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Akira, Vol. 6 (Akira: 6 Volumes #6)
The explosive finale to one of graphic fiction's greatest achievements is here! The mad psychic colossus Tetsuo, the world's military, and the remaining psychics of The Project face off -- with the child psychic god, Akira, the wild card -- in what may not only decide the fate of mankind, but may determine the next step in human evolution! This long-awaited volume -- a sta...more
Paperback, 440 pages
Published
March 27th 2002
by Dark Horse
(first published March 23rd 1990)
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"Akira" was the first adult anime I ever watched. As a young teen, I found the movie intensely violent and disturbing. Critics raved about the movie and I while I agreed with them to an extent, the fluid animation was excellent and the character designs were pretty good, I found the story to be beyond confusing. Last week I started reading the manga series to see if the story made more sense. There's so much more to the manga than the anime. Some additions work, some don't. But is the manga less...more
The movie was very influential on me when I saw it as a kid years ago, and the manga does not disappoint. Although the movie is dazzling, this 2000+ page comic book is better in every way. There is more depth to its treatment of the story and the characters and when things get cosmic, as they often do towards the end, coherence is not lost in a sea of explosions and geysers of blood as in the movie. The artwork is just as stunning here, though I would of course prefer to see the images moving an...more
Musste es so enden?
Tetsuo kann seine Kraft nicht mehr kontrollieren: Die Spontanmutationen, die ihn quälen, sprengen jedes Vorstellungsvermögen und treiben ihn in den Wahnsinn. Gemeinsam versuchen die anderen Mutanten mit Hilfe aller anderen Protagonisten, ihn vor dem totalen Ausbruch der Katastrophe zu bewahren - inklusive der Bomberflotte und Kampfsatelliten der Amerikaner, und dem so harmlos wirkenden Akira...
Ja, meine Zusammenfassung oben hört sich sehr verwaschen und ungenau an. Leider lies...more
Tetsuo kann seine Kraft nicht mehr kontrollieren: Die Spontanmutationen, die ihn quälen, sprengen jedes Vorstellungsvermögen und treiben ihn in den Wahnsinn. Gemeinsam versuchen die anderen Mutanten mit Hilfe aller anderen Protagonisten, ihn vor dem totalen Ausbruch der Katastrophe zu bewahren - inklusive der Bomberflotte und Kampfsatelliten der Amerikaner, und dem so harmlos wirkenden Akira...
Ja, meine Zusammenfassung oben hört sich sehr verwaschen und ungenau an. Leider lies...more
Having finished it, I really want to review the series as a whole. I knew going in -- because I've heard it a thousand times -- how influential the series was on later manga, and that was obvious. Influential, and also better. The story was interesting but a little cryptic in that strange way that I associate with Eastern fiction. It was a huge, sprawling narrative which mostly worked extremely well but occasionally seemed a little unnecessarily complicated (think Lord of the Rings). The plotlin...more
I'm totally biased on this one as Akira will always hold a special place in my heart. My next door neighbor lived in Japan for a while and when he came back he was like 'Akira Akira Akira!' I was about 12 years old at the time (1992) so based on this I bought the anime on VHS by saving the money my mom gave me to play arcade games. It took a long time to save up, but I got an older neighborhood kid to take me to Suncoast so I could buy it and man it was worth it. It's a cartoon but it's violent...more
Fantastic series and well worth the time invested in reading the six volumes. I completely understand why it's often compared with other classic sci-fi stories (like Blade Runner). The story is engaging and marvelously paced, but what really drove me to finish the story were the characters. Most of them are not exactly nice people--Kaneda is a womanizing thug, Tetsuo is a ruthless junkie, Kei is part of a terrorist organization, the Colonel heads up a program that experimented on children (one o...more
This conclusion to one of the most powerful series of graphic novels ever created is non-stop cerebral action. While the constant sounds of explosions may become a little dry at times, the story does not. Using amazing art to create the effect of a life flashing before your eyes, otomo's final chapter of Akira is arguably the best. While the movie reaches to about the end of the second graphic volume, this book series is much lengthier. I would recommend the movie to someone who has less time bu...more
I know that often books are better than the movies that they spawn. In the case of Akira, this certainly applies to the manga and anime. As good as Akira the anime is, it cannot compare to the excellence of Akira the manga.
