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Akira TPB (1985 Kodansha) Janpanese Edition comic books 1970-1985

  • Issue #1-1ST
    Akira TPB (1985 Kodansha) Janpanese Edition 1-1ST

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    NOTE: All text is in Japanese - Volume 1 - 1st printing.

    Story and art by Katsuhiro Otomo.

    Akira is a bold and breathtaking epic of potent narrative strength and astonishing illustrative skill.

    Akira is set in the post-apocalypse Neo-Tokyo of 2019, a vast metropolis built on the ashes of a Tokyo annihilated by an apocalyptic blast of unknown power that triggered World War III.

    The lives of two streetwise teenage friends, Tetsuo and Kaneda, change forever when dormant paranormal abilities begin to waken in Tetsuo, who becomes a target for a shadowy government operation, a group that will stop at nothing to prevent another catastrophe like that which leveled Tokyo. And at the core of their motivation is a raw, all-consuming fear: a fear of someone - or something - of unthinkably monstrous power known only as...Akira!

    Softcover (with Dust Jacket), 306 pages, B&W.

    NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left.

  • Issue #2-1ST
    Akira TPB (1985 Kodansha) Janpanese Edition 2-1ST


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    NOTE: All text is in Japanese - Volume 2 - 1st printing.

    Story and art by Katsuhiro Otomo.

    On the mean streets of Neo-Tokyo, the battle lines are drawn. On one side is the growing psychic killer Tetsuo. On the other, renegade biker Kaneda, once Tetsuo's friend and gangleader. The city is about to be swept clean with pure psychic might. And at the heart of this confrontation, Akira stirs.

    Softcover (with Dust Jacket), 306 pages, B&W.

    NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left.

  • Issue #2-REP
    Akira TPB (1985 Kodansha) Janpanese Edition 2-REP


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    NOTE: All text is in Japanese - Volume 2 - 2nd or Later Printings.

    Story and art by Katsuhiro Otomo.

    On the mean streets of Neo-Tokyo, the battle lines are drawn. On one side is the growing psychic killer Tetsuo. On the other, renegade biker Kaneda, once Tetsuo's friend and gangleader. The city is about to be swept clean with pure psychic might. And at the heart of this confrontation, Akira stirs.

    Softcover (with Dust Jacket), 306 pages, B&W.

    NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left.