Just wanted to pint out that the best source for the original english streamline pictures dub of Akira is the CAV criterion laserdisc PCM track.

It was not even included on the DVD in the states in a poor mix down to dolby 2.0, much less the full bitrate PCM master could have achieved on a blu ray release.

The Video on the laserdisc is not identical to the first DVD release or the new blu ray, so would take a person who could sync the picture to the new blu ray restoration. Of course this would fall under the custom DVD and not a restoration. Which would mean it could not be shared because of copyright.

If you were going to do a DVD you would probably use the blu ray as your base source for the video downrez it to DVD resolution , and add the full PCM track. Or you could strictly just capture the non restored video off the laserdisc and audio and make an anamorphic conversion for DVD.