In this sixth volume of the manga, the story reaches its epic conclusion. Otomo is simply brillant and beautiful in his execution of this amazing ending. Akira is not simply a great manga, it is in my opinion one of the best science fiction stories ever. Lastly, Akria does wha...more
In this sixth volume of the manga, the story reaches its epic conclusion. Otomo is simply brillant and beautiful in his execution of this amazing ending. Akira is not simply a great manga, it is in my opinion one of the best science fiction stories ever. Lastly, Akria does wha...more
I opened a page of this book late last night, and went to bed an hour or so later, having finished this final volume of Akira. Volume 6 didn't sweep me away as thoroughly as some earlier parts, but the epic scale and frenetic climax certainly overwhelmed my ability to put down Otomo's masterpiece. It's extremely difficult to keep conflicts relevant and believable past a threshold of scale and destructive potential. I prefer the life-sized battles of the earlier books, but came away satisfied wit...more
I watched this film when I was much, much younger and have always wanted to buy the books. Only now was I able to afford them. I read them all in one go and must say they're very good, although I liked the compressed version of the film better. Especially in the last 2-3 books so many new characters show up that I felt overwhelmed at times -- overwhelmed but never confused which says quite something about Otomo's ability to create 3-dimensional characters.
A warning: although this is a graphic no...more
A warning: although this is a graphic no...more
I'm not a fan of manga, but having seen the movie when i was younger i couldn't pass the opportunity not to read these 6 comics. I have to say they are even better than the movie and that is one of the best animations ever made(and it's not only my opinion).
I was a little baffled when i was at the second volume and it seemed that it should end soon according to the animation, and i had 4 more volumes to read, but that's what you get with 300+ pages in a volume.
Anyway i don't want to give aw...more
I was a little baffled when i was at the second volume and it seemed that it should end soon according to the animation, and i had 4 more volumes to read, but that's what you get with 300+ pages in a volume.
Anyway i don't want to give aw...more
(I read Akira in one huge go over a weekend, so I will be cutting and pasting this review for all 6 volumes)
Akira is an epic work of science fiction sequential art. The storyline is complex and consistent. There is social commentary, ethical musing, and morality woven through an action packed storyline of science gone wrong. The "romance" portion of the story is believable as well. The two characters are drawn to one another over time, and the world doesn't stop for them to wallow in their newfo...more
Akira is an epic work of science fiction sequential art. The storyline is complex and consistent. There is social commentary, ethical musing, and morality woven through an action packed storyline of science gone wrong. The "romance" portion of the story is believable as well. The two characters are drawn to one another over time, and the world doesn't stop for them to wallow in their newfo...more
Too bad there isn't a vols. 1-6 collection, but here I am, giving them a mass rating! Read this years ago as a kid. I remember borrowing all volumes from the library and finished reading them all within a week!
Gloriously paced. Brutal. Disgusting at times. Tragic. A world of tremendous ideas. Like Masamune Shirow, one feels Katsuhiro Otomo's influence in much of the science fiction we have today.
Gloriously paced. Brutal. Disgusting at times. Tragic. A world of tremendous ideas. Like Masamune Shirow, one feels Katsuhiro Otomo's influence in much of the science fiction we have today.
Much better than Volumes 4 and 5! The dream sequence near the end was beautifully depicted and really delivered an emotional payload that I'd been looking forward to since reading the first book. I found some of the action frenetic and some the characters' motivations murky. I think at this point I'm mostly happy to finally be finished with this series!
The culmination! The final book in the series! The end! Wow! what a ride. so, this was a bit harder to focus with because you had so many different forces coming together. there was lots of action and explosions--epic. I really liked how it ended--made more sense than the film--though the film is amazing.
The series is more than worth a read!
The series is more than worth a read!
