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●BOOK● OTOMO THE COMPLETE WORKS 12: AKIRA 1

  


The twelfth volume of OTOMO THE COMPLETE WORKS features the first volume (out of eight) that will collect the manga AKIRA. This first volume includes episodes 1-14 (up to page 279 of AKIRA vol. 1) covering the period  when  Katsuhiro Otomo was 28-29 years old in 1982-1983.

When AKIRA was collected in book format for the first time, Otomo gave it a lot of polish; he completed it through additions, corrections, deletions, replacements, rearrangements of pages and frames, he also added finishing touches, new drawings and illustrations. In addition to all that, the title pages of each episodes were also deleted from the book version and they were all collected in the 1995 published book AKIRA CLUB.

This new edition presents AKIRA in the closest way to its original serialization in Kodansha's YOUNG MAGAZINE . In accordance with the purpose of "arranging all of Otomo's works by era and tracing how he has changed as an author," everything, including the title pages, has been restored as much as possible to the way it was when it was serialized for the first time. However, There are some parts where the original illustrations no longer exist, and some parts cannot be restored to the way they were when they were serialized in the magazine because the manuscript was directly edited, but the goal of this new edition is to restore AKIRA to their original state as much as possible.

The original color spread of the first issue, which is different from the book version, and the color pages from the serialization are all reprinted the same way they were first published in magazines but this time with a pristine printing quality. 


BOOK DETAILS
Publisher: Kodansha (講談社)
Release date: 2024-VIII-30
Language: Japanese
Number of pages: 320
Size: 248 x 172mm 
Retail price: ¥3,500
ISBN-10: 4065367859
ISBN-13: 978-4065367858

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EPISODES
Young Magazine (ヤングマガジン) No.24
12・20 | 1982-XII-6 | 26 pages | B&W + Color

●AKIRA part 2
Young Magazine (ヤングマガジン) No.1
1・3 | 1982-XII-20 | 20 pages | B&W + Color

●AKIRA part 3
Young Magazine (ヤングマガジン) No.2
1983-I-17 | 20 pages | B&W

●AKIRA part 4
Young Magazine (ヤングマガジン) No.3
1983-II-7 | 20 pages | B&W

●AKIRA part 5
Young Magazine (ヤングマガジン) No.4
1983-II-21 | 20 pages | B&W

●AKIRA part 6
Young Magazine (ヤングマガジン) No.5
1983-III-7 | 20 pages | B&W

●AKIRA part 7
Young Magazine (ヤングマガジン) No.6
1983-III-21 | 20 pages | B&W

●AKIRA part 8
Young Magazine (ヤングマガジン) No.7
1983-IV-4 | 20 pages | B&W

●AKIRA part 9
Young Magazine (ヤングマガジン) No.8
1983-IV-18 | 20 pages | B&W

●AKIRA part 10
Young Magazine (ヤングマガジン) No.9
1983-V-2 | 20 pages | Color & B&W

●AKIRA part 11
Young Magazine (ヤングマガジン) No.10
1983-V-16 | 20 pages | B&W

●AKIRA part 12
Young Magazine (ヤングマガジン) No.11
1983-VI-6 | 20 pages | B&W

●AKIRA part 13
Young Magazine (ヤングマガジン) No.12
1983-VI-20 | 20 pages | B&W

●AKIRA part 14
Young Magazine (ヤングマガジン) No.13
1983-VII-4 | 20 pages | B&W
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●BOOK● OTOMO THE COMPLETE WORKS 6: G.....

 


The sixth volume of OTOMO THE COMPLETE WORKS collects two seven short manga works and a series of short manga spreads, centered around two medium-length series that Katsuhiro Otomo created between 1979 and 1980 when he was 25-26 years old.

This volume collects in book format for the first time the work, "G...."  illustrated by Otomo and written by Nobuyuki Shirayama (白山宣之). This unfinished  four chapter manga was only published  in magazine format in the late 70's. This volume also includes the four part manga SEIJAGA MACHINI YATTEKIRU  (聖者が街にやって来る) from the same period that was later collected in the book SAYONARA NIPPON as well as the thirteen episodes of the two-page spread comics titled OTOMO KATSUHIRO NO EIYOO MANTEN (大友克洋の栄養満点) only published in Rockin' On  Magazine back in the day and never collected in a book before.

The other short stories included are EAST OF THE SUN, WEST OF THE MOON（原案/狩撫麻礼) and A GYAKUSATSUNIN JINKEN (Ａ荘殺人事件) collected in the book SAYONARA NIPPON in the past,   SOUND OF SAND and FLOWER  originally collected in Kodansha's book OTOMO KATSUHIRO ANTHOLOGY vol.1: KANOJO NO OMOIDE (彼女の想いで…), and RUN and ABUNAI! SEITO KAICHOO (危ない！生徒会長) collected in the second volume: SOS TAITOKYO TANKENTAI (SOS 大東京探検隊)

Finally the manga DON QUIJOTE collected in the book HANSEL & GRETEL (ヘンゼルとグレーテル) has been published this time in the original manuscript format, with the story opening from the end of the book to be read from left to right, because when it was  collected in a book for the first time, the left and right frames were swapped and it was altered to open from the right.

