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Akira: Art of Wall

Name: Akira: Art of Wall
SKU: 9781646514564
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SKU: 9781646514564 Category: Illustration Book

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AD 2019: The year the world caught up to AKIRA. Two years before this milestone, author Katsuhiro Otomo worked with artist Kosuke Kawamura to enrobe a Tokyo city block in a collage of gripping moments from the manga that revolutionized an art form. Then, over the next two years, he did it twice more. The result: three electifying compilations of Otomo’s art, meandering across the city. And now you can take them home.

From 2017-2019, the throngs passing through Tokyo’s emblematic Shibuya neighborhood were lucky enough to witness a massive art project. The PARCO department store was closed for renovation, and Katsuhiro Otomo and collage artist Kosuke Kawamura seized on the opportunity to stretch Otomo’s landmark manga AKIRA across the barriers separating the construction site from the bustling nightlife of Shibuya, Tokyo.

When the project was completed, it was 2019: the very year the story of AKIRA began. To commemorate this milestone, a silver foil-coated collector’s box presents an exquisite reproduction of Otomo and Kawamura’s work, with the specifications overseen and approved by Otomo-sensei personally. Nearly 75 feet (22.7 meters) of illustrations, speech balloons, and text selected from AKIRA’s six volumes stretch across three accordion-bound volumes. A fourth volume includes an exclusive interview with Otomo and Kawamura, as well as photographs of the original exhibition by award-winning photographer TAKAMURADAISUKE. Rounding out the box is a dramatic, 16.5×23.4-inch poster.

In this form, Kawamura’s recontextualization of Otomo’s manga is reminiscent of traditional Japanese emaki (picture scrolls), the narrative scrolls that some scholars see as manga’s most ancient ancestors.

Don’t miss this change to own a singular artifact in the history of anime and manga.

Contains

Scroll 1: Oct. 25, 2017-May 15, 2018. 29.3 feet (8.94 meters).

Scroll 2: May 16, 2018-Feb. 27, 2019. 22.6 feet (6.88 meters).

Scroll 3: Feb. 28, 2019-Aug. 8, 2019. 22.6 feet (6.88 meters).

430 x 607 mm poster

52-page hardcover catalog book including new interviews with Katsuhiro Otomo and Kosuke Kawamura and photographs by TAKAMURADAISUKE

Rigid, silver cold foil-wrapped box

Additional information

Weight	2.08 kg
Dimensions	2.67 × 7.43 × 12.3 in
Author	Kawamura Kosuke, Otomo Katsuhiro, Takamuradaisuke
Format	Illustration Book
Main Imprint	Kodansha Comics
Sub Imprint	Kodansha Comics
Main Series	Akira
Sub Series	Akira Illustration Books
Catalog	October 2022 Catalog
Release Date	10/11/2022
Binding	Paperback
ISBN	9781646514564
Shelf Code	P-P1

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About Kodansha Comics

Kodansha Comics is the U.S. division of Japan's largest publisher, Kodansha Ltd., and is responsible for bringing some of the most beloved and influential manga to English-speaking audiences. The imprint is committed to maintaining the highest standards of translation and production to faithfully present its diverse catalog of manga to fans around the world.