Cover: Katsuhiro Otomo
Akira #1
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This volume collects the first six issues of the original Akira manga series by Katsuhiro Otomo, presented in the English-language edition published by Dark Horse. Set in a post-apocalyptic Neo-Tokyo, it follows the biker gang leader Kaneda and his friend Tetsuo as they become entangled in a government conspiracy involving psychic powers and a mysterious boy named Akira.
writer, artist, inker Katsuhiro Otomo · writer Yoko Umezawa · writer Jo Duffy · letterer Digital Chameleon · writer Linda M. York · letterer David Schmit · cover Katsuhiro Otomo
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Full credits
writer, artist, inker Katsuhiro Otomo
writer Yoko Umezawa
writer Jo Duffy
letterer Digital Chameleon
writer Linda M. York
letterer David Schmit
cover pencils, inks Katsuhiro Otomo
Reprints
↩ Reprints アキラ [Akira] #1 (1984)
Reprinted in Akira #1 (2009)
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