0:00:00.40,0:00:05.30,~ But Mr. Omi and the other staff, too... by the army coup... 0:00:05.30,0:00:09.20,~ Yes... that's right. Now, with the house guards... 0:00:09.20,0:00:15.10,~ Yes, that's right. I'd like a helicopter on the west airfield... Yes. 0:00:15.10,0:00:24.00,~ That damned Colonel... staging an armed revolt... underestimated him too much... 0:00:27.40,0:00:30.50,~ Hold them! Damn it... 0:01:00.10,0:01:01.60,~ Mr. Nezu... 0:01:02.40,0:01:05.40,~ Y - You... Ryu?! 0:01:05.40,0:01:10.00,~ I'm very sorry... The operation was a failure... 0:01:10.00,0:01:15.20,~ Why have you come? You mustn't come here this often... 0:01:15.20,0:01:19.80,~ My comrades, too... all of them... have been killed... 0:01:19.80,0:01:22.90,~ Son-of-a-bitch! Careless, weren't you?! 0:01:22.90,0:01:23.80,~ Th - that's...! 0:01:23.80,0:01:27.80,~ Y - YOU!! 0:01:27.80,0:01:29.20,~ Kay... 0:01:42.30,0:01:43.70,~ What? 0:01:45.80,0:01:47.80,~ 100 meters from the intersection 0:01:52.30,0:01:54.20,~ Prepare for battle! 0:02:02.70,0:02:07.10,~ Yes, we've sighted the Experimental. 0:02:07.10,0:02:12.70,~ What? Attack?! Attack that boy? 0:02:16.60,0:02:17.70,~ Look! There he is! 0:02:17.70,0:02:18.50,~ It can't be. 0:02:18.50,0:02:20.10,~ Can it be true? 0:02:32.20,0:02:34.20,~ Firing preparations complete. 0:02:36.60,0:02:39.00,~ OK - FIRE! 0:02:53.90,0:02:56.80,~ It's the advent of Akira! 0:02:56.80,0:02:59.50,~ You're wrong! Don't be fooled. That's not Akira... 0:02:59.50,0:03:05.20,~ Shut up! Long live Akira! 0:03:05.20,0:03:06.70,~ Fire! 0:03:08.70,0:03:10.20,~ What's wrong? 0:04:37.20,0:04:40.20,~ The Neo Tokyo News must defend the freedom of the press. 0:04:40.20,0:04:43.20,~ We are covering the news in spite of martial law. 0:04:43.20,0:04:47.10,~ What is happening here in Neo Tokyo? 0:04:47.10,0:04:50.10,~ The film you are seeing shows the fire caused by the tanks. 0:04:50.10,0:04:53.10,~ But, who is this young man? 0:04:53.10,0:04:56.40,~ Is he fighting the military forces all by himself? 0:04:56.40,0:05:00.60,~ Everyone! The army has just ordered us to land. 0:05:00.60,0:05:05.20,~ They've opened fire on us! Freedom of the press is now -- ! 0:05:05.20,0:05:07.80,~ What happened? 0:05:07.80,0:05:10.30,~ The bridge! He's approaching the bridge! 0:05:11.40,0:05:13.10,~ Let's go see! 0:05:29.50,0:05:32.40,~ Are you really going alone? 0:05:32.40,0:05:35.40,~ He wanted MY BIKE, didn't he? 0:05:35.40,0:05:38.70,~ We should all stick together. 0:05:38.70,0:05:39.90,~ Hey! 0:05:44.10,0:05:46.80,~ Hey! Kaneda! Wait! 0:05:53.10,0:05:57.70,~ I think half are anti-government demonstrators, but the others aren't just hecklers... 0:05:57.70,0:06:01.80,~ It looks like some fanatical religious group, following the Experimental. 0:06:01.80,0:06:03.80,~ Their numbers are also increasing. 0:06:06.70,0:06:13.80,~ Oh, flames of purity! Reducing the filthy city to ashes! 0:06:13.80,0:06:17.10,~ Consume our polluted hearts! 