Finally finished the saga. Least to say I couldn't put the book down. Every page is packed with insane action that's best described as a child's fantasy of being able to cause complete mayhem. I was hoping for twists in turns towards the end, but I honestly think that would have required another set of writers. All in all, a fun ride.
There was an inspiringly nihilistic quote about stories with a moral somewhere in the 38 parts of this series, but I can't come up with a strong search term to find it via Google so I'll leave it up to future readers to find it and post it as a reply to this "review"....
---Where search engines fail, humans can excel.
---Where search engines fail, humans can excel.
I enjoyed the moral ambiguity of the characters in Akira . Even after six books, I still am not sure if Akira was good, bad, or somewhere in between (or even if it matters. . . I think it does). Even Kaneda and Tetsuo, the protagonist and antagonist of the story, are not easily categorized. I love when authors dirty up this purist notion that people are all good or all bad. It makes things more interesting.
On the other hand, I had some serious problems with the plausiblity of the story. Now I k...more
On the other hand, I had some serious problems with the plausiblity of the story. Now I k...more
This series was so good and I'm supprised I didn't get into to it earlier. It was absolutly nothing like the movie, which I am not complaning about. I did find myself about every other page asking what the hell was going on but in a good way. I liked this so much I read the whole series twice
Akira's not one of my favorite manga series, but it's a staple in the genre and pretty much required reading, in my opinion. This boasts an impressive storyline, interesting characters, and is definitely one of the more complex, adult manga out there.
I'd have to say that this book, as the conclusion of the entire story, rather disappointed me. Nothing new was added, just drawing in parts from the previous books to finally finish this one. For once, I have to say that I liked the film better than the series.
Ok the saga is now done the story is ended and it leaves you shattered and drained - the 433 pages just blur as you race towards the conclusion which you no nothing will ever be the same again or be able to return from but you cannot help it you must see how it all ends.
The story is engrossing yet never does it lose sight of the detail of the world it exits in. The artwork is amazingly detailed showing both humour and the harsh realities of the events - what never ceases to amaze me is that the...more
The story is engrossing yet never does it lose sight of the detail of the world it exits in. The artwork is amazingly detailed showing both humour and the harsh realities of the events - what never ceases to amaze me is that the...more
The final volume delivers a great ending as the plans that certain characters have put into motion finally comes to pass. This is a great series and it's definitely better than the movie.
Its almost impossible to describe how completely amazing Akira actually is. It makes any seminal American graphic novel seem childish. Required reading for anyone interested in the medium.
Oct 15, 2011
Ivon
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5 of 5 stars
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alur cerita bagus, ide cerita menarik, tapi untuk ceritanya sendiri, jujur aja, rada cacat,
tapi, untuk art, ini DEWA.
lima bintang untuk keseluruhan seri must read ini.
tapi, untuk art, ini DEWA.
lima bintang untuk keseluruhan seri must read ini.
Damn, that business was nice. I think the most amazing thing about Akira is how it's aged. I was just as enthralled as if it had come out today.
Gets even stranger here. But the ending, (view spoiler), is still pretty great.
This is definitely one of the greatest comicbook/graffic novel endeavors. By the end of the six volumes or 2000+ pages you've come through a literally mindblowing experience. I have always love the movie version of this story, but it is vastly different. For lovers of post-apocalyptic stories this could be THE defining work. The themes range from government conspiracy to human telepathy and the evolution of the species to motorcycles and pharmaceuticals. You can fly through the books as is typic...more
What isn't to love about this last chapter of the classic Akira.
Messed up metaphysics and metaphors, got to dig it!
Messed up metaphysics and metaphors, got to dig it!
As I have said before, this epic is clearly one of the greatest and most important pieces of graphic literature ever created and it deserves deeper analysis than I can provide.
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Katsuhiro Otomo (大友 克洋, Otomo Katsuhiro) is a Japanese manga artist, film director, and screenwriter. He is perhaps best known for being the creator of the manga Akira and its anime adaptation, which are extremely famous and influential. Otomo has also directed several live-action films, such as the recent 2006 feature film adaptation of the Mushishi manga.
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