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●BOOK● The Legend of Mother Sarah (沙流羅) 1



Kodansha has released the first volume of The Legend of Mother Sarah (沙流羅) , a manga written by Katsuhiro Otomo and illustrated by Takumi Nagayasu (ながやす功) that started it's serialization in Young Magazine in 1990-I-15 and continued its serialization sporadically until 2004-IV-26 making a total of 5 parts collected in 7 books.

BOOK DETAILS
Publisher: Kodansha (講談社)
Release date: 1990-X-17
Langueage: Japanese
Number of pages: 220
Size: 25.9 x 18.2 x 2 cm (B5)
Retail price: ￥900
ISBN-10: 4063131777
ISBN-13: 978-4063131772

AVAILABILITY
COLLECTED EPISODES
●The Legend of Mother Sarah (沙流羅) PART 1 episode 1
Young Magazine (ヤングマガジン) No.4+5
1990-I-15 | 51 pages | B&W

●The Legend of Mother Sarah (沙流羅) PART 1 episode 2
Young Magazine (ヤングマガジン) No.6
1990-I-22 | 42 pages | B&W

●The Legend of Mother Sarah (沙流羅) PART 1 episode 3
Young Magazine (ヤングマガジン) No.7
1990-I-29 | 43 pages | B&W

●The Legend of Mother Sarah (沙流羅) PART 1 episode 4
Young Magazine (ヤングマガジン) No.8
1990-II-5 | 37 pages | B&W

●The Legend of Mother Sarah (沙流羅) PART 1 episode 5
Young Magazine (ヤングマガジン) No.9
1990-II-12 | 45 pages | B&W


OTHER JAPANESE EDITIONS
There is a smaller size new edition that collects the same episodes:
●The Legend of Mother Sarah (沙流羅) 1 [new edition]


1995 US EDITION ● The Legend of Mother Sarah
This first volume was released in 8 issues in English.
Translated by Dana Lewis & Toren Smith

THE LEGEND OF MOTHER SARAH 1 of 8
BOOK DETAILS
Publisher: Dark Horse
Release date: 1995-IV
Language: English
Number of pages: 48
Size:
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THE LEGEND OF MOTHER SARAH 2 of 8
BOOK DETAILS
Publisher: Dark Horse
Release date: 1995-V
Language: English
Number of pages: 48
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THE LEGEND OF MOTHER SARAH 3 of 8
BOOK DETAILS
Publisher: Dark Horse
Release date: 1995-VI
Language: English
Number of pages: 48
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THE LEGEND OF MOTHER SARAH 4 of 8
BOOK DETAILS
Publisher: Dark Horse
Release date: 1995-VII
Language: English
Number of pages: 48
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 THE LEGEND OF MOTHER SARAH 5 of 8
BOOK DETAILS
Publisher: Dark Horse
Release date: 1995-VIII
Language: English
Number of pages: 48
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THE LEGEND OF MOTHER SARAH 6 of 8
BOOK DETAILS
Publisher: Dark Horse
Release date: 1995-IX
Language: English
Number of pages: 48
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THE LEGEND OF MOTHER SARAH 7 of 8
BOOK DETAILS
Publisher: Dark Horse
Release date: 1995-X
Language: English
Number of pages: 48
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THE LEGEND OF MOTHER SARAH 8 of 8
BOOK DETAILS
Publisher: Dark Horse
Release date: 1995-XI
Language: English
Number of pages: 48
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1996 US EDITION ● The Legend of Mother Sarah: Tunnel Town
This volume collects the previous 8 US issues in one.
Translated by Dana Lewis & Toren Smith

BOOK  DETAILS:
Publisher: Dark Horse
Release date: 1996-III
Language: English
Number of pages: 48
Size: 26 x 17.5 x 1.1 cm
Retail price: $18.95
ISBN-10: 1569711453
ISBN-13: 978-1569711453



