Akira 5

Biographical Note:
KATSUHIRO OTOMO is best known as the creator of the three-thousand page epic Akira. He also directed the groundbreaking animated feature film of the same name, as well as the acclaimed animated film, Steamboy. Most recently, he directed the live-action Japanese film, Mushishi.

Marc Notes:
Originally published in Japan in 1987 by Kodansha Ltd.--T.p. verso.;A Kodansha Comics trade paperback original--T.p. verso.;With Akira and his mad prime minister ruling the Great Tokyo Empire, the world at large is gathering its military strength to take on them on.;Rating: OT, ages 16+.;Translated from the Japanese.

Review Quotes:
- "One of the most important manga of the 1980s...four stars." --Manga: The Complete Guide

Publisher Marketing:
IN THE 21ST CENTURY, the once glittering Neo-Tokyo lies in ruin, leveled in minutes by the infinite power of the child psychic Akira. From the flooded wasteland of rubble and anarchy rises the Great Tokyo Empire, populated by a ragtag army of zealots and crazies who worship and fear Akira ad his mad prime minister, Tetsuo, and angry teen with immense powers of his own-- and equally immense, twisted ambitions. The world at large is not taking the threat lying down, and the military strength of the planet is massing to take on the empire, but will technology's most advanced weaponry be enough to destroy Akira? And are Tetsuo's rapidly growing paranormal abilities a potentially greater threat?

Review Citations:

• Wilson Graphic Novels Catalog 04/11/2019 (EAN 9781935429074, Paperback)