Akira 6

By Katsuhiro Otomo

Book Overview

IN A DEVASTATED 21ST CENTURY, Neo-Tokyo, the armed might of Earth is massed against the godlike powers of two psychic titans, the mute child Akira and the deranged youth Tetsuo. While Akira has unintentionally destroyed the city twice before, Tetsuo has ravaged the surface of the Moon for his sheer amusement, and his madness grows as his abilities expand. But he is gradually losing control of the limitless energies that rage within him, mutating Tetsuo into a horror beyond imagination, and as all forces converge for a final confrontation, the fate of the planet lies in the hands of mere mortals...and the mind of a child.

This final chapter of Katsuhiro Otomo's internationally honored graphic-novel masterpiece brings to a shattering, mind-warping conclusion the science-fiction epic that has influenced storytellers from every continent and in every medium. Akira is a one-of-a-kind work of breathtaking scope, unforgettable imagery, and singular vision.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1935429086
• ISBN13: 9781935429081
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: Kodansha Comics
• Length: 440 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 7.0" x 9.8"
• Age Range: 16 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 11 and higher

Customer Reviews

The end, but only the beginning!

I love this series with all my heart, and that's something I have a hard time describing of anything. The sixth, final, and most cataclysmic of the series tells the fall of Tetsuo, and the epic saga leading up to this point. When a spec-ops team infiltrates the remains of Neo-Tokyo in an attempt to survey the situation they find that events are beyond their control. Akira's zealous followers hunt them down, and from the dust rises Kaneda to appose Tetsuo's malevolent ambitions. How will it all pan out?!