Akira 35th Anniversary Box Set Unboxing

Akira, often stylized as AKIRA, is a Japanese cyberpunk manga series written & illustrated by Katsuhiro Otomo. It was initially serialized in the pages of Young Magazine, a seinen manga magazine, from 1982 until 1990, then collected into six tankōbon volumes by its publisher Kodansha between 1984 & 1991. It was published in the United States by Marvel Comics under Epic Comics, becoming one of the first manga ever to be completely translated into English. It is currently published by Kodansha Comics in North America. Otomo's art is considered outstanding & a watershed for both Otomo & the manga form. The manga is also famous for spawning the seminal 1988 cyberpunk anime film adaptation of the same name.

Synopsis: The manga is set in a post-apocalyptic & futuristic Neo-Tokyo, more than two decades after a mysterious explosion destroyed the city. The story focuses on the efforts of teenage biker gang leader Kaneda, militant revolutionary Kei, a trio of espers, Neo-Tokyo military leader Colonel Shikishima, who attempt to prevent Tetsuo, Kaneda's mentally imbalanced childhood friend, from using his unstable & powerful telekinetic abilities to ravage the city & awaken a mysterious individual with similar psychic abilities named "Akira" who was responsible for the destruction of Tokyo several years ago.

Akira 35th Anniversary Box Set Unboxing

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Writer: Katsuhiro Otomo
Edition: Hardcover Box Set, 35th Anniversary
Publisher: Kodansha