SINCE
2021
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MY COLLECTION

This page of WAKE UP, AKIRA! is an attempt to catalogue everything I own. AKIRA is the only time I've had a substantial collection of items related to something. Most items have pictures but some don't because they're hard to take good pictures of.

BOOKS & PRINT

AKIRA 35th Anniversary box set ENG

Kodansha USA | 1st edition | 2017
Hardcover volumes, AKIRA Club, "Good for Health, Bad for Education" patch
My copy of Volume 3 is signed by Nozomu Sasaki!

KC Deluxe: AKIRA 日本語

Kodansha | 1984-1993
Volume 1 - 40th edition - 1996-04-20
Volume 2 - 33rd edition - 1996-04-20
Volume 3 - 28th edition - 1996-04-20
Volume 4 - 27th edition - 1996-04-20
Volume 5 - 17th edition - 1996-05-20
Volume 6 - 16th edition - 1996-05-20

YOUNG Magazine: AKIRA 日本語

Kodansha | 1st edition | 1982-1990
Episode 27 - Issue #2 - 1984-01-16
Episode 32 - Issue #8 - 1984-04-16
Episode 46 - Issue #23 - 1984-12-03
Episode 101 - Issue #18 - 1989-07-03

Epic Comics: Akira ENG

Marvel | 1st edition | 1989-1996
#10 - "The Awakening"

AKIRA Animation Archives 日本語

Kodansha | 1st edition | 2002-12-26
Film artbook, with obi

AKIRA Graph Book 日本語

Kodansha | 1st edition | 1988-10-01
Supplementary book for the film, also includes an "AKIRA glossary"

AKIRA (1988) Pamphlet 日本語

Akira Committee | 1st edition | 1988-07-16
Promotional material handed out to movie-goers during the film's release

Brutus 729 & Brutus "Otomo" 日本語

Brutus | 1st edition | 2012-04-15 & 2014-03-31
Magazine that includes an Otomo interview and section about Akira and a version of the magazine with the Otomo interview and AKIRA material by itself

AKIRA Art of Wall ENG

Kodansha | 1st edition | 2022-10-11
Three large scrolls of the "Art of Wall" murals that appeared in Shibuya from 2017-2019
Includes a book about the project and interview with Otomo, comes with "A.D. 2019" poster

Otomo Katsuhiro ｘ Graphic Design 日本語

PIE International | Unknown edition | 2014-02-28
Book collecting and talking about posters designed by Otomo through his career, comes with a recreation of the AKIRA Special Edition DVD poster

Otomo Katsuhiro: Reprints of Classic Posters

PIE International | Unknown edition | 2017-09-22
Reprints of 20 posters picked by Otomo himself

Otomo: A Global Tribute to the Mind Behind AKIRA ENG

Kodansha | Unknown edition | 2017-03-28
Book collecting art from notable artists from all over the world
Created in honor of Otomo and his works

Otomo: The Complete Works 日本語

Kodansha | 1st edition | Ongoing (2022-)
#12 AKIRA 1 - 2024-08-28
#13 AKIRA 2 - 2025-04-18
#14 AKIRA 3 - 2025-09-02
#21 Storyboards 1 - 2022-01-19
#22 Storyboards 2 - 2022-03-16
#23 Layouts + Key Frames 1 - 2022-11-30
#24 Layouts + Key Frames 2 - 2023-03-30
#25 Layouts + Key Frames 3 - 2024-10-30

DISCS

AKIRA International Edition 日本語

Akira Committee | VHS | 1988
Good condition, higher quality version of the film on tape

AKIRA 25th Anniversary Blu-Ray ENG+日本語

Kodansha & Funimation | Blu-ray, DVD | 2013
1st purchased in 2021 with no slip case, the other gifted in 2024 with slip case

AKIRA 4K Remaster set 日本語

Kodansha | 4KUHD Blu-ray | 2019
4KUHD remastered version of AKIRA, announced at Anime EXPO 2019
Has booklet with interviews and other information

Symphonic Suite AKIRA (CD)

Invitation, Geinoh Yamashirogumi | CD | 1994
One of several CD releases of the original soundtrack

Symphonic Suite AKIRA (Vinyl)

Milan, Geinoh Yamashirogumi | Vinyl | 2017 (Newbury Comics press)
2024 2×LP limited repress (out of 1500); orange with black + white splatter

FIGURES

Medicom Bandai Namco Project BM! - 1/6 scale

Medicom Toy & Bandai Namco | After 2009 - November 2010

Yamato Toys PVC figure, Kaneda

Yamato Toys, Vice | October 2003

Yamato Toys PVC figure, Tetsuo

Yamato Toys & Vice | May 2003

Kaiyodo Mini Figures

Kaiyodo | Retail displays of 6 blind boxes | 2000s(?)

AKIRA Art of Wall: gachapon figures

Unknown producer | 2019-2020 (?) | set of 10
Capsule toys, mini replicas of the construction wall murals
I currently own: #3

OTHER

Trading cards ENG+日本語

Streamline Pictures | 1994 | 99 of 112
Epoch | 2002 | 3 of 105
I keep my cards in a binder I decorated myself

Telephone cards

1980s-1990s
Holographic Kaneda - 1988
Holographic Tetsuo + Moon - 1990?

Record Vision Postcard

1989-1990s
A Spanish postcard with a (flipped for some reason) frame from the movie

2001 Spanish posters

Cel Exhibtion 2023 goods

From the Tokyo location
Black and silver tote bag
2 plastic folders
2 shirts
Both Mixalive TOKYO posters

FAN MERCH

Good for Health, Bad for Education ENG

Published by Wren McDonald | Fanzine | 2022

Prints

Postcard print by Audrey Mok (temari_AM)
Kaneda and Kei by UNKNOWN
Holographic print by Loppi (loppiart)
"Childhood Friends" by UNKNOWN
"Lord Akira" by UNKNOWN
Print by afletchart

Posters

Large alternate movie poster (unofficial printing)
Small classic movie poster (unofficial printing)
Neo-Tokyo poster by UNKNOWN
AKIRA Collage poster by UNKNOWN

Charms + Pins

Charm pair by Loppi (loppiart)
Charm by NEONVISION
Pill charm
Kaneda pins
Golden pill pin by dokino
AKIRA Volume 1 pin by babirousa
AKIRA logo pin
"Kaneda! Tetsuo!" pin
Various other pins...

Other

AKIRA holographic logo sticker
Various AKIRA ribbons by my friend Kai
Kaneda license reproduction by ThisOldNorth
Kaneda lanyard by argibi
Earrings by cyicrafts