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1988

Created by
Katsuhiro Otomo

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Cover of Akira

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Akira.

Akira (Japanese: アキラ; stylized as AKIRA) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Katsuhiro Otomo. It was serialized biweekly in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Young Magazine from December 20, 1982, to June 25, 1990, with its 120 chapters collected into six tankōbon volumes. It was initially published in the United States by Marvel Comics under its Epic imprint, becoming one of the first manga works to be translated in its entirety into English.

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Type
manga series
Country
Japan
Published
1988
Language
Japanese
The story

Akira, in three panels

  1. 1988. Akira begins in Japan.

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