Katsuhiro Otomo - Böcker

Akira 1 introduces readers to a gritty Neo-Tokyo, built on the ashes of a Tokyo annihilated by a blast of unknown origin that triggered World War III. The lives of two streetwise teenage friends, Tetsuo and Kaneda, change forever when paranormal a...

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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 awaken...

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In the 21st Century, the glittering Neo-Tokyo has risen from the rubble of a Tokyo destroyed by an apocalyptic telekinetic blast from a young boy called Akira-the subject of a covert government experiment gone wrong now imprisoned for three decade...

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In 1982, Kodansha published the first chapter of Akira, a dystopian saga set in Neo-Tokyo, a city recovering from thermonuclear attack where the streets have been ceded to motorcycle gangs and the rich and powerful run dangerous experiments on des...

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From the flooded wasteland of rubble and anarchy that was Neo-Tokyo rises the Great Tokyo Empire, populated by a ragtag army of zealots and crazies who worship and fear Akira and his immensely powerful mad prime minister, Tetsuo. The world at larg...

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In a devestated 21st Century, Neo-Tokyo, the armed might of Earth is massed against the godlike powers of two psychic titans, the mute child Akira and the deranged youth Tetsuo. While Akira has unintentionally destroyed the city twice before, Tets...

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Suffering the fate that beset its namesake three decades earlier, twenty-first-century Neo-Tokyo lies in ruin. Set off by the bullet of a would-be assassin, the godlike telekinetic fury of the superhuman child Akira has once again demolished in se...

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This 168-page collection began life as a limited-edition tribute to Otomo given only to attendees of the prestigious Angouleme International Comics Festival, where Otomo was recipient of the Grand Prize in 2015. Now it's available to readers ...

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From 2017-2019, the throngs passing through Tokyo's emblematic Shibuya neighborhood were lucky enough to witness a massive art project. The PARCO department store was closed for renovation, and Katsuhiro Otomo and collage artist Kosuke Kawamu...

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The manga that began it all - now available for a new generation! From master storyteller Katsuhiro Otomo, Japan's foremost manga maestro, comes the epic work that introduced the West to the epic, stylised and sweeping artform that is manga - Akir...

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Who is Akira? It is a secret that some will kill for and others die to protect. Welcome back to the most incredible manga of all, Katsuhiro Otomo's Akira! This epic, sweeping work is the saga that truly introduced manga (Japanese comics) to the We...

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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 ...

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From master storyteller Katsuhiro Otomo, Japan's foremost manga maestro, comes the fourth epic instalment of the sweeping work that introduced the West to the stylised and dynamic artform that is manga - Akira! Set off by the bullet of a would-be ...

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From master storyteller Katsuhiro Otomo, Japan's foremost manga maestro, comes the epic work that introduced the West to the artform that is manga - Akira! In the 21st century, the once-glittering Neo-Tokyo lies in ruins, leveled in minutes by the...

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From the creator of the highly acclaimed manga epic Akira comes a horrific tale of of extrasensory power, mind control and psychic warfare! Gifted with extrasensory powers, a twisted old man holds silent sway over an entire block of apartments, it...

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Katsuhiro Otomo's epic manga, "Akira", is widely considered to be a pinnacle of the form - a work of astonishing power and visionary scope, with unsurpassed artistry. Now available for the first time in English, and featuring more than 1...

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For Batman, the Dark Knight protector of Gotham City, the world is simple: there's good and evil, black and white.Now, utilising stark black & white linework and a film noir flavour, a host of the biggest names in today's comics industry have ...

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Presented in art book style format with a film noir flavour, this collection of 20 short stories typifies the Dark Knight's pursuit of rough justice on the harsh streets of Gotham City.

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Achtunddreißig Jahre nach der völligen Zerstörung Tokios durch eine neuartige Superbombe hat man die Metropole am Rand ihres ehemaligen Gebiets neu aufgebaut. Der innere Sektor, die »alte Stadt«, ist für die Bevölkerung gesperrt. Aber Kaneda und s...

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Nach ihrem blutigen Kampf werden Kaneda und Kei zusammen mit dem schwer verletzten Tetsuo in die Zentrale des "Colonels" geflogen. Dort erholt sich Tetsuo schnell von seinen Verletzungen. Er will jetzt mit Akira in Kontakt treten, der se...

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Der "Colonel" nutzt den Ausnahmezustand, der über Tokio verhängt wurde, um militärisch gegen Nezus Untergrundorganisation vorzugehen. Im allgemeinen Durcheinander des Kampfes zwischen Nezus Männern und den Soldaten de...

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Bei den Auseinandersetzungen um den unberechenbaren Akira stirbt Takashi. Die Energie, die durch seinen Tod freigesetzt wird, aktiviert Akiras Kräfte und Neu-Tokio wird durch einen gleißenden Blitz vernichtet. Nach der Katastrophe er&ou...

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Tetsuo ruft das "Große Tokioter Reich" aus und greift Miyako an. Auf einem amerikanischen Flugzeugträger hat sich mittlerweile auch eine Gruppe internationaler Wissenschaftler versammelt, um den Ereignissen in Neu-Tokio auf de...

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Während amerikanische Flugzeugträger Neu-Tokio angreifen, kommt es zwischen dem »Colonel« und Tetsuo zu einem Zweikampf, aus dem Tetsuo mit unermesslichen Kräften hervorgeht. Er kann den Angriff der Amerikaner aus dem Orbit abwehren...

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