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 imcludes 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 with 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 that 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