0:06:17.10,0:06:28.10,~ You must not be afraid. Your bodies will be purified by the flames. 0:06:28.10,0:06:29.60,~ Ready! 0:06:31.30,0:06:33.60,~ FIRE! 0:06:38.10,0:06:45.20,~ Hold the trigger for 3 seconds - make the beams converge. Aim - FIRE! 0:06:50.50,0:06:52.60,~ All right!! 0:06:58.30,0:07:00.60,~ Look out! Retreat! 0:07:10.00,0:07:13.70,~ No! Help me! 0:07:19.40,0:07:26.70,~ Infantry! Come in, infantry forces! Report on the condition of the Experimental. 0:07:27.70,0:07:29.60,~ Call the Doctor. 0:07:29.60,0:07:32.70,~ The recent activity is confirmed. We're in pursuit. 0:07:32.70,0:07:40.20,~ His present position is coordinates 99871 by 4332. 0:07:40.20,0:07:44.10,~ It's about 2 kilometers south of the old city Olympic site. 0:07:44.10,0:07:45.70,~ What? 0:07:50.80,0:07:52.90,~ NOW what? 0:07:52.90,0:07:53.90,~ Look! 0:08:04.80,0:08:09.40,~ Please stop. Citizens are forbidden to enter this zone... 0:08:09.40,0:08:14.80,~ What? The Experimental?! Stop! Stop!! 0:09:20.00,0:09:23.20,~ I can't stand grandiose places... 0:09:29.90,0:09:32.90,~ You... you were with Kaneda... 0:09:32.90,0:09:37.60,~ One mustn't use power like you do. 0:09:37.60,0:09:38.70,~ What? 0:09:38.70,0:09:43.60,~ In the end, that power will be uncontrollable... 0:09:43.60,0:09:47.10,~ The brats... You're the brats, aren't you?! 0:10:04.80,0:10:07.30,~ All right...! 0:10:41.20,0:10:43.30,~ It's dangerous, Colonel! 0:10:50.30,0:10:52.70,~ Wh - What...? 0:11:23.50,0:11:26.80,~ Well now... what are you going to do? 0:12:52.70,0:12:55.10,~ SPLIT! 0:13:05.00,0:13:07.10,~ What's this? 0:13:07.10,0:13:13.60,~ That is Akira, Tetsuo! That's the Akira you wanted to meet. 0:13:13.60,0:13:18.90,~ That's your saviour... The remains of a past transcendant awakening. 0:13:18.90,0:13:23.80,~ His body has been examined by every known science. 0:13:23.80,0:13:28.00,~ And that's what's left of it. 0:13:36.70,0:13:41.20,~ The scientists back then couldn't explain it. 0:13:41.20,0:13:45.50,~ In order to preserve the collected data and samples for future generations, 0:13:45.50,0:13:49.10,~ they were placed in a refrigerated capsule. 0:13:51.00,0:13:52.70,~ SOL - We'll use SOL! 0:13:52.70,0:13:54.00,~ Sir? 0:13:55.70,0:14:02.30,~ Akira is long dead! How about it? Are you satisfied, Tetsuo?! 0:14:06.70,0:14:09.40,~ So, let's go back together. 0:14:09.40,0:14:11.70,~ Shut up!! 0:14:11.70,0:14:17.50,~ Call the central defense center! Tell them to connect us to SOL's control circuits! 0:14:17.50,0:14:18.90,~ Sir! 0:14:29.80,0:14:31.30,~ Idiot! 0:14:35.10,0:14:40.80,~ Hey, get out of the way! You're in the way, in the way! 0:14:56.80,0:14:59.50,~ Time for cooking class? 0:15:16.40,0:15:19.60,~ What's the matter? A little argument? 0:15:19.60,0:15:25.60,~ Yeah... but it's over already. If you were here earlier, you could have watched. 0:15:25.60,0:15:31.60,~ I'm puzzled... I'm wondering, aren't you going to apologize and cry again? 