Kodansha Comics (Japanese)
Kodansha released the original comics of Akira in Japan by collecting together what was released in Young Magazine. It was originaly released in 6 phone book sized volumes in black and white and has taken the west many years to realise that this was how it should have been from the start.
Akira Japanese Volumes - Original Release
- Published by: Kodansha
- Released: 1984 to 1993
- Format: B5, Black and White
- Run: 6 Volumes
- Language: Japanese
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- Volume 1 - Pub Date: 21/09/1984 - Pages: 358 - ISBN: 4-06-103711-0
- Volume 2 - Pub Date: 04/09/1985 - Pages: 300 - ISBN: 4-06-103712-9
- Volume 3 - Pub Date: 01/09/1986 - Pages: 282 - ISBN: 4-06-103713-7
- Volume 4 - Pub Date: 10/07/1987 - Pages: 394 - ISBN: 4-06-103714-5
- Volume 5 - Pub Date: 11/12/1990 - Pages: 414 - ISBN: 4-06-313166-1
- Volume 6 - Pub Date: 23/03/1993 - Pages: 436 - ISBN: 4-06-319339-X
Akira Japanese Volumes
- Published by: Kodansha
- Released: 2003 to 2004
- Format: Colour
- Run: 6 Volumes
- Language: Japanese
It would seem we have an anigma here. Kodansha releasing a coloured version of Akira? Are these a collected version of the Epic comics books, or an entirelly new colourisation? Mysteries abound.
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- Volume 1 - Pub Date: 06/12/2003 - Pages: 360 - ISBN: 4-06-364500-2
- Volume 2 - Pub Date: 06/12/2003 - Pages: 360 - ISBN: 4-06-364501-0
- Volume 3 - Pub Date: 16/01/2004 - Pages: 288 - ISBN: 4-06-364502-9
- Volume 4 - Pub Date: 16/02/2004 - Pages: 400 - ISBN: 4-06-364503-7
- Volume 5 - Pub Date: 16/03/2004 - Pages: 416 - ISBN: 4-06-364504-5
- Volume 6 - Pub Date: 16/04/2004 - Pages: 440 - ISBN: 4-06-364505-3