-upon-Avon Everyman; Swansea Vue; Teesside; Thanet Vue; The O2 Cineworld; Torbay Vue; Walsall Light Cinemas; Walsall Showcase; Wandsworth Cineworld; Wembley Cineworld; West India Quay Cineworld; West Norwood PictureHouse; Wisbech Light Cinemas; Wokingham Everyman; Wolverhampton Cineworld; Wood Green Cineworld; York Everyman; York PictureHouse; York Vue