AKIRA 1 (OTOMO THE COMPLETE WORKS 12) Japanese Anime Book New Katsuhiro Otomo For Sale

1. AKIRA 1 (OTOMO THE COMPLETE WORKS) Paperback – 8/30/2024
2. Author: Katsuhiro Otomo
3. Publisher: Kodansha (8/30/2024)
4. Release date: 8/30/2024
5. Language: Japanese
6. Paperback: 320 pages
7. ISBN: 4065367859
8. Dimensions: 17.6 x 2.3 x 25 cm
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10. This is the first volume (8 volumes in total) of the complete works of Otomo, "AKIRA," which was created by Katsuhiro Otomo when he was 28-29 years old in 1982-1983 and began serialization in Young Magazine, which was just two years after its launch. The first volume contains the first 14th installment (up to p. 279 of the first volume of the book) of the series, as they were when they were first published.
11. This historic work, which had a huge impact on the world of manga, is renowned for its perfection, but in fact the author gave it a lot of polish when it was published in book form.
12. The Young Magazine book version of "AKIRA" was polished and completed through additions, corrections, deletions, replacements, rearrangements of pages and frames, additions of finishing touches, new drawings, etc., and is still read today, 40 years after its first publication.
13. It is particularly well-known that the frontispieces of each serialized chapter were deleted from the book.
14. However, in accordance with the aim of "arranging all of Otomo's work by era and tracing how he has changed as a writer," this complete collection version has been published in the "serialized version" that has been reprinted as much as possible from the time of the serialization, including the frontispieces, in the form before it was edited for the book.
15. There are some parts where the original illustrations no longer exist, and some parts where it is impossible to return them to the way they were when they were serialized because the manuscript was edited directly, but the goal of the complete collection version is to "restore them to their original state as much as possible."
16. The "live serialized version of AKIRA", which has been lost since its serialization, is completely different from the "complete version of AKIRA" that can be read in a book, and perfectly recreates the excitement of the time of its release! This is a must-have and must-see first volume for all AKIRA fans. The extremely rare color spread of the first issue, which is different from the book version, and the color pages from the serialization are all reproduced as they were at the time.
17. ※"OTOMO THE COMPLETE WORKS" Volume 12
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19. About the author
20. Manga artist and film director. Born in Miyagi Prefecture.
21. Debuted in 1973 with "Manga Action". Representative works include "Domu" and "AKIRA".
22. In 1988, the animated film "AKIRA", which he produced himself, was highly acclaimed both in Japan and overseas, and became a pioneer of the Japanese animation movement (Japanimation) overseas.
23. In 2013, he was awarded the Purple Ribbon Medal by the Japanese government. In 2014, he was awarded the Order of Arts and Letters by the French government.
24. In 2015, he won the Grand Prize at the 42nd Angoulême International Comics Festival (France).

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