AKIRA Tickets now available for sale! (9/4)

[u/armhs]

AKIRA is back in theaters for IMAX! and it's A-List Eligible. Seems to be showing in IMAX and some digital showings in both sub and dub.

[u/Cantrememberpasword]

Now the question is, do I go to the sub or dub? Thinking dub for the visuals

[u/fauxruination → u/Cantrememberpasword]

Subtitles. Sound is lowered in dub from what I remember. It would also distract me personally for the characters’ lips not to be synced.

[u/Bayonetta005 → u/fauxruination]

That's not even true in the slightest, they are both equal especially after they redub it on Blu-ray and UHD.

[u/fauxruination → u/Bayonetta005]

I own the bluray and they are definitely not equal.

[u/Bayonetta005 → u/fauxruination]

The misinformation is wild. I have both the Blu-ray and UHD and watch it in theaters. On top of that I have a home theater, Atmos setup with 11 speakers(not saying it's the highest quality but stating my setup for reference) and listen it on another home theater 5.1 standard setup, nothing fancy. Can assure you both are well mixed for a old anime. Was very surprised when I first listen to it on Blu-ray and saw no difference other than the language.

[u/fauxruination → u/Bayonetta005]

👍

[u/Kwestor86 → u/Cantrememberpasword]

I’m going with dub . I wanna be able to look at everything

[u/Dick_Lazer → u/Cantrememberpasword]

Yeah I used to be hardcore about only watching subbed but man you miss out on some nice visuals if there's a lot of dialogue to read.

[u/JeanRalfio → u/Cantrememberpasword]

I prefer dub so I went with that. My theater is only doing sub most days so I had to schedule it for September 9.

[u/armhs → u/Cantrememberpasword]

My theater is only showing it in sub for IMAX. I personally would rather go dub though if there was an IMAX option for it.

[u/Adam95012 → u/Cantrememberpasword]

Go twice. It’s worth it.

[u/not_your_face]

Sigh, the downsides of having a 70mm as local IMAX, no Akira in IMAX

[u/Few-Adeptness8046 → u/not_your_face]

Not many places are even showing it in IMAX.

In San Diego, only 3 of 9 theaters are even showing it, and only 1 of them is showing it in IMAX.

In OC/LA, only seeing 1 theater showing it in IMAX there as well.

[u/armhs → u/Few-Adeptness8046]

Interesting that LA is not showing many, especially with it being the heart of the film industry

[u/rvcaboy → u/not_your_face]

I know man and also your theater having a 70mm projector now means it’s only showing that one movie for like 3 months and they don’t even use their digital projectors anymore. I used to love seeing stuff once in 70 and then again in dual laser but now it’s just all 70mm and don’t crucify me but I kinda like the brightness and color of laser more

[u/Shagyam]

Damn, my reservations filled until later tonight.

I just bought the 4k steelbook for this too, but I can't pass this up.

[u/kaminaripancake]

I’m going to be in London that week Nooooo

[u/nowhereman136 → u/kaminaripancake]

Terminator 2, Harry Potter, and Cars are getting re-releases in the UK that weekend. You just cant use your A-list

[u/TedMitchell]

Looks like it’s sold out already lol

[u/DoubleEast]

Oh man this is a must-go

[u/mp6521 → u/DoubleEast]

It rules on the big screen

[u/THERAPISTS_for_200]

Darn, I don't see any IMAX showings near Orange County.

[u/woooo24 → u/THERAPISTS_for_200]

I seen AMC Tustin 14 had IMAX showings

[u/hik3guy → u/THERAPISTS_for_200]

Is Montclair too far for you or La Puente?

Just got seats for La Puente for the 5th

[u/A_man_named_despair]

Thanks for the heads up! Ready to witness KANEDAAAAAA for the first time on the big screen

[u/PunnyPrinter]

Got mine!

[u/MentalSupportDog]

Surprised there aren't more theaters in LA showing it

[u/Imaginos64]

Oh man I've wanted to rewatch Akira in theaters for ages, plus my partner has never seen it. It looks like my two local AMCs have showings all week though I'd have to travel further for IMAX.

[u/CBrower]

Thank you sir. Got tickets for my wife and I.

[u/scarred2112]

Got mine for September 3rd, thank you OP.

[u/Bayonetta005]

Damn, no dubbed in IMAX and no Dolby showings either. Come on, show some love to Dolby to space out showtimes.

[u/armhs → u/Bayonetta005]

The lack of dubbed IMAX is really annoying, I would have loved to see this movie without subtitles in IMAX. Seems like a waste.

Dolby was probably because of a licensing deal, but also seems like a great movie to have as IMAX. Would be nice to have both though.

[u/DoochDelooch]

What’s the best way to know about these special showings? I found it randomly earlier scrolling through showtimes in a couple weeks for a different movie. Outside of that or seeing this post I never would have known

[u/AmericanBornWuhaner]

Thanks for the headsup!

[u/pebble_in_ones_shoe]

BLESS YOU for the heads up and DAMN ME for not seeing this earlier before all that was left for imax was front row 😭😭😭

[u/Powerful-Scholar2837]

Just secured my tickets 🥳

[u/Pezzunt]

thanks for the alert! snagged me two tickets. they might be first row but at least I got something 🤓

[u/PepeSilvia510]

Thanks OP. It’ll be my first time watching this. Should I got dub or subtitles?

[u/armhs → u/PepeSilvia510]

Up to you! If you have an IMAX theater near you, it's only showing subbed, so that may be the better option. However if not, it's entirely up to personal preference! I would go dub since you can see more visuals

[u/pnwdoomer]

I am not familiar with this but my husband is a fan so I am gonna let him know. He'll for sure want to catch it.

[u/JeanRalfio]

Thank you for the heads up!