1996 GERMAN EDITION ● Sarah 1 & 2
Sarah 1: Spuren im Sand
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Publisher: Carlsen Verlag
Release date: 1996-IV-1
Language: German
Number of pages: -
Size: 25 x 16,6 x 1 cm
Retail price: -
ISBN-10: 3551729018
ISBN-13: 978-3551729019

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Sarah 2: Tödliches Gold
BOOK DETAILS:
Publisher: Carlsen
Release date: 1996-VI-1
Language: German
Number of pages: -
Size: 25 x 16,6 x 1 cm
Retail price: -
ISBN-10: 3551729026
ISBN-13: 978-3551729026

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1996 FRENCH EDITION ● Mother Sarah 1: Retour sur terre
BOOK DETAILS:
Publisher: Editions Delcourt
Release date: 1996-II
Language: French
Number of pages: 220
Size: 26,5 x 17,5 x 2,1 cm
Retail price: €13,95
ISBN-10: 2840550830
ISBN-13: 978-2840550839

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1998 ITALIAN EDITION ● La leggenda di Sarah: La città sotterranea
BOOK DETAILS:
Publisher: Phoenix Enterprises
Release date: 1998-XI-30
Language: Italian
Number of pages: 220
Size: 26x17 cm (Hardcover)
Retail price: €10,4
ISBN-10: 8886435533
ISBN-13: 978-8886435536

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1996 SPANISH EDITION ● La Leyenda de la Madre Sarah 1 & 2
This 1st volume is collected in volumes 1 and 2 of the spanish edition. A new 7 volume edition was published later. Translator: Olinda Cordukes Salleras.

La Leyenda de la Madre Sarah 1
BOOK DETAILS:
Publisher: Norma Editorial
Release date: 1996-V
Language: Spanish
Number of pages: 111
Size: 26x17 cm
Retail price: €4,51
ISBN 10: 84-7904-329-6
ISBN 13: 978-84-7904-329-2

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La Leyenda de la Madre Sarah 2
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Publisher: Norma Editorial
Release date: 1996-VII
Language: Spanish
Number of pages: 112
Size: 26x17 cm
Retail price: €5
ISBN 10: 84-7904-743-7
ISBN 13: 978-84-7904-743-6

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●BOOK ENGLISH EDITION● AKIRA #23 AKIRA'S RAIN


Twenty-third issue of Katsuhiro Otomo's AKIRA colored edition published by Marvel Epic Comics in english language in the USA. This book was collected in Japan in a box set:  ŌRU KARĀ KOKUSAI BAN AKIRA 8 (オールカラー国際版 AKIRA 8).

COMIC BOOK DETAILS
Publisher: Marvel Epic Comics
Release date: 1990-X
Language: English
Number of pages: 64
Size: 10x7 in
Retail price: $3.95
ISBN-10: 0871356244
ISBN-13: 9780871356246

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FRENCH EDITION ● AKIRA #23 Le déluge

BOOK DETAILS
Publisher: Glénat
Release date: 1991-VI
Number of pages: 64
Language: French
Size: 19x28 cm
Retail price: 16FF

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ITALIAN EDITION ● AKIRA #23 La pioggia di Akira
BOOK DETAILS
Publisher: Glénat
Release date: 1992-IV
Number of pages: 64
Language: Italian
Size: 19x28 cm
Retail price: L 4.500

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SPANISH EDITION ● AKIRA #23 La lluvia de Akira
BOOK DETAILS
Publisher: Dragón | Glénat
Release date: 1992-I
Number of pages: 64
Language: Spanish
Size: 19x28 cm
Retail price: 450ptas
ISBN 10: 84-406-2160-4
ISBN 13: 978-84-406-2160-3

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●INTERVIEW● Metrópolis TVE



Katsuhiro Otomo was interviewed for the TV program METRÓPOLIS aired on September 16, 1990 in the Spanish public television TVE.



INTRODUCTION
Katsuhiro Otomo, 36 years old, self-taught, Tokyo. In the late 70s he published his first album, considered the master of manga or comics in Japanese, claims to be heavily influenced by cinema. AKIRA, a manga that expands for over 1500 pages and the first film directed by Otomo. Narrates the confrontation between motorized youth gangs in a High-Tech Japan.

