Vintage 1980s Akira Comic Books RARE Box Set 2 - Graphic Novel Manga - Katsuhiro Otomo - Epic Comics - Ungraded - Fabulous order Condition

These are vintage 1980s original printings of AKIRA by Katsuhiro Otomo. Published by Epic Comics, a division of Marvel in 1988. Translated from the original Japanese by Mash-Room. Available in this box set are Bilingual Booklet 2 and issues 4, 5, and 6. Ungraded. Includes original box set sleeve!!

KEY FEATURES
Approximate dimensions: 10 inches tall and 6 5/8 inches wide. Modern age comics.

Excellent colors. Some wear on the bilingual booklet and box set sleeve/box, more so than the comic issues.

PROVENANCE AND INFORMATION
These come from my husband's collection. He has amassed a modest comic collection and for decades stopped collecting. Recently he's order back to collecting certain series. That means in order to make room for the new stuff, some of the older stuff needs to go.

He collected AKIRA but never managed to get a complete collection.

From Wikipedia:
AKIRA is a Japanese cyberpunk 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 tankobon 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. Considered a watershed title for the medium, the manga is also famous for spawning the seminal 1988 cyberpunk anime film adaptation of the same name and the greater franchise.

Set in a post-apocalyptic and futuristic "Neo-Tokyo", more than two 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. 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. The adaptation also marked Otomo's transition from a career primarily in manga to one almost exclusively in anime.

AKIRA was instrumental in the surge in popularity of manga outside Japan, especially in the United States and France. The manga won several awards, including the Kodansha Manga Award, a Harvey Award, and four Eisner Awards.

From the original run of issues 1-38, here's a rundown of the contents of Box Set 2:

English-Japanese Bilingual Booklet 2: A script-style book of issues 4-6 of Akira featuring both English and Japanese text. Included with AKIRA Boxed Set (1988 Kodansha/Epic) Japanese Import. 32 pages, B&W.

Issue 4: The Clown biker gang doesn't know what hit them after Tetsuo demonstrates the extent of his new psychic powers. The first English translation of Katsuhiro Otomos influential manga series. Story, art and cover by Otomo. Color by Steve Oliff. Also includes an article about Otomo himself.

Issue 5: Gang war erupts when Kaneda and his motorcycle gang finally retaliate against the Clowns – only to find that their former comrade Tetsuo now leads the Clowns, aided by his ever-increasing psychic powers. The first English translation of Katsuhiro Otomo's influential manga series. Story, art and cover by Otomo. Color by Steve Oliff. Also includes another article about the Akira anime.

Issue 6: Kaneda is forced to go one-on-one against his former friend, Tetsuo, whose psychic powers are spiraling out of his control; meanwhile, the Colonel realizes that the most feared mutant of all, Akira, is on the verge of awakening from his decades-long sleep. The first English translation of Katsuhiro Otomo's influential manga series. Story, art and cover by Otomo. Color by Steve Oliff. Also includes Otomo art from the original Akira manga.

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