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[41] 2Akira I (アキラ I)September 4, 1985[42]
4-06-103712-9March 28, 2001
978-1-56971-499-7 (Dark Horse)[43]
June 22, 2010
978-1-935429-02-9 (Kodansha)[44]Chapters 19–33, originally serialized
from September 1983 to May 1984. [45] 3Akira II (アキラ II)September 1, 1986[46]
4-06-103713-7June 27, 2001
978-1-56971-525-3 (Dark Horse)[47]
July 13, 2010
978-1-935429-04-3 (Kodansha)[48]Chapters 34–48, originally serialized from May 1984 to January 1985. [49] 4Kei I (ケイ I)July 10, 1987[50]
4-06-103714-5September 19, 2001
978-1-56971-526-0 (Dark Horse)[51]
November 30, 2010
978-1-935429-06-7 (Kodansha)[52]Chapters 49–71, originally serialized from March 1985 to April 1986. [53] 5Kei II (ケイ II)December 11, 1990[54]
4-06-313166-1December 19, 2001
978-1-56971-527-7 (Dark Horse)[55]
March 1, 2011
978-1-935429-07-4 (Kodansha)[56]Chapters 72–96, originally serialized from May 1986 to April 1989[57] 6Kaneda (金田)March 23, 1993[58]
4-06-319339-XMarch 27, 2002
978-1-56971-528-4 (Dark Horse)[33]
April 12, 2011
978-1-935429-08-1 (Kodansha)[36]Chapters 97–120, originally serialized from May 1989 to June 1990. [59] Reception[edit] Sales and awards[edit] The first tankōbon volume, which was released on September 14, 1984, significantly exceeded sales expectations, with its print run increasing from an
initial 30,000 copies up to nearly 300,000 copies within two weeks, becoming the number-one best-seller in Japan before eventually selling about 500,000 copies. By 1988, Akira had sold approximately 2 million copies in Japan, from four volumes averaging about 500,000 copies each. [60] The manga was published in the United States in 1988, followed by Spain in 1990, France and Italy by 1991, and then Germany, Sweden, South Korea, Taiwan, Indonesia and Brazil. It was reported by Critique international that by 2000 Akira had sold 7 million copies worldwide, including 2 million in Japan and 5 million overseas. [61] As of 2005, Akira has been published in more than a dozen languages worldwide. [62] In 2020, the first volume of Akira became publisher Kodansha's first manga to receive a
100th printing. [63] At a price of ¥1,000 in Japan[40] and $24.
Set in a post-apocalyptic and futuristic "Neo-Tokyo", more than three decades after a mysterious explosion destroyed the city, the story centers on teenage biker gang leader Shotaro Kaneda, militant revolutionary Kei, a trio of Espers, and Neo-Tokyo military leader Colonel Shikishima, who attempt to prevent Tetsuo Shima, Kaneda's mentally unbalanced childhood friend, from using his unstable and destructive telekinetic abilities to ravage the city and awaken a mysterious entity with
powerful psychic abilities named "Akira". Otomo uses conventions of the cyberpunk genre to detail a saga of political turmoil, social isolation, corruption, and power. [7] Widely regarded as a landmark work in cyberpunk and credited with pioneering the Japanese cyberpunk subgenre, Akira
received universal acclaim from readers and critics, with Otomo's artwork, storytelling, characters, and exploration of mature themes and concepts subject to particular praise. The manga also achieved international commercial success, selling millions of copies worldwide. An animated film adaptation released in 1988 shortened the plot considerably, but retained many of the manga's primary characters and plot elements alongside additional scenes, settings, and motifs. The film was similarly lauded and has served as a significant influence to the anime industry and sci-fi media as a whole.
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