Books
- Akira, Volume 1 : Publisher: Dark Horse ISBN 1-56971-498-3 Release: December 2000
- Akira, Volume 2 : Publisher: Dark Horse ISBN 1-56971-499-1 Release: March 2001
- Akira, Volume 3 : Publisher: Dark Horse ISBN 1-56971-525-4 Release: June 2001
- Akira, Volume 4 : Publisher: Dark Horse ISBN 1-56971-526-2 Release: September 2001
- Akira, Volume 5 : Publisher: Dark Horse ISBN 1-56971-527-0 Release: December 2001
- Akira, Volume 6 : Publisher: Dark Horse ISBN 1-56971-528-9 Release: March 2002
In 2009, Kodansha USA (distributed through Random House) started releasing the Akira volumes under their license.
- Akira, Volume 1 : Publisher: Kodansha USA ISBN 1-935429-00-0 Release: October 13, 2009
- Akira, Volume 2 : Publisher: Kodansha USA ISBN 1-935429-02-7 Release: June 8, 2010
- Akira, Volume 3 : Publisher: Kodansha USA ISBN 1-935429-04-3 Release: July 13, 2010
- Akira, Volume 4 : Publisher: Kodansha USA ISBN 1-935429-06-X Release: November 9, 2010
- Akira, Volume 5 : Publisher: Kodansha USA ISBN 1-935429-07-8 Release: March 1, 2011
- Akira, Volume 6 : Publisher: Kodansha USA ISBN 1-935429-08-6 Release: April 12, 2011
In June 1995, Otomo and MASHROOM Co Ltd released the AKIRA Club, a compilation of various materials related to the production of the series. These include test designs of the paperback volume covers, title pages as they appeared in Young Magazine, and images of various related merchandise. Otomo also shares his commentaries in each page. Dark Horse collaborated with Kodansha to release an English-translated version of the book in 2007.
Read more about this topic: Akira (manga)
Famous quotes containing the word books:
“Translate a book a dozen times from one language to another, and what becomes of its style? Most books would be worn out and disappear in this ordeal. The pen which wrote it is soon destroyed, but the poem survives.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“Ideas are only lethal if you suppress and don’t discuss them. Ignorance is not bliss, it’s stupid. Banning books shows you don’t trust your kids to think and you don’t trust yourself to be able to talk to them.”
—Anna Quindlen (b. 1952)
“The books one reads in childhood, and perhaps most of all the bad and good bad books, create in one’s mind a sort of false map of the world, a series of fabulous countries into which one can retreat at odd moments throughout the rest of life, and which in some cases can survive a visit to the real countries which they are supposed to represent.”
—George Orwell (1903–1950)