(W) Katsuhiro Otomo (A/CA) Katsuhiro
Otomo
The AKIRA Hardcover
Collection features the updated
translation and lettering of the 35th Anniversary Edition box set,
now collectible one book at a time. 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 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.
