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Akira 3 by Katsuhiro Otomo

Akira 3

Paperback – Illustrated, July 13, 2010

Katsuhiro Otomo

Kodansha Comics · Paperback · July 13, 2010

IN THE 21ST CENTURY, the glittering Neo-Tokyo has risen from the rubble of a Tokyo destroyed by an apocalyptic telekinetic blast from a young boy called Akira—the subject of a covert government experiment gone wrong now imprisoned for three decades in frozen stasis.

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Come for the collision of paranormal power, government forces, and a city facing destruction.
Themes
Psychic powers, Government experimentation, Apocalyptic destruction
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IN THE 21ST CENTURY, the glittering Neo-Tokyo has risen from the rubble of a Tokyo destroyed by an apocalyptic telekinetic blast from a young boy called Akira—the subject of a covert government experiment gone wrong now imprisoned for three decades in frozen stasis.

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But Tetsuo, an unstable youth with immense paranormal abilities of his own, has done the unthinkable: He has released Akira and set into motion a chain of events that could once again destroy the city and drag the world to the brink of Armageddon. Resistance agents and an armada of government forces race against the clock to find the child with godlike powers before his unstoppable destructive abilities are unleashed. One of the true international classics of graphic fiction, Akira has once again taken America by storm. Artist/writer/filmmaker Katsuhiro Otomo is acclaimed worldwide as a master storyteller, and Akira showcases Otomo at the peak of his creative form. Akira is a timeless, epic work of unforgettable beauty, horror, and imagination.

City on the Brink

Come for the collision of paranormal power, government forces, and a city facing destruction.

Come here for

  • Neo-Tokyo’s apocalyptic scale
  • A serious, immersive strain of science fiction

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  • A race against catastrophe
  • Beauty, horror, and imagination in graphic fiction

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General Manga56%
Post-Apocalyptic Sci-Fi Comics42%

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  • General Manga
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Authors
Katsuhiro Otomo
Publisher
Kodansha Comics
Published
July 13, 2010
Format
Paperback
Theme
Psychic powers · Government experimentation · Apocalyptic destruction
Reading lane
General Manga