Akira, a boy with godlike powers who destroyed Tokyo with a telekinetic blast years earlier and has been imprisoned in a frozen state, is released by Tetsuo, a youth with immense paranormal abilities, and a group of resistance agents and government forces races to find Akira before he causes any destruction.
year: 2000, 2001, 2011, 2010
call number/section: 741.5, 1000
subjects: parapsychology, fiction, supernatural, comic books, strips, etc, tokyo (japan), fiction, science fiction graphic novels, manga, graphic novels, paranormal fiction, comic books, strips, etc, cartoons and comics, science fiction comic books, strips, etc, graphic novels, teenagers, tokyo
Editions
?tomo, Katsuhiro
Dark Horse Comics (2000)
In Neo-Tokyo, a city whose precursor was destroyed by a mysterious explosion, a streetwise teenager named Tetsuo begins to develop paranormal abilities, making him the target of a secret agency that wants to prevent another leveling blast and fears a terrifying force called Akira.
Schools: 1
?tomo, Katsuhiro
Dark Horse Comics (2001)
A graphic novel which features the adventures of a group of men and women working to disbale a monstrous psychokinetic power known only as Akira.
Schools: 1
?tomo, Katsuhiro
Kodansha Comics (2011)
All of Earth's forces unite against the child Akira, who has accidentally destroyed Neo-Tokyo twice, and Tetsuo, whose loss of control over his psychic powers is turning him into a horror beyond belief.
Schools: 3
?tomo, Katsuhiro
Kodansha Comics (2010)
Despite being stuck in a frozen status, Akira still poses a threat to Neo-Tokyo and Tetsuo might be the city's only hope if it is ever released, but Tetsuo and his powers have become unstable and a group gathers to stop him from doing the unthinkable.
Schools: 3
?tomo, Katsuhiro
Akira, a boy with godlike powers who destroyed Tokyo with a telekinetic blast years earlier and has been imprisoned in a frozen state, is released by Tetsuo, a youth with immense paranormal abilities, and a group of resistance agents and government forces races to find Akira before he causes any destruction.
Schools: 1
?tomo, Katsuhiro
As Neo-Tokyo lies in ruin after an assasination attempt invokes the fury of Akira, the Great Tokyo Empire rises with Akira its king, Tetsuo its mad prime minister, and a growing number of acolytes ready to go to any length to please the new leaders.
Schools: 1
?tomo, Katsuhiro
Tetsuo takes pills in an attempt to control his inner self, while Kei and Kaneda prepare for their final showdown with him.
Schools: 1