アキラ [Akira] comic books issue 2

Tetsuo and Kaneda get caught up in the governments pursuit of the mysterious Mutant #26; the Colonel wants to control the power of Akira, but hes not the only one. The first English translation of Katsuhiro Otomos influential manga series. Story, art and cover by Otomo. Color by Steve Oliff. Mature readers. Cover price $3.50. Cover price $3.50.

Second Printing. Tetsuo and Kaneda get caught up in the governments pursuit of the mysterious Mutant #26; the Colonel wants to control the power of Akira, but hes not the only one. The first English translation of Katsuhiro Otomos influential manga series. Story, art and cover by Otomo. Color by Steve Oliff. Mature readers. Cover price $3.50. Cover price $3.50.

Add to cart Near Mint $22.00

Add to cart Near Mint $22.00

Volume 2 - 1st printing. Collects Akira (1988-1996) #7-12. Story and art by Katsuhiro Otomo. 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 Otomo's original, hand-drawn sound effects in a beautiful, large-sized collectible edition. Neo-Tokyo has risen from the ashes of a Tokyo obliterated by a monstrous psychokinetic power known only as Akira, a being who yet lives, secretly imprisoned in frozen stasis. Those who stand guard know that Akira's awakening is a terrifying inevitability. Tetsuo, an angry young man with immense—and rapidly growing—psychic abilities, may be their only hope to control Akira when he wakes. But Tetsuo is becoming increasingly unstable and harbors a growing obsession to confront Akira face to face. A clandestine group including his former best friend sets out to destroy Tetsuo before he can release Akira—or before Tetsuo himself becomes so powerful that no force on Earth can stop him. The AKIRA Hardcover Collection features the updated translation and lettering of the 35th Anniversary Edition box set, now collectible one book at a time. As in the box set, this six-volume version of the masterwork of Katsuhiro Otomo (Memories, Steamboy, Domu: A Child's Dream) features the creator's Japanese-language, hand-drawn sound effects and the original, right-to-left manga reading format in a 7"x10" casewrap hardcover. Hardcover, 304 pages, B&W. Older Teen (16+) Cover price $34.99.

Volume 2 - 1st printing. "Book: 2!" Story and art by Katsuhiro Otomo. On the mean streets of Neo-Tokyo, the battle lines are drawn. On one side is the growing psychic killer Tetsuo. On the other, renegade biker Kaneda, once Tetsuo's friend and gangleader. The city is about to be swept clean with pure psychic might. And at the heart of this confrontation, Akira stirs. Softcover, full color. Cover price $13.95.

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Kodansha Edition - Volume 2 - 1st printing. Story and art by Katsuhiro Otomo. The Kodansha Comics editions of the groundbreaking post-apocalyptic manga series continues. Softcover, 304 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $24.99.

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Kodansha Edition - Volume 2 - 2nd and later printings. Story and art by Katsuhiro Otomo. The Kodansha Comics editions of the groundbreaking post-apocalyptic manga series continues. Softcover, 304 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $24.99.

NOTE: All text is in Japanese - Volume 2 - 1st printing.

Story and art by Katsuhiro Otomo.

On the mean streets of Neo-Tokyo, the battle lines are drawn. On one side is the growing psychic killer Tetsuo. On the other, renegade biker Kaneda, once Tetsuo's friend and gangleader. The city is about to be swept clean with pure psychic might. And at the heart of this confrontation, Akira stirs.

Softcover (with Dust Jacket), 306 pages, B&W.

NOTE: All text is in Japanese - Volume 2 - 2nd or Later Printings.

Story and art by Katsuhiro Otomo.

On the mean streets of Neo-Tokyo, the battle lines are drawn. On one side is the growing psychic killer Tetsuo. On the other, renegade biker Kaneda, once Tetsuo's friend and gangleader. The city is about to be swept clean with pure psychic might. And at the heart of this confrontation, Akira stirs.

Softcover (with Dust Jacket), 306 pages, B&W.

A script-style book of issues 4-6 of Akira featuring both English and Japanese text. Originally included with Akira Boxed Set (1988 Kodansha/Epic) Japanese Import. 32 pages, B&W.

Japanese import boxed set of the American edition of Akira. Set 2 includes Issues 4-6 of Akira (1988) as well as a bilingual booklet with translated text, all in a slip case and wrapped in OBI Strip. Hardcover slipcase, Full color, 6.75" x 10.25", ¥1,800 cover price.

Volume 2 - 1st printing. Collects Akira TPB (1990-1993 Epic) Vol. 3-4. Story and art by Katsuhiro Otomo. Hardcover, full color. Mature Readers Cover price $45.95.

Volume 2 - 1st printing. Story and art by Katsuhiro Otomo. In the year 2030, the dazzling Neo-Tokyo has risen from Tokyo's ashes, but the power that once leveled Tokyo and sent the world to the brink of Armageddon - a being of monstrous telekinetic power known only as Akira - lives on in absolute-zero frozen stasis far below the city. Those who stand guard will stop at nothing to keep Akira from awakening, but Tetsuo, an angry young man with immense - and rapidly growing - psychic abilities becomes obsessed with confronting Akira face-to-face. In time, Akira will surely awaken, and Tetsuo may be the only being potentially capable of controlling him, but Tetsuo is becoming increasingly unstable and violent, and a group including his former friend Kaneda sets out to destroy Tetsuo before he can release Akira - or before Tetsuo himself becomes so powerful that no force on Earth can stop him! Softcover, 304 pages, B&W. Cover price $24.95.

Volume 2 - 2nd and later printings. Story and art by Katsuhiro Otomo. In the year 2030, the dazzling Neo-Tokyo has risen from Tokyo's ashes, but the power that once leveled Tokyo and sent the world to the brink of Armageddon - a being of monstrous telekinetic power known only as Akira - lives on in absolute-zero frozen stasis far below the city. Those who stand guard will stop at nothing to keep Akira from awakening, but Tetsuo, an angry young man with immense - and rapidly growing - psychic abilities becomes obsessed with confronting Akira face-to-face. In time, Akira will surely awaken, and Tetsuo may be the only being potentially capable of controlling him, but Tetsuo is becoming increasingly unstable and violent, and a group including his former friend Kaneda sets out to destroy Tetsuo before he can release Akira - or before Tetsuo himself becomes so powerful that no force on Earth can stop him! Softcover, 304 pages, B&W. Cover price $27.95.

Volume 2 - 1st Printing. Written by Mikage Sawamura. Art and Cover by Toji Aio. The mysterious lurks in that which fills the crevices between ordinary things—The Extraordinary. Akira Takatsuki, an associate professor of folklore studies and a collector of strange tales, has taken Naoya Fukamachi, a college student with the uncanny ability to detect lies, under his wing. When another of Professor Takatsukis students reveals that she is living through an urban legend—needles falling all around her and even appearing in her food—the mismatched duo is on the case! But then the professor stops their investigation in its tracks to invite Fukamachi to a barbecue? Is this just one of his eccentricities getting in the way of another, or is there some grand plan brewing!? Softcover, 5-in. x 7 1/2-in., 160 pages, B&W. Mature Readers. Cover price $13.00.