OTOMO'S COMMENTS
The reason I started writing "AKIRA" was that the publisher asked me to write a new science fiction story. I wanted to create something about the near future world, with a lot of action and aimed at young people aged 15 or 16.

All well-built cities hide within themselves a state of destruction. All beautiful and well-made things must be destroyed or someday they will cease to exist and will seem more attractive to us. Current Japan is a very prosperous country and has many beautiful places. I felt the urge to destroy it.

I love movies, I wanted to use the technique of -cutting- like in the cinema. I started drawing comics by the influence of Kubrick, Fellini or Kurosawa. That's why I like to use the way of cutting that is used in movies.

In Japan, many animation shows are created today but there are hardly any conditions for creators to do their job well. That is why there are few works that can be exhibited in movie theaters with a lot of capacity. To change this situation, comic writers have to take the initiative. You can't try to change the animation industry from within. I have always wanted to do a job like this and I was lucky that when this occasion was presented I could have more budget than other movies have.

In Japanese manga, the story is very important. As the comics come out in weekly magazines, you have to keep the expectation every week. Readers wait thinking: Now what will happen? That is why artists don't strive to make quality drawings. They think that if the story is interesting, they can "pass" the quality of the drawings. Meanwhile, in Europe, the most important thing are the drawings, conceived as art. I think this is the main difference between the Japanese and European comics.
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●BOOK ENGLISH EDITION● AKIRA #22



Twenty-second issue of Katsuhiro Otomo's AKIRA colored edition published by Marvel Epic Comics in English language in the USA. This book was collected in Japan in a box set: ŌRU KARĀ KOKUSAI BAN AKIRA 8 (オールカラー国際版 AKIRA 8).

COMIC BOOK DETAILS
Publisher: Marvel Epic Comics
Release date: 1990-IX
Language: English
Number of pages: 64
Size: 10x7 in
Retail price: $3.95
ISBN-10: 0871356236
ISBN-13: 9780871356239

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FRENCH EDITION ● AKIRA #22 L'assaut meurtrier

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Publisher: Glénat
Release date: 1991-V
Number of pages: 64
Language: French
Size: 19x28 cm
Retail price: 16FF

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ITALIAN EDITION ● AKIRA #22 Assedio sanguinoso
BOOK DETAILS
Publisher: Glénat
Release date: 1992-III
Number of pages: 64
Language: Italian
Size: 19x28 cm
Retail price: L 4.500

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SPANISH EDITION ● AKIRA #22 Asedio sangriento
BOOK DETAILS
Publisher: Dragón | Glénat
Release date: 1991-XII
Number of pages: 64
Language: Spanish
Size: 19x28 cm
Retail price: 450ptas
ISBN 10: 84-406-2159-0
ISBN 13: 978-84-406-2159-7

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●BOOK BOX SET● ŌRU KARĀ KOKUSAI BAN AKIRA 7 (オールカラー国際版 AKIRA 7)



This is the seventh of twelve box sets that collect the INTERNATIONAL EDITION of AKIRA that was released by Marvel / Epic Comics in the USA as 38 comic books. Each box set includes three of the English language comic books plus a booklet with the English-to-Japanese translation. The coloring was in charge of Steve Oliff and the lettering was done by Michael Higgins.

AKIRA started its serialization in black and white in Young Magazine on December 20, 1982 and became the longest lasting manga series by Katsuhiro Otomo. Its 120 chapters were published over the curse of eight years. AKIRA was also adapted as a full length animation film directed by Otomo himself in 1988.

BOOKS INCLUDED IN THE BOX-SET

BOX SET DETAILS
Publisher: Kodansha (講談社) + Marvel
Release date: 1990-VIII-31
Languague: English + Booklet with Japanese translations
Size: B5
Retail price: ¥1,796
ISBN-10: 4063050173
ISBN-13: 978-4063050172

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ENGLISH EDITION ● AKIRA vol. 7 (TPB collection)
This 10 volume collection was never completed and collects only 31 issues of the 38 that that were previously published by Marvel in the U.S.

