Katsuhiro Otomo AKIRA #1
First published in Young Magazine in Japan in 1982, this timeless masterpiece of unforgettable beauty, horror and imagination didn't loose any microgram of it's power ever since. Quintessential when it comes to sequential storytelling!
Welcome to Neo-Tokyo, built on the ashes of a Tokyo annihilated by a blast of unknown origin that triggered World War III. The lives of two streetwise teenage friends, Tetsuo and Kaneda, change forever when paranormal abilities begin to waken in Tetsuo, making him a target for a shadowy agency that will stop at nothing to prevent another catastrophe like the one that leveled Tokyo. At the core of the agency's motivation is a raw, all-consuming fear of an unthinkable, monstrous power known only as Akira.
Over fourty years since its original release in Japan, AKIRA remains one of the most widely acclaimed and influential works of graphic fiction, and creator Katsuhiro Otomo has become a legendary storyteller in animation as well as manga.
Published by Kodansha
USA Import
352 b/w pages
Softcover
7” x 10”
First published in Young Magazine in Japan in 1982, this timeless masterpiece of unforgettable beauty, horror and imagination didn't loose any microgram of it's power ever since. Quintessential when it comes to sequential storytelling!
Welcome to Neo-Tokyo, built on the ashes of a Tokyo annihilated by a blast of unknown origin that triggered World War III. The lives of two streetwise teenage friends, Tetsuo and Kaneda, change forever when paranormal abilities begin to waken in Tetsuo, making him a target for a shadowy agency that will stop at nothing to prevent another catastrophe like the one that leveled Tokyo. At the core of the agency's motivation is a raw, all-consuming fear of an unthinkable, monstrous power known only as Akira.
Over fourty years since its original release in Japan, AKIRA remains one of the most widely acclaimed and influential works of graphic fiction, and creator Katsuhiro Otomo has become a legendary storyteller in animation as well as manga.
Published by Kodansha
USA Import
352 b/w pages
Softcover
7” x 10”
First published in Young Magazine in Japan in 1982, this timeless masterpiece of unforgettable beauty, horror and imagination didn't loose any microgram of it's power ever since. Quintessential when it comes to sequential storytelling!
Welcome to Neo-Tokyo, built on the ashes of a Tokyo annihilated by a blast of unknown origin that triggered World War III. The lives of two streetwise teenage friends, Tetsuo and Kaneda, change forever when paranormal abilities begin to waken in Tetsuo, making him a target for a shadowy agency that will stop at nothing to prevent another catastrophe like the one that leveled Tokyo. At the core of the agency's motivation is a raw, all-consuming fear of an unthinkable, monstrous power known only as Akira.
Over fourty years since its original release in Japan, AKIRA remains one of the most widely acclaimed and influential works of graphic fiction, and creator Katsuhiro Otomo has become a legendary storyteller in animation as well as manga.
Published by Kodansha
USA Import
352 b/w pages
Softcover
7” x 10”
