A fourth volume includes an exclusive interview with Otomo and Kawamura, as well as photographs of the original exhibition by award-winning photographer TAKAMURADAISUKE. Vol 4 is the “making of” book, and includes interviews ( in Japanese only ) with Katsuhiro Otomo and Kawamura Kosuke. Products may contain sharp points, small parts, choking hazards, and other elements not suitable for children under 16 years old.

From the pictures and listing it seemed like the item was opened and used, but when I got it, it looked like it came straight out of the factory. This would make for a most excellent gift any day for any manga fan, especially if one enjoys Akira. Biography: Katsuhiro Otomo is best known as the creator of the three-thousand page epic AKIRA, among other influential manga. If one is big enough of an Akira/Otomo fan, they can purchase two copies of this art book ( since the pages are double-sided ) and them assemble all of them to reproduce a sprawling wall of Akira art. He also directed the groundbreaking animated feature film of the same name, as well as the acclaimed animated film, Steamboy.We at Penguin Random House Australia acknowledge that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are the Traditional Custodians and the first storytellers of the lands on which we live and work. The fourth volume contains photographs by Daisuke Takamura, who documented this project that took place from May 2017 to August 2019.

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