Akira Psycho Ball
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Akira Psycho Ball is a 2002 digital pinball game
based on the popular 1988 Akira
anime film directed by Katsuhiro Otomo
. It features the original theme song and storyline.
The game was released on the Japanese market to coincide with the release of the newly remastered DVD Japanese edition.
In 2003, the game was translated and published in Europe by Infogrames
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battlefield, the "A-room", the "Olympic Stadium" and the "Laboratory" transformation.
When the player succeeds, like getting an extra ball or clearing a stage, a short clip taken from the movie is displayed on screen.
Pinball
Pinball is a type of arcade game, usually coin-operated, where a player attempts to score points by manipulating one or more metal balls on a playfield inside a glass-covered case called a pinball machine. The primary objective of the game is to score as many points as possible...
based on the popular 1988 Akira
Akira (film)
is a 1988 Japanese animated cyberpunk science fiction film directed by Katsuhiro Otomo, written by Otomo and Izo Hashimoto, and starring the voices of Mitsuo Iwata, Nozomu Sasaki, Mami Koyama and Taro Ishida. The screenplay is based on Otomo's manga Akira....
anime film directed by Katsuhiro Otomo
Katsuhiro Otomo
is a Japanese comic book creator, screenwriter and film director. He is best known as the creator of the manga Akira and its animated film adaptation. Otomo has also directed several live-action films, such as the 2006 feature film adaptation of the manga Mushishi.-Biography:Katsuhiro Otomo was...
. It features the original theme song and storyline.
The game was released on the Japanese market to coincide with the release of the newly remastered DVD Japanese edition.
In 2003, the game was translated and published in Europe by Infogrames
Infogrames
Infogrames Entertainment SA was an international French holding company headquartered in Paris, France. It was the owner of Atari, Inc., headquartered in New York City, U.S. and Atari Europe. It was founded in 1983 by Bruno Bonnell and Christophe Sapet using the proceeds from an introductory...
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Fields
The pinball is made of four stages inspired by the movie: Neo TokyoNeo Tokyo
or "New Tokyo" is a common name for a fictional futuristic version of Tokyo often depicted in manga, anime and video games and may refer to:* The fictional setting of the Akira manga and anime film* Neo Tokyo , a science fiction anthology anime...
battlefield, the "A-room", the "Olympic Stadium" and the "Laboratory" transformation.
When the player succeeds, like getting an extra ball or clearing a stage, a short clip taken from the movie is displayed on screen.
External links
- Akira Psycho Ball official website - use your mouse's drag & drop function to move the items toward the arrows
- KAZe Co. official website