As in the previous volumes, the manuscripts that had colors are reproduced in color, the same way they were first published in magazines but this time with a pristine printing quality. 


BOOK DETAILS
Publisher: Kodansha (講談社)
Release date: 2024-VIII-30
Language: Japanese
Number of pages: 320
Size: 248 x 172mm 
Retail price: ¥3,500
ISBN-10: 4065367867
ISBN-13: 978-4065367865

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COLLECTED STORIES
Weekly Manga Action (週刊漫画アクション)
3・8 | 1979-II-22 | 24 pages | B&W

(大友克洋の栄養満点！１：腸の陰干)
Rockin'on (ロッキング・オン) No. 4
1979-III-1 | 2 pages | B&W

(大友克洋の栄養満点！2) 
Rockin'on (ロッキング・オン) No. 5
1979-V-1 | 2 pages | B&W

(大友克洋の栄養満点３ - 赤頭巾)
Rockin'on (ロッキング・オン) No. 6
1979-V-1 | 2 pages | B&W

(大友克洋の栄養満点４- 狼と七匹の子やぎ)
Rockin’on (ロッキング・オン) No. 7
1979-VI-1 | 2 pages | B&W

(大友克洋の栄養満点５ - オオカミ少年 )
Rockin’on (ロッキング・オン) No. 8
1979-VII-1 | 2 pages | B&W

(大友克洋の栄養満点６ - ３匹の子ぶた )
Rockin’on (ロッキング・オン) No. 9
1979-VIII-1 | 2 pages | B&W

(大友克洋の栄養満点７ - ジャックと豆の木)
Rockin’on (ロッキング・オン) No.10
1979-IX-1 | 2 pages | B&W

(大友克洋の栄養満点８ - 金の斧、銀の斧 )
Rockin’on (ロッキング・オン) No. 11
1979-X-1 | 2 pages | B&W

(大友克洋の栄養満点９ - 牛とカエル )
Rockin’on (ロッキング・オン) No. 12
1979-XI-1 | 2 pages | B&W

(大友克洋の栄養満点10 - マッチ売りの少女 )
Rockin’on (ロッキング・オン) No. 2
1979-XII-26 | 2 pages | B&W

(大友克洋の栄養満点11 - 白雪姫)
Rockin’on (ロッキング・オン) No.3
1980-II-1 | 2 pages | B&W

(大友克洋の栄養満点！12：ガリバー)
Rocking On (ロッキング・オン) No.4
1980-III-1 | 2 pages | B&W

●OTOMO KATSUHIRO NO EIYOO MANTEN 13 - ROBINSON KURUSOO HYOORYUU SHIRU (大友克洋の栄養満点13 - ロビンソン・クルーソー漂流記 )
Rockin’on (ロッキング・オン) No.5
1980-IV-1 | 2 pages | B&W

Weekly Manga Action (週刊漫画アクション)
5・10 | 1979-IV-26 | 26 pages | B&W

Weekly Manga Action (週刊漫画アクション)
5・17 | 1979-V-2 | 12 pages | B&W

Weekly Manga Action (週刊漫画アクション)
5・24 | 1979-V-9 | 20 pages | B&W

Weekly Manga Action (週刊漫画アクション)
5・31 | 1979-V-16 | 20 pages | B&W

●RUN
GORO（ゴロー）
6・28 | 1979-VI-14 | 24 pages | B&W

Young Comic (ヤングコミック)
8・8 | 1979-VII-25 | 25 pages | B&W and color

Young Comic (ヤングコミック)
8・22 | 1979-VIII-8 | 17 pages | B&W

Young Comic (ヤングコミック)
9・12 | 1979-XIII-22 | 12 pages | B&W

Young Comic (ヤングコミック)
9・26 | 1979-IX-12 | 25 pages | B&W

SF Hōseki (SF宝石) No. 10
1979-X-25 | 6 pages | Color

Kisōtengai (奇想天外) No. 11
1979-IX-25 | 8 pages | B&W

Comic Again (コミックアゲイン) No. 11
1979-X-7 | 24 pages | B&W

Weekly Manga Action (週刊漫画アクション)
2・28 | 1980-II-14 | 20 pages | B&W + Limited Color

Vampirella (月刊スターログ別冊 バンピレラ) No. 1
1979-IX-15 | 12 pages | B&W

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●CD● AKIRA REMIX

Victor Entertainment has released the album AKIRA REMIX that collects the background music that was only played at the AKIRA CEL ART EXHIBITION that was held at Ikebukuro Mixalive Tokyo and Osaka Parco Gallery in August and October 2023.

