The Manga Akira gained news after 2 years waiting for its release, publisher JBC revealed that the work will hit newsstands in June with pre-sales scheduled for May.
Divided into 2 volumes, the manga will have 350 pages per edition costing R$69.90, remaining faithful to the original Japanese material measuring 17.8 x 25.6 cm.
According to information published by JB, the second part could be released in December at the Comic Con Experience (CCXP) fair in São Paulo. Buy the Volume Here (1 )
Katsuhiro Otomo's journey to Akira
The work belongs to Katsuhiro Otomo, who was born in 1954, in Japan. He was successful with short stories. His first work was the saga Fireball , then Domu , which explores a conflict between two people with psychic powers, and Akira , his greatest success. After his success, he created other works, with The Legend of Mother Sarah , in which he only wrote the script. AKira is considered a cyberpunk classic, which later became a feature film in 1988, which was the first Japanese animation to be shown in Brazilian cinemas. Unlike the animated feature, the manga has more depth on several points, including social isolation within authoritarian systems without commitment to society.
The story revolves around the city of Neo-Tokyo, which was built on top of the ruins of old Tokyo. A child called “Akira” was kept asleep, at that time other survivors who are part of the military program, I call them psychic elders in children's bodies. , they know that one day Akira will wake up.
Along the journey Tetsuo and Kaneda are members of a gang of young motorcyclists. An accident awakens Tetsuo's telekinetic powers, which soon explodes into a psychic revolt against friends and enemies, transforming Kaneda from a blood brother into a mortal enemy with the terrible potential of paranormals putting the earth in danger.
