About the Book: AKIRA Hardcover Collection 1
The epic, timeless hit that inspired the legendary anime film and made the word
"manga" part of the global vocabulary returns in a new hardcover edition. The
AKIRA Hardcover Collection features the original right-to-left manga reading
format and Katsuhiro Otomos original, hand-drawn sound effects in a beautiful,
large-sized collectible edition. Thirty-eight years have passed since the end of
World War III, and the megalopolis of Neo-Tokyo has sprung from the bones of the
devastated old city. By night, the borderlands between glittering towers and
irradiated ruins are ruled by criminals, cultists, and street gangs. Two
childhood friends (and rivals),