Winner of two 2018 Eisner Awards! Reprinted and to be had again for a limited time!
An all-new, complete 35th anniversary hardcover box set of some of the acclaimed and influential comics of all time, with the original Japanese art and right-to-left reading format for the first time! The science fiction epic that changed anime and manga perpetually is presented in six beautiful hardcover volumes, plus the hardcover Akira Club art book and an exclusive patch with the iconic pill design.
In 1982, Kodansha published the first chapter of Akira, a dystopian saga set in Neo-Tokyo, a city recovering from thermonuclear attack where the streets have been ceded to motorcycle gangs and the wealthy and powerful run dangerous experiments on destructive, supernatural powers that they cannot keep an eye on. In 1988, the manga was once adapted into what was once at the time the most costly animated film ever made, which brought Akira’s influence out of the manga world and onto the global stage. Lately, it remains a touchstone for artists, writers, filmmakers, and fans, retaining all of the brutal affect and narrative intensity it had when Otomo first unleashed it onto the world.
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