0:15:31.60,0:15:41.20,~ Kaneda, you're a jerk. Since we were kids, you've told me what to do. 0:15:41.20,0:15:46.30,~ Always treating me like a kid. Get out and go somewhere else, Boss! 0:15:46.30,0:15:50.50,~ You've become a Boss now, too... of this mountain of trash. 0:15:50.50,0:15:51.90,~ Kaneda! 0:15:51.90,0:15:54.60,~ That's Kaneda-SAN, boy! 0:15:54.60,0:15:56.90,~ DIE! 0:16:48.40,0:16:49.50,~ AHA! 0:16:49.50,0:16:50.90,~ Oh, shit! 0:16:54.60,0:16:56.70,~ LET'S GO! 0:17:07.90,0:17:09.50,~ Got 'im! 0:17:16.60,0:17:18.40,~ The battery?! 0:17:18.40,0:17:20.20,~ What's the matter, Kaneda...? 0:17:21.70,0:17:26.10,~ DAMN it...! No fair, Tetsuo! Fight with your bare hands! 0:17:29.00,0:17:30.40,~ Oh, that's good... 0:17:32.20,0:17:38.30,~ Embarassed, Kaneda? Now you know how it feels to be frustrated. 0:17:44.20,0:17:46.50,~ What's this light...? 0:17:57.00,0:17:58.10,~ Well, did it get him? 0:17:58.10,0:18:01.10,~ We're too close to the blast point. The monitor is picking up electrical interference. 0:18:01.10,0:18:03.00,~ Prepare a second volley! 0:18:25.60,0:18:30.10,~ Hey...! Kaneda...! 0:19:06.60,0:19:08.10,~ Shit... 0:19:10.10,0:19:11.30,~ What the...?! 0:19:46.80,0:19:48.70,~ Correct targeting system error. 0:19:48.70,0:19:50.80,~ Energy change 20 seconds... 0:19:50.80,0:19:51.40,~ Fire extinguishers! 0:19:51.40,0:19:53.10,~ Are you OK? 0:19:53.10,0:19:55.20,~ What happened? What's this? 0:20:09.60,0:20:10.80,~ Get on! 0:20:10.80,0:20:13.00,~ Get on? Where?! 0:20:13.00,0:20:14.50,~ Hurry, hurry! 0:20:36.70,0:20:37.80,~ What's this? 0:20:52.30,0:20:54.30,~ It's SOL. 0:21:05.40,0:21:06.90,~ Magnificent... 0:21:16.60,0:21:21.00,~ Has Tetsuo's power reached its peak? 0:21:21.00,0:21:26.30,~ Yes, that was it, wasn't it? But will it go well...? 0:21:26.30,0:21:31.20,~ The future need not be predestined. 0:21:31.20,0:21:35.00,~ There must be a future that we can choose... 0:21:44.70,0:21:46.40,~ How's Tetsuo's condition? 0:21:46.40,0:21:51.90,~ Oh, Colonel... We set a camera in the stadium a little while ago. 0:21:51.90,0:21:55.10,~ Soon it will be on-line. 0:21:55.10,0:21:59.50,~ But first, please look at this data! 0:21:59.50,0:22:02.80,~ I'm still analyzing the energy that was emitted from the Experimental, but... 0:22:02.80,0:22:08.60,~ It's absolutely amazing. It looks like this is a proton collapse. 0:22:08.60,0:22:12.70,~ We're also investigating what are thought to be unknown particles. 0:22:12.70,0:22:17.20,~ If this can be verified, physics - no, science itself - 0:22:17.20,0:22:22.60,~ the human race could change the very laws of the Universe... 0:22:22.60,0:22:27.00,~ Oh... the adjustments still aren't finished... Uh, Colonel! 0:22:34.00,0:22:36.00,~ Wh - What? 0:22:39.20,0:22:41.90,~ You son-of-a-bitch! That powerful, I...! 0:22:41.90,0:22:47.50,~ N - No, but, to carefully observe a remarkable Experimental like that...! 0:22:47.50,0:22:49.10,~ Shut up! 0:23:12.60,0:23:14.10,~ Shit! It's on fire! 0:23:14.10,0:23:16.20,~ The battery, the battery! 