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Akira

Akira is a 1988 anime movie by Katsuhiro Otomo. It was based on Otomo's manga of the same name. The movie led the way for the growing popularity of anime in the United States, where Akira has been considered the beginning of the current wave of anime fandom.
Akira Book 1-6 (Akira Paperback)
The science fiction tale set in 2019 in Tokyo after the city was destroyed by World War III, follows the lives of two teenage friends, Tetsuo and Kaneda, who have a consuming fear of a monstrous power known as Akira
Author: Otomo, Katsuhiro/ Otomo, Katsuhiro (CRT)
Published On: 2002/03/01
Language: ENGLISH

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Akira Movies

Akira

Akira is a manga (as well as a Anime (movie)). Manga aren't well known in other countries, but Akira managed to grow even more popular in western countries than in Japan. The american company Marvel has had the original colorized and so all western releases of Akira feature nice colours. Akira tells a story, which could have begun in the midst of the cold war. (But the Soviet Union doesn't exist anymore, you know.)
Tokyo, as we know it, was destroyed by a kind of a new super-bomb of unknown origin. 9 hours after, World War III broke out and most of the major cities in the world were completely destroyed. 31 years after, Neo-Tokyo now stands, were the old Tokyo has been. One night, Kaneda and his motorcycle gang have an accident with a little boy with a wrinkled face, as one of an old man. Tetsuo, one of the gang's members crashes into the boy, who mysteriously remains unhurt and then simply vanishes from the eye. Tetsuo is brought to Hospital, and everything seems to have normalized. But that is not at all the case:
The strange boy from the last night was a part of a secret military project dealing with supernatural powers. The project is lead by the "Colonel", who wants to develop human weapons with aid of these powers. On his trail are Ryu and Kei (not Kay), members of a semi-terroristic group, who want to discover and destroy his plans. And now Tetsuo is going to be a new member of the project. But his powers rise much faster than the Colonel has expected. Tetsuo manages to find out the location of an underground freeze chamber, where the mysterium AKIRA is kept. Akira, too was a member of the project. But why did they put him in the freeze chamber at 0,0005 Kelvin ? They were afraid of something. Something they couldn't control anymore. Something Tetsuo is going to set free really soon. . . And in midst of all the trouble: Kaneda and Kei.

Akira Merchandise

Akira ( Ultimate Collection) (DVD)
Akira (Ultimate Collection DVD) UK £17.99 GBP
DVD Certificate: (15) Release Date: 05/07/04 Boxset containing the legendary Akira series. This cult classic comes from one of the world's leading animation directors Otomo Katsuhiro. In a nightmare of hyper-reality, Tokyo is about to explode and the old Gods return to do battle with Akira.


VARIOUS - AKIRA (OST) (CD)
VARIOUS - AKIRA (CD)
Artist: VARIOUS. Released On: 08-03-2004
$21.97 USD



Anime From Akira To Howl S Moving Castle: Experiencing Contemporary Japanese Animation (Paperback)
Anime From Akira To Howl S Moving Castle: Experiencing Contemporary Japanese Animation (Paperback)
Thoroughly revised and updated, a new edition of the best-selling analysis of the art of Japanese animation looks at the history and evolution of the genre, explores anime s portrayal of social and cultural themes, and includes new chapters on recent releases, including Hayao Miyazaki s Howl s Moving Castle. Original. Author: Napier, Susan J. Number of Pages: 355. Published On: 2005/11/24. Language: ENGLISH
Akira Book 1
Akira Book 1
$2.50 USD
Akira Bk. 3 (Akira, 3) - Otomo, Katsuhiro
Akira Bk. 3 (Akira, 3) - Otomo, Katsuhiro
ISBN: 1840233168 Published: Aug 2001 Format: Paperback Tetsuo, an angry young man with immense psychic abilities, has released Akira from his frozen stasis and set in motion a chain of events that could destroy the city and drag the world to the brink of Armageddon. Resistance agents and an armada of government forces race against the clock to find the child with godlike powers before his unthinkable destructive abilities are unleashed. Brief Description: Neo-Tokyo has risen from the rubble of a Tokyo destroyed by an apocalyptic blast from a boy called Akira - now imprisoned in frozen stasis. But Tetsuo releases Akira and sets a chain of events in motion that could destroy the city and drag the world to the brink of Armageddon.
$22.99 USD

Akira
Akira
$11.24 USD
Akira Book 6
Akira Book 6
$22.46 USD
Akira Book 4
Akira Book 4
$20.96 USD
Akira - Pre-Played
Akira - Pre-Played
Director Katushiro Otomo's genre-defining Anime feature based on his own comic book series is jarring, provocative, and a landmark display of artistic bravado. Released as a film in 1988, Akira sent immediate and lasting shockwaves through the world of cinema. In 2019, gangs and terrorists run rampant through the post-apocalyptic metropolis of Neo-Tokyo. The government does little to check the power of the military, which preserves a fragile order and hides the secrets of the city's closely guarded past. A motorcycle gang led by two friends, Tetsuo and Kaneda, discovers a covert military operation, and the two begin a dark descent into Neo-Tokyo's rotten core. Tetsuo soon falls victim to a military experiment that unlocks his psychic powers, and threatens to bring on another apocalypse when he begins raging out of control.
$14.95 USD

Akira Tetsuo Leaping with Junk Arm Trading Figure
Akira Tetsuo Leaping with Junk Arm Trading Figure
Imported from Japan! From Katsuhiro Otomo?s landmark sci-fi anime comes this first series of trading figures depicting all of the major characters in detailed and faithful dioramic recreations of scenes from the film that you build! COLLECT THEM ALL! The first series includes Akira on Throne, Kaneda on Bike, Kaneda on Crashed Hoverbike, The Colonel, and Tetsuo Leaping (with Junk Arm). Each figure... * measures approximately 3" tall * features Kaiyodo?s incredible sculpting and trademark paint detail ? in a small scale! * originally presented in BLIND-PACKAGING, but we have opened them to assure you are getting the character you want. Click here to see all of our AKIRA merchandise! Click here to see all of our Figures & Statues!
$3.00 USD

Akira ( Ultimate Collection) (DVD)
Akira ( Ultimate Collection) (DVD)
DVD Certificate: (15) Release Date: 05/07/04 Boxset containing the legendary Akira series. This cult classic comes from one of the world's leading animation directors Otomo Katsuhiro. In a nightmare of hyper-reality, Tokyo is about to explode and the old Gods return to do battle with Akira.
$17.99 USD

Akira On Throne Trading Figure
Akira On Throne Trading Figure
Imported from Japan! From Katsuhiro Otomo?s landmark sci-fi anime comes this first series of trading figures depicting all of the major characters in detailed and faithful dioramic recreations of scenes from the film that you build! COLLECT THEM ALL! The first series includes Akira on Throne, Kaneda on Bike, Kaneda on Crashed Hoverbike, The Colonel, and Tetsuo Leaping (with Junk Arm). Each figure... * measures approximately 3" tall * features Kaiyodo?s incredible sculpting and trademark paint detail ? in a small scale! * originally presented in BLIND-PACKAGING, but we have opened them to assure you are getting the character you want. Click here to see all of our AKIRA merchandise! Click here to see all of our Figures & Statues!
$3.00 USD

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