
Akira 4
Paperback – Illustrated, November 30, 2010
Kodansha Comics · Paperback · November 30, 2010
Suffering the fate that beset its namesake three decades earlier, twenty-first-century Neo-Tokyo lies in ruin.
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- Who it’s for
- Psychic force and a perilous search shape this volatile vision of a city in ruins.
- Themes
- Post-apocalyptic devastation, Psychic power, Power and control
- Pacing
- Fast
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Suffering the fate that beset its namesake three decades earlier, twenty-first-century Neo-Tokyo lies in ruin. Set off by the bullet of a would-be assassin, the godlike telekinetic fury of the superhuman child Akira has once again demolished in seconds that which took decades and untold billions to build.
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Now cut off from the rest of the world, the Great Tokyo Empire rises, with Akira its king, the psychic juggernaut Tetsuo its mad prime minister, and a growing army of fanatic acolytes ready to go to any length to please their masters. Forces on the outside still search for a way to stop Akira, and the answer may lie in the hands of the mysterious Lady Miyako, a powerful member of Akira’s paranormal brotherhood. But the solution to harnessing Akira may ultimately be more dangerous than Akira himself. Twenty years since its original release in Japan, Akira remains one of the most widely acclaimed and influential works of graphic fiction, and creator Katsuhiro Otomo has become a legendary storyteller in animation as well as manga. Akira is a science fiction tour de force, a breathtaking vision of innocence, infamy, and insanity.
Power in Ruins
Psychic force and a perilous search shape this volatile vision of a city in ruins.
Come here for
- Post-apocalyptic scale and psychic upheaval
- A fractured empire built around Akira
Expect
- A dangerous search for a way to stop Akira
- Unsettling science fiction where solutions carry risks
Where it sits
| Cyberpunk Comics | 93% |
|---|---|
| Post-Apocalyptic Sci-Fi Comics | 61% |
| General Manga | 36% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- General Manga
- Tie-In Comics
- Post-Apocalyptic Sci-Fi Comics
- Authors
- Katsuhiro Otomo
- Publisher
- Kodansha Comics
- Published
- November 30, 2010
- Format
- Paperback
- Theme
- Post-apocalyptic devastation · Psychic power · Power and control
- Reading lane
- General Manga