BOOK DETAILS
Publisher: Marvel Epic Comics
Release date: 1992-XII
Number of pages: 120
Language: English
Size: 10x7 in
Retail price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 0871359391
ISBN-13: 978-0871359391

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GERMAN EDITION ● AKIRA Bd. 10: Begegnung in der Tiefe
20 volume paperback color edition.

BOOK DETAILS
Publisher: Carlsen
Release date: 1992-VII
Number of pages: 119
Language: German
Size: 26x17 cm
Retail price: 29,90
ISBN-10: 3551711704
ISBN-13: 978-3551711700

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FRENCH EDITION ● AKIRA vol. 7: Révélations
The incomplete French 31 paperback issues were republished as 14 color hardcover volumes, completing the series for the first time in France.

BOOK DETAILS
Publisher: Glénat
Release date: 1992-IV-24
Number of pages: 172
Language: French
Size: 29x19 cm
Retail price: 15.5€
ISBN-10: 2723415228
ISBN-13: 978-2723415224

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ITALIAN EDITION ● AKIRA vol. 7: Rivelazioni
Only 11 hardcover color volumes were published in Italy, leaving the series incomplete.

BOOK DETAILS
Publisher: Glénat
Release date: 1992
Number of pages: 172
Language: Italian
Size: 29x19 cm
Retail price: L 20.000
ISBN-10: 8878111910
ISBN-13: 978-8878111912

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SPANISH EDITION ● AKIRA vol. 7
The Spanish 38 paperback issues were republished as 14 color hardcover volumes.

BOOK DETAILS
Publisher: Ediciones B
Release date: 1992-IV
Number of pages: 172
Language: Spanish
Size: 29x19 cm
Retail price: 2000 ptas
ISBN 10: 84-406-3302-5
ISBN 13: 978-84-406-3302-6

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●BOOK ENGLISH EDITION● AKIRA #21 THE RAGE AND THE TORMENT



Twenty-first issue of Katsuhiro Otomo's AKIRA colored edition published by Marvel Epic Comics in English language in the USA. This book was collected in Japan in a box set:  ŌRU KARĀ KOKUSAI BAN AKIRA 7 (オールカラー国際版 AKIRA 7).

COMIC BOOK DETAILS
Publisher: Marvel / Epic Comics
Release date: 1990-VI
Language: English
Number of pages: 64
Size: 10x7 in
Retail price: $3.95
ISBN-10: 0871356228
ISBN-13: 9780871356222

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FRENCH EDITION ● AKIRA #21 Fureur et Tourment
BOOK DETAILS
Publisher: Glénat
Release date: 1991-IV
Number of pages: 64
Language: French
Size: 19x28 cm
Retail price: 16FF

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ITALIAN EDITION ● AKIRA #21 La rabbia eil tormento
BOOK DETAILS
Publisher: Glénat
Release date: 1992-II
Number of pages: 64
Language: Italian
Size: 19x28 cm
Retail price: L 4.500

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SPANISH EDITION ● AKIRA #21 La rabia y el tormento
BOOK DETAILS
Publisher: Dragón | Glénat
Release date: 1991-XI
Number of pages: 64
Language: Spanish
Size: 19x28 cm
Retail price: 450ptas
ISBN 10: 84-406-1940-5
ISBN 13: 978-84-406-1940-2

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●TALK● CONVERSATION with HISASHI EGUCHI



Manga artist and illustraton Hisashi Eguchi (江口 寿史) had a conversation with Katsuhiro Otomo that was published in Monthly Bears Club (月刊ベアーズクラブ) magazine in august 1990 and was later reprinted in the book THIS IS ROCK!!  that collects articles by Hisashi Eguchi from that period.


