Akira

Author: Katsunhiro Otomo

Publisher: Dark Horse, 2000

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The book takes place in Tokyo Japan 2019 after the city was destroyed in World War 3 from dropping atomic bombs on Tokyo by the Japanese government. The book follows a bike gang leader Kaneda who finds himself caught up with the government and supernatural forces.

The pacing of the graphic novel is a mix it has its slower moments like building up the intensity of the story as well as its fact paced elements having a lot of dialogue. The story line exerts a psychological feel when reading with the tone of the story being gritty and foreboding.

This manga was eventually made into a animated movie in June 1991, The manga was organically published in 1984.

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