The album produced entirely by Otomo himself features the remixes by Makoto Kubota (久保田麻琴), Yasuharu Konishi (小西康陽), and Kuniaki Hiijima (蓜島邦明) of the iconic soundtrack created by Shoji Yamashiro (山城 祥二) and the Geinoh Yamashirogumi (芸能山城組) group for the animation film AKIRA. The cover art features a completely new original design illustrated by Otomo.


TRACK LIST
DISC 1
1. KANEDA [金田]
2. BATTLE AGAINST CROWN [クラウンとの闘い]
3. WINDS OVER THE NEO-TOKYO [ネオ東京上空の空]
4. DOLLS' POLYPHONY [ぬいぐるみのポリフォニー]
5. EXODUS FROM THE UNDERGROUND FORTRESS [ケイと金田の脱出]
6. ILLUSION [回想]
7. MUTATION [変容]
8. REQUIEM part1 [未来 part1]
9. TETSUO [鉄雄]
10. SHOHMYOH [唱名]
11. REQUIEM part2 [未来 part2]
12. SHOHMYOH2 [唱名2]
13. TETSUO2 [鉄雄2]

DISC 2
1. WINDS OVER THE NEO-TOKYO [ネオ東京上空の空]
2. DOLLS' POLYPHONY [ぬいぐるみのポリフォニー]
3. REQUIEM [未来]
4. KANEDA [金田]
5. SHOHMYOH [唱名]
6. ILLUSION [回想]


CREDITS
Lyrics and composition: Shoji Yamashiro (山城祥二)
Performance: Geino Yamashirogumi (芸能山城組)

DISC 1:
Remixed, programmed, recorded and mastered by Kubota Makoto (久保田麻琴)
Guitar on track 1: Takashi Mizutani (水谷　孝)
by courtesy of The Last One Musique
Drums on track 5: Daichi Itō (伊藤大地)
MK thanks to Ryo Takahashi (高橋亮) from Media Integration

DISC 2: 
Tracks 1～3
Remixed by Konishi Yasuharu (小西康陽) 
Programming: Yukihiro Fukutomi (福富幸宏)
Drums, Pandeiro: Ryusuke Kakizawa (柿澤龍介)
Recorded & Mixed by Osamu Hirose (廣瀬 修)
Assistant Engineer：Riko Araya (荒谷莉子), Suzu Kasukawa (粕川鈴) (MIT STUDIO)
Recorded & Mixed at prime sound studio form Daikanyama, STUDIO MECH, MONOGRAM SOUNDS, MIT STUDIO
Coordinator：山崎弘崇 (readymade entertainment inc.), 白石成識 (STYRISM INC.)

Tracks 4～6: 
Mixed by Noriyoshi Murase (村瀬 範恭)



ALBUM DETAILS
Label: Victor Entertainment (ビクターエンタテインメント)
Release date: 2024-VIII-21
Format: Double CD
Duration: 83 min 
Reatil price: ¥4,400
Catalogue number: VICL-65922～23





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The album will also be available in:
Apple Music, LINE MUSIC, Amazon Music Unlimited, AWA, KKBOX, Rakuten Music, TOWER RECORDS MUSIC, Spotify, YouTube Music
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●BOOKLET● ŌTOMO KATSUHIRO ZENSHŪ KAISETSU 5 FIRE-BALL (大友克洋全集解説 5 FIRE-BALL )

   

Independent Katsuhiro Otomo researcher and archivist Jun'ya Suzuki (鈴木淳也), who in 1999 started the website Apple Paradise: Otomo Katsuhiro Data Base has published the sixth of a series of booklets to accompany the KATSUHIRO OTOMO COMPLETE WORKS collection that is currently being published by Kodansha. This booklet commentaries correspond to Otomo's early manga works collected in the book OTOMO THE COMPLETE WORKS 5: FIRE-BALL.

These COMMENTARY SERIES booklets scheduled to be produced for all volumes will include commentaries regarding each volume and as they have the same size as the books that will accompany, they will work  perfectly as dividers since they  prevent vinyl covers from sticking to each other.

The booklet was sold for the first time today in COMITIA 149 (コミティア149) in the stand KO18b ŌTOMO KATSUHIRO KENKYŪ (こ18b 大友克洋研究). An expanded and revised edition of the first booklet ŌTOMO KATSUHIRO ZENSHŪ KAISETSU 8 DŌMU (大友克洋全集解説８童夢) was also presented in this event. You can follow and contact Jun'ya Suzuki on Instagram and Twitter.


BOOKLET DETAILS
Author: Jun'ya Suzuki (鈴木淳也)
Release date: 2024-VIII-18
Language: Japanese
Number of pages: -
Size: 248 x 172mm 
Retail price: ¥1,000
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