BOOK DETAILS
Publisher: Kadokawa (角川書店)
Release date: 1994-VI-1
Language: Japanese
Number of pages: 231
Size: 21 x 15 cm
Retail price: ¥950
ISBN-10: 4048524844
ISBN-13: 978-4048524841



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CONVERSATION EXCERPT 1
Otomo: People overseas know a lot about Japan.  I think that makes them fans.  They make magazines, special reports on Japanese mangaka, topics on HOKUTO NO KEN (北斗の拳) and so on.

Eguchi: Really?  Not pirated copies?

Otomo: Not pirated copies.  No, actually I don't know.  Maybe they don't know Shueisha there (laughs).

Eguchi: That wouldn't be terrible.  (laughs).  I heard they got a lot of our anime.

Otomo: In London, there's a famous comic book store called Forbidden Planet.  When you go there they have a manga corner.  They have Animage Newtype and so on.  Lots of people there watch Japanese stuff.

Eguchi: French children believe that CANDY CAND (キャンディ・キャンディ) is a manga from their own country, and if a Japanese child were to tell them that it was from Japan, they would be bullied.  "What are you talking about, idiot?"

Otomo: Yes.  Dragon Ball is going strong there.  They say the market share is 60%.

Eguchi: It's amazing.  I wonder if people here know that.

Otomo: I think it's only in Japan that people don't know about it.

Eguchi: YAMATO (ヤマト) and CAPTAIN HARLOCK (キャプテン・ハーロック), etc., everyone wants to see Japanese things and the Japanese completely ignore it. I heard you surprised your people there when you told them you were drawing 40 pages a month.  (laughs).

Otomo: Yes, yes.  Over there, it's more like four boards a month.

Eguchi: How can you live with that?  The cost per board is too high?

Otomo: No doubt.

Eguchi: Is comics recognized as an artistic field?

Otomo: Yes, yes.  You know Enki Bilal?  He wins prizes and receives money from the government.  In other words, organizations like the French Agency for Cultural Affairs provide money.  Unlike the Japan Agency for Cultural Affairs, which gives money to manga at large.  We are talking here about a very anarchic story of Bilal.  It's not like they give grants to Doraemon, they give money to something really cutting edge, which is totally different from the situation in Japan.  Everyone has a sense of pride there.  It has nothing to do.


CONVERSATION EXCERPT 2
Eguchi: Now this'd be a perfect opportunity to plug Rojin Z, don't you reckon (laughs)?

Otomo: Rojin Z (laughs)? Could you perhaps explain a bit more for our readers' benefit?

Eguchi: It's your new original animated video. You wrote the script, and I did the character design.

Otomo: As far as OAV (Original Animation Video)s go, I think this one's been made in quite an unusual way. That is to say, writer-led, if you like. Generally a proposal arrives from somewhere, and you have to come up with the goods accordingly. In this case the director and I also came up with the proposal, and the funds. It's not often that the makers get to make the thing they want.

Eguchi: The concept for the story is also totally different to most anime these days, isn't it?

Otomo: Completely.

Eguchi: Which is what makes it so interesting. Plus it feels like one of your short stories from way back, with its own unconventional sort of humor. Word has it it's about an elderly bedridden man?

Otomo: Well, I wouldn't class it as social comment. Ultimately it is really just a robot anime.

Eguchi: But for you, the animating comes first and foremost, right, the desire to make your own visuals move?

Otomo: Well, I was always mad about movies. So I guess over time I've ended up taking a movie sort of approach to what I do.

Eguchi: So is it about making something that you're 100% satisfied with? More than in the case of manga?

Otomo: ... Hmm, that's a bit of a tricky question actually.

Eguchi: Tricky.

Otomo: Yes. tricky.

Eguchi: Different, isn't it?

Otomo: You have to think of them as different. If you thought of them as the same, you'd have no choice but to do the whole thing by yourself. That is, it'd end up being private animation of the sort you often strike in Europe. But that's not what I'm aiming for. If that's the aim, even with manga. you might as well publish in Garo. It's that sort of world, for the most part. If you treat them the same.

