Akira vol. 1
- Author
- Alan Parsons and Ryan Ruppe
- Published
- Wed 20 Feb 2019
- Episode Link
- http://www.youshouldreadthis.club/2019/02/20/episode-6-akira-vol-1-by-katsuhiro-otomo/
This time on You Should Read This, we talked about the first volume of the legendary manga Akira.
Show notes:
- Millennials killing things
- Japanese influence on children’s media in the united states in the 80s and 90s
- Reading Manga flipped
- The perspective of having read a complete series versus coming in fresh
- Long-game storytelling in manga
- Otomo is a master
- THE ART
- Every single detail is rendered, it’s totally insane