0:23:16.20,0:23:18.40,~ My bike's gonna burn up! 0:23:18.40,0:23:21.00,~ What's a bike or two? 0:23:21.00,0:23:25.30,~ What? Well, let's use YOUR bike, then! 0:23:25.30,0:23:26.30,~ Oops... you heard me? 0:23:26.30,0:23:27.70,~ I've got ears! 0:23:27.70,0:23:29.70,~ Hey, your bike's still burning. 0:24:24.10,0:24:28.70,~ Tetsuo, why does everyone call you 'Akira'...? 0:24:28.70,0:24:33.20,~ I don't mind it... 0:24:33.20,0:24:37.90,~ Anyone was OK to them... 0:24:37.90,0:24:40.90,~ As long as they destroyed. 0:24:40.90,0:24:43.50,~ Your arm! 0:24:43.50,0:24:46.80,~ It's pretty well-made, in spite of its appearance... 0:24:50.20,0:24:52.30,~ What's wrong? Are you OK? 0:24:55.10,0:24:57.00,~ It's nothing! 0:24:57.00,0:24:57.70,~ Tetsuo... 0:24:57.70,0:24:59.90,~ Shut up! Go over there! 0:25:07.00,0:25:09.40,~ The drug... 0:25:09.40,0:25:13.20,~ What's wrong, Tetsuo? Are you in pain? 0:25:13.20,0:25:16.60,~ Go back to the lab and get me the drug! 0:25:16.60,0:25:18.50,~ Can you hear me, Doctor? 0:25:18.50,0:25:19.90,~ Yes, Colonel. 0:25:19.90,0:25:22.30,~ How is it? Can you see it? 0:25:22.30,0:25:24.90,~ I don't understand exactly, but... 0:25:24.90,0:25:29.20,~ The power that was restrained by the drug is being liberated. 0:25:29.20,0:25:32.90,~ I don't know if he can control that awakened power. 0:25:32.90,0:25:36.40,~ At any rate, it's a very dangerous condition! 0:25:36.40,0:25:40.90,~ Return to the lab. Without proper help, you're risking your life. 0:25:43.80,0:25:47.90,~ Enter that kindergarden, and 'Live happily ever after'? 0:25:47.90,0:25:53.70,~ Enjoy myself by looking at those brats everyday? Shrivel up and die? 0:25:58.50,0:26:02.80,~ Kaori... Kaori... 0:26:02.80,0:26:04.80,~ please... 0:26:04.80,0:26:06.40,~ the drug... 0:27:36.00,0:27:37.90,~ Bastard... 0:27:41.70,0:27:43.90,~ You three... Why? 0:27:50.00,0:27:53.00,~ You haven't learned your lesson, have you...? 0:28:10.00,0:28:11.60,~ Takashi... 0:28:14.20,0:28:15.70,~ Akira... 0:28:29.30,0:28:32.40,~ Kaneda... help me... 0:28:42.20,0:28:43.80,~ Kaori... 0:28:47.10,0:28:49.70,~ help me... 0:29:01.30,0:29:03.40,~ Help --! 0:29:03.40,0:29:04.90,~ Stop it!! 0:29:22.30,0:29:26.30,~ Kaori... Kaori! KAORI! 0:29:26.30,0:29:29.30,~ Tetsuo? Tetsuo?! 0:29:29.30,0:29:32.20,~ Kaori... Kaori will die! 0:29:32.20,0:29:35.20,~ What?! What are you saying?! 0:29:35.20,0:29:41.30,~ My body... the power, by itself...! 0:29:43.00,0:29:47.50,~ Kaori's dead! Kaneda! Help me...! 0:29:47.50,0:29:51.70,~ Stop it, Tetsuo! Just stop!! 0:29:51.70,0:29:55.30,~ Kaori's pain is coming into me...! 0:30:30.40,0:30:34.00,~ Kiyoko! Takashi! Masaru! Hurry, run away! 0:30:38.60,0:30:39.80,~ Come on! 0:30:46.40,0:30:49.40,~ It's completely unbelievable... 0:31:01.70,0:31:04.30,~ Kiyoko! Taka...! 0:31:41.60,0:31:43.10,~ Akira... 0:31:52.60,0:31:57.00,~ Th - this... impossible... this kind of... 0:32:06.40,0:32:09.10,~ Where... where am I? 0:32:09.10,0:32:12.80,~ Hurry... get into the tunnel... It's safe in there. 