| Issue | #1 |
| Published | 1988 |
| Cover Price | 3.50 |
| Pages | 68 |
| Editing | Archie Goodwin |
| Notes | Series starts as a monthly, but the 38 issues end up taking over 7 years to come out, presumably at least partly because of the wait for the final volume's release. |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| Pencils | Katsuhiro Otomo |
| Inks | Katsuhiro Otomo |
| Colors | Steve Oliff |
| Notes | Series starts as a monthly, but the 38 issues end up taking over 7 years to come out, presumably at least partly because of the wait for the final volume's release. |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| Script | Katsuhiro Otomo; Yoko Umezawa (translation); Linda M. York (translation); Jo Duffy (English adaptation) |
| Pencils | Katsuhiro Otomo |
| Inks | Katsuhiro Otomo |
| Colors | Steve Oliff |
| Letters | Michael Higgins |
| Genre | Non-Fiction |
| Script | Archie Goodwin |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Text piece on the history of Akira, and some background on the American adaptation process. Mentions that the still-unfinished Japanese series will span 5 volumes and 1800 pages (it ends up at 6 volumes and 2200 pages). |