AKIRA

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The epic, timeless hit that inspired the legendary anime film and made the word "manga" part of the global vocabulary returns in a new hardcover edition. The AKIRA Hardcover Collection features the original right-to-left manga reading format and Katsuhiro Otomo's original, hand-drawn sound effects in a beautiful, large-sized collectible edition.

Thirty-eight years after World War III, Neo-Tokyo rises from the ruins of the old city—a dazzling metropolis shadowed by irradiated wastelands where criminals, cultists, and street gangs rule the night. Two childhood friends and rivals, Kaneda and Tetsuo, ride with one such gang, unaware that the psychic forces behind the city’s destruction are being secretly studied by the military and an elite cabal. A high-speed accident on a crumbling expressway ignites a chain of events that will pit the friends against powers beyond their understanding—and change them forever.

The AKIRA Hardcover Collection presents Katsuhiro Otomo’s masterpiece in six collectible volumes, featuring the updated translation and lettering of the 35th Anniversary Edition. Preserving Otomo’s hand-drawn Japanese sound effects and original right-to-left manga format, these 7"x10" hardcover editions allow readers to experience AKIRA as it was meant to be seen: a landmark of cyberpunk storytelling and visual innovation.