Akira Volume 3

IN THE 21ST CENTURY the glittering Neo-Tokyo has risen from the rubble of a Tokyo destroyed by an apocalyptic telekinetic blast from a young boy called Akira-the subject of a covert government experiment gone wrong now imprisoned for three decades in frozen stasis. 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 again destroy the city and drag the world to the brink of Armageddon. Resistance agents and an armada of government forces race against the clock to find the child with godlike powers before his unstoppable destructive abilities are unleashed.One of the true international classics of graphic fictionAkira has once again taken America by storm. Artist/writer/filmmaker Katsuhiro Otomo is acclaimed worldwide as a master storyteller andAkira showcases Otomo at the peak of his creative form.Akira is a timeless epic work of unforgettable beauty horror and imagination. Review “Utterly unlike anything you’ve experienced before.”-Warren Ellis award-winning creator ofPlanetary About the Author Katsuhiro Otomo is best known as the creator of the three-thousand page epic Akira. He also directed the groundbreaking animated feature film of the same name as well as the acclaimed animated film Steamboy. Most recently he directed the live-action Japanese film Mushishi.