{"product_id":"akira-hardcover-collection-2-9781646511358","title":"Akira Hardcover Collection 2","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/b\u003e \r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNeo-Tokyo has risen from the ashes of a Tokyo obliterated by a monstrous psychokinetic power known only as Akira, a being who yet lives, secretly imprisoned in frozen stasis. Those who stand guard know that Akira's awakening is a terrifying inevitability. Tetsuo, an angry young man with immense--and rapidly growing--psychic abilities, may be their only hope to control Akira when he wakes. But Tetsuo is becoming increasingly unstable and harbors a growing obsession to confront Akira face to face. A clandestine group including his former best friend sets out to destroy Tetsuo before he can release Akira--or before Tetsuo himself becomes so powerful that no force on Earth can stop him. \r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe 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 (\u003ci\u003eMemories\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Steamboy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDomu: A Child's Dream\u003c\/i\u003e) 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Katsuhiro Otomo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Kodansha Comics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/23\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e Akira (Hardcover Collection)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.92lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.11h x 7.36w x 1.27d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781646511358\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout The Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKatsuhiro Otomo is perhaps the manga artist who has most defined the medium over the last 50 years. From his breakout early short stories \"A Gun Report\"and \"Fire-Ball\" to his timeless longer works \u003ci\u003eDomu: A Child's Dream\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMemories\u003c\/i\u003e, and, of course, \u003ci\u003eAKIRA\u003c\/i\u003e, Otomo's career punctuated the end of the \"gekiga\" era of the 1960s and 1970s and charted a new course toward Japanese manga and anime's now-central place on the global cultural stage. No single work is more responsible for spreading anime fandom around the work than the film adaptation of \u003ci\u003eAKIRA\u003c\/i\u003e, which Otomo directed himself and which was the most expensive animated film ever made at the time. Today, Otomo is revered by generations of comics creators as a professional inspiration and by fans around the world for his work in manga, anime, live-action film, picture books, public art, and more.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Katsuhiro Otomo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42888169783359,"sku":"9781646511358","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/0710\/5855\/files\/9781646511358.jpg?v=1770406014","url":"https:\/\/casitamanga.com\/products\/akira-hardcover-collection-2-9781646511358","provider":"Casita Manga","version":"1.0","type":"link"}