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	Akira - Manga
		Although the story is similar in many ways to the animated film of the same name, it goes into greater depth than a movie can, spending time exploring not just the characters, but the ramifications of their actions on themselves and the world around them.
		His characters are three dimensional, and as "Akira" twists and turns towards its conclusion, Otomo binds the fate of the entire planet to the personal lives and passions of his small band of biker punks.
		Akira is owned by Katsuhiro Otomo - Akira Committee - Mash Room © 1988
	www.akira2019.com /manga.htm (1203 words)

	Akira (manga) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Akira (Japanese: アキラ) is a cyberpunk serial manga by Katsuhiro Otomo.
		Akira is seen by the manga/anime community as an introduction to both mediums
		Akira, like Otomo's other work (such as Domu), revolves around the basic idea of individuals with superhuman powers, in particular psychokinetic abilities, but much of the story does not focus on these abilities themselves, but rather the people involved, social issues and the political ramifications of their existence.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Akira_(manga) (2098 words)

	Akira (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Akira is the 10-year-old child who first manifested these startling powers, obliterating all of Tokyo (at the beginning of the film) with an energy too great to be humanly contained — a veritable atom bomb personified in a little boy: wordless and morally indifferent, the character implicitly represents the 'divine wind'
		Akira was a young boy who developed immense psychic abilities when serving as a test subject for secret government ESP experiments in the 1980s.
		The anime cropped the whole of the manga's destructive aftermath scenario effected by the title character, which notably included: the establishment of the Great Tokyo Empire, with Akira serving as emperor and Tetsuo as prime minister; Tetsuo's partial destruction of the Moon; and the arrival of an American assassin sent to kill Akira.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Akira_(film) (3245 words)

	Akira: Classic Manga/Anime
		Akira, by Katsuhiro Otomo, is a complex story of socio-political upheaval and the ultimate results of human interference with nature.
		Akira himself is a young boy who was in the past much like Tetsuo.
		Akira is the standard upon which all other Manga and anime is judged.
	www.monkeyrivertown.com /brains.php?ART=183 (785 words)

	AAW: AKIRA Review
		Based on the acclaimed manga series by Katsuhiro Otomo, it was the highest-budget anime film ever produced at the time and one of the first of the "modern" anime films to be released in the US, and even as it approaches two decades old it is still a technical tour de force.
		In all, AKIRA may feature a plot that is weird, only partially explained, rather confusing, and not for everyone, but the nightmarish, apocalyptic visions will be hard to take your eyes off of, and I'm not exaggerating when I say the lush visuals are the rule by which all other anime is measured.
		AKIRA is such a classic, and so visually striking, that any anime fan should see it at least once, and many will want to watch it again and again to more fully appreciate the density of the plot.
	animeworld.com /reviews/akira.html (1767 words)

	Akira Toriyama Interview (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Akira Toriyama's style is one that's immediately identifiable, even among a sea of other manga artists—no one does it quite the same.
		In elementary school, we were all drawing manga (comics in Japanese) or animation characters and showing them to each other.' But when asked if this early, self-made training in drawing is what led to his current career as a manga artist, Toriyama is skeptical.
		Serialized in the weekly manga anthology magazine SHONEN JUMP (which sells from four to six million copies per week) from 1984-1995, Dragonball became one of the most popular and most widely known manga and anime series in the history of Japan, but that was only the tip of the iceberg.
	www.stormpages.com /ssjsean/ati.htm (3718 words)

	Into Liquid Sky - Anime/Manga Reviews
		Much like the popular anime movie, the manga details the story of a biker punk by the name of Tetsuo, who is taken under military control when it is discovered that he is developing immense mental powers.
		Where in most manga, fast moving action scenes are sometime a little too hectic to follow, everything in Akira is placed and visually explained so that the reader knows what's going on when it happens without multiple reads.
		Akira is easily one of the most essential manga that every reader must at least read in their life.
	www.intoliquidsky.net /site/anime_manga/akira_manga.html (498 words)

	Anime on DVD Recommends: Akira
		Akira's theatrical release was on 16 July 1988, and it quickly acquired a cult status around the world.
		Otomo had a vision for the film version of Akira; it had to feel like an issue of the manga, and it had to be a film driven by the visuals rather than the characters.
		Akira has endured for fourteen years, and its carefully built world will ensure that it will endure for years to come.
	www.animeondvd.com /discdata/essential/akira.htm (854 words)

	Akira vol 1 Manga Review. DVD VISION JAPAN (DVD VISION)
		Akira is one of the most recognized names in anime and manga.
		Overall, Akira is an epic science fiction masterpiece that makes for great reading, but a major drawback to this volume is its price.
		The Akira manga inspired an anime of the same name to be created, and it is considered one of the greatest anime of all time.
	www.dvdvisionjapan.com /akiramanga1.htm (1338 words)

