Name: Akira Hardcover Collection 1
Price: 78.96 EUR
Availability: InStock
Author: Katsuhiro Otomo
ISBN: 9781032613277

Type

Physical Book

Author

Katsuhiro Otomo

Publisher

Kodansha Comics

Language

English

Pages

368

Format

Hardcover

ISBN13

9781032613277

Akira Hardcover Collection 1

Katsuhiro Otomo (Author) · Kodansha Comics · Hardcover

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Synopsis "Akira Hardcover Collection 1"

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 have passed since the end of World War III, and the megalopolis of Neo-Tokyo has sprung from the bones of the devastated old city. By night, the borderlands between glittering towers and irradiated ruins are ruled by criminals, cultists, and street gangs. Two childhood friends (and rivals), Kaneda and Tetsuo, ride with one of these gangs. By day, the military and a secret elite toy with the psychic phenomena that caused the devastation in the first place. A high-speed incident on a decrepit express road will lead to a collision between Tetsuo, Kaneda, and forces they cannot hope to understand and that will change them forever... The AKIRA Hardcover Collection features the updated translation and lettering of the 35th Anniversary Edition box set, now collectible one book at a time. As in the box set, this six-volume version of the masterwork of Katsuhiro Otomo (Memories, Steamboy, Domu: A Child's Dream) features the creator's Japanese-language, hand-drawn sound effects and the original, right-to-left manga reading format in a 7"x10" casewrap hardcover.

Katsuhiro Otomo

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He was born on April 14, 1954, in Hasama in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan.

He is a manga artist, anime director, and screenwriter for both manga and anime. He is best known for being the director of Akira, one of the most influential anime films, as well as being the artist/writer of the original manga on which the film is based.

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