{"product_id":"akira-hardcover-collection-2-hardcover","title":"Akira Hardcover Collection 2 - Hardcover","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe epic, timeless hit that inspired the legendary anime film and made the word \"manga\" part of the global vocabulary returns in a new hardcover edition. The AKIRA Hardcover Collection features the original right-to-left manga reading format and Katsuhiro Otomo's original, hand-drawn sound effects in a beautiful, large-sized collectible edition.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNeo-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 awakening is a terrifying inevitability. Tetsuo, an angry young man with immense--and rapidly growing--psychic abilities, may be their only hope to control Akira when he wakes. But Tetsuo is becoming increasingly unstable and harbors a growing obsession to confront Akira face to face. A clandestine group including his former best friend sets out to destroy Tetsuo before he can release Akira--or before Tetsuo himself becomes so powerful that no force on Earth can stop him. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe AKIRA Hardcover Collection features the updated translation and lettering of the 35th Anniversary Edition box set, now collectible one book at a time. As in the box set, this six-volume version of the masterwork of Katsuhiro Otomo (\u003ci\u003eMemories\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Steamboy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDomu: A Child's Dream\u003c\/i\u003e) features the creator's Japanese-language, hand-drawn sound effects and the original, right-to-left manga reading format in a 7\"x10\" casewrap hardcover.","brand":"Kodansha Comics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46584190861468,"sku":"9781646511358","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0712\/7616\/7324\/files\/9781646511358.jpg?v=1774480205","url":"https:\/\/bronzeandbrass.store\/products\/akira-hardcover-collection-2-hardcover","provider":"Bronze \u0026 Brass","version":"1.0","type":"link"}