	Akira Toriyama Bio - Akira Toriyama Biography - Akira Toriyama Stories
		Akira was a man who was determined to achieve success.
		Akira wanted to draw manga at more leisurely pace so he would have more time for him self and for his family (wife, son and daughter).
		Akira is the only known Manga writer to have two of his mangas crossover into each other.
	www.tv.com /akira-toriyama/person/51889/biography.html (1242 words)

	Akira - Japanese Manga Classic
		Akira is a manga and 1988 anime movie by Katsuhiro Otomo, generally considered a classic of both genres.
		Akira, like Otomo's other work (such as Domu, A Child's Dream), revolves around the basic idea of humans with superhuman powers, in particular psychokinetic abilities, but much of the story does not focus on these abilities themselves, but rather the people involved, social issues and politics.
		In North America Akira was the beginning of the current wave of anime fandom and served as inspiration to the Wachowski brothers' The Matrix trilogy motion pictures.
	www.japan-101.com /anime/akira.htm (421 words)

	AKIRA
		Before Akira's release, there wasn't much in the way of manga for high school and college students.
		The manga was eventually redistributed in a series of 5 giant book editions, each of which were best sellers.
		Akira, in a way, becomes their holy grail.
	www.geocities.com /Tokyo/Flats/1419/akira.html (1009 words)

	Akira - MyAnimeList.net
		Akira is a solid manga title that evokes a sense of drama and action that is uncommon in many manga series today.
		The art in Akira is highly detailed and its amazing because for a manga that is about 20 years old it still competes well with many new series.
		The characters in Akira are not that unique and they a look a bit alike, but besides that they make up for most of it with their emotional involvement with each other and their involvement in the stories overall plot.
	myanimelist.net /manga.php?id=664 (912 words)

	Anime Boredom - Akira manga reviews
		Akira's premise seems kinda old hat these days, but the whole apocalypse/world war 3/Neo Tokyo thing was relatively novel back in 1982 when it was first released.
		Even so, Akira does spend some time building the story and developing its characters, at least to the point where you care about their fate (and a fair few of them pop their clogs at one point or another).
		Indeed, the countless parodies and homages to Akira in the past 20 or so years is testament to the quality and ingenuity of the comic itself.
	www.animeboredom.co.uk /manga-reviews/Akira/401 (943 words)

	Akira Manga Anime - JustManga.com
		Regarded by many as the finest comic series ever produced, Akira is a bold and breathtaking epic of potent narrative strength and astonishing illustrative skill.
		Akira is set in the post-apocalypse Neo-Tokyo of 2019, a vast metropolis built on the ashes of a Tokyo annihilated by an apocalyptic blast of unknown power that triggered World War III.
		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.
	www.justmanga.com /browse.cfm?anime=Akira&type=Manga (264 words)

	Akira v3 Review - manga reviews, manga news, manga information, manga comics, manga webcomics, manga artists, Dark ... (Site not responding. Last check: )
		But Tetsuo, an unstable youth with immense paranormal abilities of his own, has done the unthinkable: he has released Akira and set into motion a chain of events that could once against destroy the city and drag the world to the brink of Armageddon.
		Mysterious agents of Lady Miyako grab Akira from Kaneda and the gang, who have to struggle against the forces of the government and the Colonel, not to mention a traitor among them, in order to keep Akira away from everyone else.
		It’s a long sequence of chasing and action, and it’s quite riveting as key characters get blown away in the conflict, but the result of their efforts — and the last fifth or so of the book — are where things really get intense.
	www.mangalife.com /reviews/Akirav3.htm (380 words)

	Akira the best manga/anime ever - Anime Online Forums
		Akira's friggin' great (bikes 'n' blood, does it get any better?), but I was confused as to what exactly the ending was all about until I watched it about the 3rd time.
		Akira was one of the first anime movies I had scene and Damn it was good.
		Akira is ONE of the best anime/manga's ever, but it's certainly not THE best.
	www.animeonline.net /showthread.php?t=7904 (660 words)

	EX: Review - Manga - Akira
		Almost every anime fan has seen or heard of AKIRA the animated movie—it was one of the first anime movies to get wide-scale recognition in the U.S. But before AKIRA the movie, there was AKIRA the manga.
		AKIRA was first released in the states back in 1988 by Marvel Comics, but this is the first time that it is being offered in the "phone book"-sized graphic novel format in which it originally appeared when it came out in Japan.
		One of the things that I like about AKIRA the manga is the epic story that it is trying to tell.
	www.ex.org /articles/2001/2001.07.15-rev_manga-us-akira-vol_1.html (641 words)

