By: Katsuhiro Otomo Publisher: Dark Horse Average Rating: Binding: Hardcover Label: Dark Horse Number of Items: 1 Number of Pages: 256 Publication Date: September 26, 2007
Product Description: Now available for the first time in an English-language edition, Akira Club is an essential companion to Akira, a dazzling collection of Otomo's mind-blowing visions, including over 100 title-page illustrations created for the original serialization but not included with the published collections of Akira. The book also features rarely seen alternate art, preliminary drawings, production sketches and a variety of Akira posters, advertisements and products, all accompanied by fascinating commentary by the artist himself. No Akira enthusiast, manga fan, or devotee of fantasy and science-fiction illustration should be without Akira Club.
Good if you are Akira fans. Collections of Akina's title graphics and posters in high quality print forms. A collection item I considered for Akira's fans.
Quality publication If you own a Laserdisc player and have been following the story since the early 80s, then there probably isn't a ton of content in here that you haven't seen before. But for new fans, or for old fans who have forgotten what an incredibly talented illustrator Mr. Otomo is after being sickened by the travesty of "Steamboy," there's a lot of good stuff to look at, and it's quite handsomely bound for the price. I would have preferred it if they had included more "outtakes" than they did, but it's still a decent retrospective worth picking up.
Anything Goes Trivia
Megaton Man
Trevor
