Akira (GN 2 of 6)

Release date: 2010-06-22
Suggested retail price: $24.99
Age rating: 16+

SKU: DRAK-02
ISBN-10: 1935429027 1935429027
ISBN-13: 9781935429029 9781935429029

Description:
In the 21st century, 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.

Story and art by Katsuhiro Otomo.

(added on 2009-06-13, modified on 2013-09-19)

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