	Sequart.com Articles: An Introduction to _Akira_
		'Akira' was also the first major manga/anime product to really have an impact in America, thus opening the door for manga/anime and the rest of the world (although this is debatable).
		(Every manga was serialised in compendium magazines in the eighties, and still is today.) Young Magazine was a new magazine that was one of the first publications to realise that teenagers were a separate entity to kids and adults.
		For a period parts of Akira were published every week (just like all the other manga titles), until Otomo stopped and decided to release the rest of it in five separate books.
	www.sequart.com /articles/index.php?article=821 (2231 words)

	Akira (1988) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Finally, its role in the history of film was cemented with the release of last year's mega-hit, the Wachowski brothers' The Matrix.
		Without Akira, there is no Matrix, and with no Matrix, you have to wonder how very different Western cinema would be today.
		Akira is all about hyper-reality, which later became known as bullet time.
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0094625 (1164 words)

	AKIRA
		AKIRA, by Katsuhiro Otomo, combines Japanese cultural history and modern physical science.
		In 2001, Akira is being reintroduced to some new audiences.
		The Akira Manga is being reprinted (in fl and white) by Dark Horse and the Akira movie is being rereleased with new (hopefully better) English dubbing in theaters and in DVD format.
	www.valdostamuseum.org /hamsmith/AkiraSolEv.html (782 words)

	Akira
		Akira is a popular given name for both males and females in Japan.
		Several different kanji can be pronounced "Akira", and most of the characters are variants on basic characters meaning "distinct" or "bright".
		Akira Kurosawa's tenth film, Seven Samurai (1954), is widely regarded as his finest effort; an almost scary thought, considering he'd be directing films for another four decades.
	www.tvave.com /CartoonNetwork-A/Akira.php (777 words)

	Manga.com
		In our Manga Books section, we just added titles from the guys at Dark Horse including new and classic titles.
		This cool new feature displays the newest video clips, titles, manga book pages, and more on manga.com.
		Are you on the go and missing your favorite Manga Entertainment titles? Buy them now on iTunes® and take them with you.
	www.manga.com (174 words)

	BlueBlade AKIRA
		Akira caused the big explosion in Tokyo although the government believed it to be a nuclear bomb from an enemy state.
		Akira was killed by the scientists and his vital organs kept for future generations of scientists to continue tests on him because they didn't have the technology/ knowledge to fully analyse him.
		Akira may have caused the initial explosion in Tokyo, but that doesn't necessarily mean they would have known what he looked like.
	www.bbakira.co.uk /info/faqs.htm (1885 words)

	EX: Review - Anime - Akira (2001 Re-release)
		From here the movie version starts to differ from the manga as Kaneda meets a female terrorist named Kei at the police station he was sent to after the military took Tetsuo away.
		For those of you who have read the manga, or those parts of the manga that have been released in the U.S., you will notice that the movie version of AKIRA is overall nothing like the manga except for a couple of scenes.
		I haven't read enough of the manga to find the answer to this and the failure to have this question answered in the movie is my only complaint about the story.
	www.ex.org /articles/2001/2001.09.27-rev_anime-us-akira.html (1099 words)

	DVD Review - Akira: Special Edition
		And when Tetsuo goes mad from this strange power, his friends confront him, the government attacks him and the secret of "Akira" is finally revealed in the film's mind-bending climax.
		manga around the globe, movie poster and promotional art (including previous VHS, laserdisc and music packaging) and a text based glossary of people, places and things from the film.
		I was a bit disappointed that the special edition material was soft on the original manga work Otomo did.
	www.thedigitalbits.com /reviews2/akirase.html (1846 words)

	Recommended Manga
		This manga, and the later anime, have resulted in literally millions of Japanese picking up a game that few were playing regularly.
		The manga is different in many ways from the anime with detailed discussions that would not work so well on the screen.
		In this series the main character has to face alien invaders, but he is armed with weapons built by his grandfather a successful inventor who in some cases built his weapons by reverse engineering alien technology, and not technology from the invaders.
	www.koyagi.com /recManga.html (3233 words)

	Amazon.de: English Books, Teens, Manga, By Series, Akira (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In the 21st century, the once-glittering Neo-Tokyo lies in ruins, leveled in minutes by the infinite power of the child psychic giant, Akira.
		Tetsuo, an angry young man with immense psychic abilities, has released Akira from his frozen stasis and set in motion a chain of events that could destroy the city and drag the world to the brink of Armageddon.
		From master storyteller Katsuhiro Otomo, Japan's foremost manga maestro, comes the fourth epic instalment of the sweeping work that introduced the West to the stylised and dynamic artform that is manga - Akira!
	www.amazon.de /exec/obidos/tg/browse/-/13421781 (949 words)

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