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| Publisher |
Epic |
| Writer |
Mary Jo Duffy |
| Writer |
Katsuhiro Otomo |
| Artist |
Katsuhiro Otomo |
| Colorist |
Olyoptics |
| Colorist |
Steve Oliff |
| Cover Artist |
Steve Oliff |
| Letterer |
Michael Higgins |
| Published | October 1989 |
AKIRA--a small sleepy child awakens from a thirty-eight year long sleep. He stumbles hesitantly to the person who woke him--Tetsuo. From the chamber that has held Akira a deadly cold wave rushes forth flooding tunnels around the site. The cold extinguishes the life from all it touches, but it is only fitting justice for its victims are the ones who have helped keep Akira asleep...entombed...stealing a part of his life. Akira stumbles away from his almost tomb, seeking only the lovely warmth, following Tetsuo up to the bright blinding light of the sun. Across Neo-Tokyo the civilian defense claxon sounds, people scrambling for shelter. What do they fear? It is only a child waking from a nap...
