{"product_id":"akira-hardcover-collection-2-hardcover","title":"Akira Hardcover Collection 2 - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKatsuhiro Otomo\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\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 \u003c\/p\u003e\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. \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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.27 x 10.11 x 7.36 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 23, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46324406485036,"sku":"9781646511358","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/6260\/8940\/files\/fox6K4Vwim9781646511358.webp?v=1790923948","url":"https:\/\/littleredgeneralstore.com\/products\/akira-hardcover-collection-2-hardcover","provider":"Little Red General Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}