Akira by Katsuhiro Otomo (2004-05-03)

Great buy quality book, nice display hard bound in your libraryOn,y complaint is that tensile of the book is almost paper book sized, will need a well light area to read/enjoy the art.

Great Price!

THE BEST

This is the Barnes and Noble edition of Dark Horse's American release of Akira. As a collector of Akira graphic novels, I've had a hands-on with all the American releases and this one is by far my favorite. The presentation is absolutely gorgeous. It features a beautiful black and red hardcover binding with the Akira katakana logo embossed in gold. The slipcover features promotional art done by Otomo for the limited edition release of the laserdisc. The katakana is again embossed on top of the slipcover. The paper quality is good. Nothing has changed on the inside from Dark Horse's printing. If you don't have a copy of Akira already, this is the one to get. The only problem is that Barnes and Noble never printed the rest of the series, so it will stick out from the rest of the set on your shelf. It's $15 list price on the back makes it a smart choice, too as Dark Horse and the Kodansha reprints both retail for double that.

It's a classic and the hardcover version is nice to have sitting on the bookshelf. However, the images are "flipped" for Western readers. Everyone is suddenly left handed in the art. It made me nuts. I hope a decent "original" version is released one day

Although it is not stated on the this version, this is only the first volume of the original manga.

Si quieres leer manga y te echa para atrás, esta obra es lo más parecido al cómic europeo y americano que he leido.Edición a todo colorLa peli solo contiene partes del primer volumen

lo conocí por la película de animación y aunque tengo el comió pendiente, me gusta como se ve, lo recomiendo.

Formato elegante adecuado para este titan de la cultura manga

La coleccion mola de principio a fin