Akira

by Katsuhiro Otomo · first published 1988

Akira (アキラ; stylized as AKIRA) is a Japanese cyberpunk post-apocalyptic manga series written and illustrated by Katsuhiro Otomo. It was serialized biweekly in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Young Magazine from December 20, 1982, to June 25, 1990, with its 120 chapters collected into six tankōbon volumes. It was initially published in the United States by Marvel Comics under its Epic imprint, becoming one of the first manga works to be translated in its entirety into English. It is currently published by Kodansha Comics in North America.

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Genre:

Science fiction anime and manga, Cyberpunk

Original language:

Japanese

Reader rating:

★ 5.0 / 5 (1 on Open Library)

Year page:

1988