Akira is set in the post-apocalypse Neo-Tokyo of 2030, a vast metropolis built on the ashes of a Tokyo annihilated by an apocalyptic blast of unknown power that triggered World War III. The lives of two streetwise teenage friends, Tetsuo and Kaneda, change forever when dormant paranormal abilities begin to waken in Tetsuo, who becomes a target for a shadowy government operation, a group who will stop at nothing to prevent another catastrophe like that which leveled Tokyo. And at the core of their motivation is a raw, all-consuming fear. A fear of someone or something, of unthinkably monstrous power known only as "Akira".... more>>

Note: Won the 1984 Kodansha Manga Award for best general manga, won the Harvey Award for Best American Edition of Foreign Material in 1993. Was nominated for the Harvey for Best Graphic Album of Previously Published Work in 2002. Won the Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material in 2002, the Eisner Award for Best Archival Collection/Project in 2002 and The Akira 35th Anniversary Edition won the Eisner Award for Best Archival Collection/Project in 2018. <<less

Collection of 4 short stories by Satoshi Kon:... more>>

1. World Apartment Horror:

Manga adaptation of Katsuhiro Otomo's self-directed live-action film of the same name.

A bumbling Yakuza member is sent to get rid of an old and rotten apartment block from its foreign occupants, but finds it's a lot harder than expected when he discovers an evil spirit haunts the building.

2. Visitors

3. Waira

4. Joyful Bell

Stories 2, 3 and 4 were included in story compilation. <<less

Orbiting serenely above a long-ago poisoned earth, the last bastion of human civilization is the space colonies. After a terrorist attack, the colonists are forced... more>> into exile on the blighted planet below. In the confusion, a young mother is separated from her family and is flung into a bleak, uncertain future... But Sarah will not rest until she finds her children. <<less

Collection of short stories, including;... more>>

- Flower

- Memories

- SOUND OF SAND

- Farewell To Weapons

- Hair

- Electric Bird Land

- MINOR SWING

- Chronicle of The Planet TAKO

- Chronicle of The Planet TAKO, Chapter of Dawnlight

- Fire-ball

- That's Amazing World - Magic pot of Aladdin

- That's Amazing World - Noah's Ark

- That's Amazing World - old man and sea

- That's Amazing World - Knights of The Round Table <<less

A collection of 3 "hard boiled type" stories:... more>>

The Sultan's Guard

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Collection of short stories, from 1979-1995, including;... more>>

- SOS! DAITOKYO TANKENTAI

- RUN

- SPEED

- NEKO HA YOKU CHOPO NI KAETERUKU

- ABUNAI! SEITO KAICHOO

- HOOMONSHA

- SUN BURG HILL NO OMOIDE

- EIYOO MANTEN episode I

- EIYOO MANTEN episode II

- MADOROS KUN

- SUKIYAKI

- NIGHT FLAMES

- Homonsha (VISITORS) <<less

An anthology collection of very short parodies of classic fairy tales and stories, such as Cinderella, Robinson Crusoe, Ali Baba, Snow White and more.... more>>

The reissued edition lacks a large fully-painted poster supplement. <<less

Collection of short stories from 1975-1978:... more>>

- Kazoku

- Suka to Sukkiri

- Shusei Sanchi no Yuki Chan

- .....Ga Chyun

- Highway Star

- Tenmoo..... Nishite Morasazu

- Tsuya no Atosaki

- Seisoo

- Ashita no Yakusoku

- Sayonara no Omiyage <<less

A short story from acclaimed Japanese auteur Katsuhiro Otomo:... more>>

Social misfits On, Hanaken and Shinta spend an afternoon in the park shooting the breeze. As they wonder what direction life will take them, a chance encounter with an older generation leads to confrontation. <<less

The experiences of two Japanese people who move to the US; one a judo teacher, the other a guitarist.

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An anthology of short stories from 1974-1980:... more>>

- Chuck Check Chicken

- Tokyoo Chang Pong

- Shincho Senki

- Good Weather (part 1)

- Good Weather (part 2)

- Ai no Kaikaku 2 Chome 3

- Virgin Shadow

- Katsu Kare

- So What

- Ame Lingo (part 1)

- Ame Lingo (part 2)

- Boogie Woogie Waltz (part 1) <<less

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A collection of short stories originally published between 1974 and 1976.

During the middle of the Edo period, there was a long reign of peace in which no one died in a conflict. But being born... more>> into a samurai family, there could be only one successor to the house, hence, the second and third sons of the family were busy looking for work. This is the story of Kikinosuke Fujimi, second son to the Fujimi family. <<less