The manga that began it all - now available for a new generation! From master storyteller Katsuhiro Otomo, Japan's foremost manga maestro, comes the epic work that introduced the West to the epic, stylised and sweeping artform that is manga - Akira! This post-apocalyptic saga, set in the remains of Neo-Tokyo, charts the coming of the creature known only as Akira, a power both feared and prized for its potential to shake the recovering world. Caught in a power play between factions of a brutal military organisation, Kaneda - young, restless, committed to defying authority - and Ryu, the leader of an underground movement, are pulled into an escalating nightmare, built around a group of psychically powered children.
- ISBN10 1569714983
- ISBN13 9781569714980
- Publish Date 26 December 2000 (first published 16 January 1995)
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Out of Print 3 August 2015
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Dark Horse Comics,U.S.
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 364
- Language English