![]() ![]() Akira the movie enjoyed worldwide success. It also succeeded in the US -which is hardly an easy market either. It became a cult-serie in France, although this fortress of the " ecole franco-belge" is a very difficult market for foreign comics. It stands out as a highly sophisticated cultural object far away from the standard manga''s violence and sex routine. The fact is that Akira is in a class of its own. Its French publisher targeted well-educated high-income urbanites at a time when manga were still considered cheap stuff for children or semi-illiterate teenagers. When translated into French (1991-1995), the eleven volumes serie was given an unusual first-class treatment -complete with colors and hard-cover. OTOMO Katsuhiro''s Akira was published in Japan from 1982 to 1993. ![]()
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