Akira, a Japanese government superpower kept in uneasy slumber until recently, is set off by the bullet of a would-be assassin and as a result, levels Neo-Tokyo with his godlike psychic fury. Cut off from the rest of the world, the Great Tokyo Empire rises, with Akira as its king, young and volatile Tetsuo its mad prime minister, and a rapidly growing army of fanatic acolytes. Forces outside of Akira's mad army scramble desperately for a way to stop Akira, and the answer may be kept in the powers of the mysterious Lady Miyako, a powerful member of Akira's psychic brotherhood. But is the solution to harnessing Akira's power ultimately more dangerous than Akira himself? Readers will not want to miss Volume Four of this gripping saga.
Katsuhiro Otomo, renowned worldwide for this and other sci-fi masterworks such as Domu and The Legend of Mother Sarah, is the writer/artist behind one of the most popular manga epics of the Twentieth Century. The initial publication of this gigantic series won him worldwide acclaim in appreciation for his masterful storytelling and cinematic artwork.
In a review of the series' first volume, the renowned satire newspaper and entertainment guide The Onion called Dark Horse's editions of Akira "an invaluable gift to newer fans who appreciate the speed and clarity of the movie's images, but still haven't had a chance to plumb the depths of humanity and complexity hidden in the original work."
Dark Horse Comics and Studio Proteus are proud to publish the reformatted multi-volume Akira series, with the latest volume weighing in at a whopping four hundred pages of spectacular, black-and-white, end-of-the-future, sci-fi action. Akira Volume 4 is on sale September 19 for $27.95.