0:32:12.80,0:32:15.00,~ Where are you, Kiyoko? 0:32:37.60,0:32:38.70,~ You must escape quickly! 0:32:38.70,0:32:40.50,~ You're in my way! 0:32:41.70,0:32:43.40,~ It's no use! 0:32:50.20,0:32:52.60,~ There's nothing you can do, Takashi. 0:32:52.60,0:32:56.10,~ If you go in now, you won't be able to come out, either. 0:32:56.10,0:33:00.50,~ But, none of this is his fault... 0:33:16.60,0:33:23.60,~ If we go in, we won't come out either. 0:33:23.60,0:33:27.80,~ But... if the three of us do it, maybe at least that boy will... 0:33:27.80,0:33:31.70,~ Yes... If it's all three of us. 0:33:40.10,0:33:45.90,~ It's awful... We should have run away. Hey! 0:34:20.30,0:34:23.70,~ So, the acceleration of yours isn't for spit. 0:34:23.70,0:34:27.50,~ The cornering feels dead. Right? Watch. 0:34:27.50,0:34:29.40,~ What's that? 0:34:29.40,0:34:32.60,~ Cornering... 0:34:32.60,0:34:35.10,~ Right, Tetsuo...? 0:34:40.70,0:34:43.60,~ Look. He's back again. A boarder?! 0:34:43.60,0:34:50.60,~ He was abandoned. He's had lots of bad luck. Sad, isn't he? 0:34:50.60,0:34:57.20,~ Is this... your dream, Tetsuo? 0:34:57.20,0:34:58.70,~ Wait! 0:36:15.90,0:36:19.10,~ Is this... Akira? 0:36:19.10,0:36:24.80,~ Yes. We called him. In order to get him to take Tetsuo with him... 0:36:24.80,0:36:28.10,~ To go with him? Where to? 0:36:28.10,0:36:34.10,~ It was impossible for Tetsuo. Of course, for us, for Akira... 0:36:34.10,0:36:37.90,~ It's too big in us, now... 0:36:37.90,0:36:41.90,~ But, sometime, even we... 0:36:41.90,0:36:45.10,~ Because it's beginning for us... 0:36:45.10,0:36:47.50,~ Your friend...? 0:36:47.50,0:36:53.80,~ My...? Kay! You mean Kay, don't you? 0:37:25.10,0:37:27.30,~ I think this is yours! 0:37:32.80,0:37:36.90,~ It's always like this for newcomers. You came today, didn't you? 0:37:36.90,0:37:42.00,~ I was beaten too, but the truth is they're weak. 0:37:42.00,0:37:48.00,~ I'm Tetsuo... Tetsuo Shima. 0:37:48.00,0:37:53.10,~ I really just arrived, too. My name is... 0:38:26.00,0:38:29.90,~ W - What's happening? WHat in the world?! 0:38:31.90,0:38:39.40,~ T - This is completely... the birth of a Universe?! 0:38:53.90,0:39:01.30,~ What happened...! It's disappearing, disappearing...! 0:40:44.10,0:40:45.40,~ Thanks... 0:40:45.40,0:40:46.90,~ Eh? 0:40:46.90,0:40:50.20,~ You called to me, didn't you? I heard you. 0:40:57.20,0:41:00.20,~ Kaneda! You... 0:41:00.20,0:41:02.80,~ Is Tetsuo...? 0:41:02.80,0:41:03.80,~ He left... 0:41:05.50,0:41:07.60,~ and so did those three... 0:41:07.60,0:41:08.90,~ Akira, too... 0:41:08.90,0:41:13.10,~ Kaneda, a little while ago, you -- 0:41:13.10,0:41:18.20,~ Kaneda--! You're alive?! 0:41:18.20,0:41:25.20,~ I was so sure... you were in there, too! 0:41:25.20,0:41:29.80,~ Tetsuo... what happened to Tetsuo? Is he dead?! 0:41:29.80,0:41:33.40,~ Somehow... Surely... 0:41:59.00,0:42:03.00,~ But, sometime, even we... 0:42:03.00,0:42:06.80,~ Because it's BEGINNING for us... 0:42:24.10,0:42:29.00,~ I am... Tetsuo... 0:42:29.00,2:46:40.30,~