Eguchi: Well, come to think of it, I suppose it's precisely because they were different that even Osamu Tezuka dld both (manga and anime) right to the very end.

Otomo: Exactly. There's something isn't there, about contributing to that kind of culture. A desire to utilize the animators, that kind of thing. The urge, instead of doing things the way you want to yourself, to pull that whole community up with you. You have to think that way, or you can't do it.

●BOOK ENGLISH EDITION● AKIRA #20 REVELATIONS



Twentieth issue of Katsuhiro Otomo's AKIRA colored edition published by Marvel Epic Comics in English language in the USA. This book was collected in Japan in a box set:  ŌRU KARĀ KOKUSAI BAN AKIRA 7 (オールカラー国際版 AKIRA 7).

COMIC BOOK DETAILS
Publisher: Marvel Epic Comics
Release date: 1990-VII
Language: English
Number of pages: 64
Size: 10x7 in
Retail price: $3.95
ISBN-10: 087135621X
ISBN-13: 9780871356215

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FRENCH EDITION ● AKIRA #20 Révélations
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Publisher: Glénat
Release date: 1991-III
Number of pages: 64
Language: French
Size: 19x28 cm
Retail price: 16FF

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ITALIAN EDITION ● AKIRA #20 Rivelazioni
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Publisher: Glénat
Release date: 1991-XII
Number of pages: 64
Language: Italian
Size: 19x28 cm
Retail price: L 4.500

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SPANISH EDITION ● AKIRA #20 Revelaciones
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Publisher: Dragón | Glénat
Release date: 1991-X
Number of pages: 64
Language: Spanish
Size: 19x28 cm
Retail price: 450ptas
ISBN 10: 84-406-1939-1
ISBN 13: 978-84-406-1939-6

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●MANGA● AKIRA part 120


AKIRA part 120
Young Magazine (ヤングマガジン) No.28
1990-VI-25 | 16 pages | B&W
Collected in the books:
●AKIRA 6 in original black & white
●All Color AKIRA 12 colored by Steve Oliff
●True Color AKIRA 6 colored by Steve Oliff
Otomo's comment
So, see you later.

●MANGA● AKIRA part 119

AKIRA part 119
Young Magazine (ヤングマガジン) No.26
1990-VI-11 | 15 pages | B&W

Collected in the books:
●AKIRA 6 in original black & white
●All Color AKIRA 12 colored by Steve Oliff
●True Color AKIRA 6 colored by Steve Oliff




Otomo's comment
See you later.


●BOOK ENGLISH EDITION● AKIRA #19 TO SAVE THE CHILDREN



Nineteenth issue of Katsuhiro Otomo's AKIRA colored edition published by Marvel Epic Comics in English language in the USA. This book was collected in Japan in a box set: ŌRU KARĀ KOKUSAI BAN AKIRA 7 (オールカラー国際版 AKIRA 7).

COMIC BOOK DETAILS
Publisher: Marvel Epic Comics
Release date: 1990-VI
Language: English
Number of pages: 64
Size: 10x7 in
Retail price: $3.95
ISBN-10: 0871356201
ISBN-13: 9780871356208

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FRENCH EDITION ● AKIRA #19 Sauver les enfants
BOOK DETAILS
Publisher: Glénat
Release date: 1991-II
Number of pages: 64
Language: French
Size: 19x28 cm
Retail price: 16FF

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ITALIAN EDITION ● AKIRA #19 Salvare i bambini
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Publisher: Glénat
Release date: 1991-XI
Number of pages: 64
Language: Italian
Size: 19x28 cm
Retail price: L 4.500

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SPANISH EDITION ● AKIRA #19 Salvad a los niños
BOOK DETAILS
Publisher: Dragón | Glénat
Release date: 1991-IX
Number of pages: 64
Language: Spanish
Size: 19x28 cm
Retail price: 450ptas
ISBN 10: 84-406-1938-3
ISBN 13: 978-84-406-1938-9

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