This is all the issues of “AKIRA” which was licensed by Marvel to produce the Epic Comics imprint of this series.
Points about this imprint
#There is two versions of this series, first the original
Manga: which is in the traditional format of reading manga that is (from Right to left).
Then there is the Comic style
Epic Comics imprint: which is read (from Left to right).
#The original Manga was B&W.
But the Epic Comics imprint is digitally colored by Marvel.
This is the Epic Comics imprint of this series.
Comments - 28
shellshock
there is also a complete anime coming up for this series
PROThomas (uploader)
@shellshock
SERIOUSLY!!! HELL YEAH!!!
Thanks, you made my day… ^_^
Manga_and_Stuff
Aw man it’s just the same low res version that’s been floating around the internet for years…
PROThomas (uploader)
@Manga_and_Stuff
Unfortunately there is no official “Digital copy” of this series, sorry man…
But there is the B&W version, the original manga, it is HDish…
Manga_and_Stuff
@prothomas yeah I know… I have been looking for a good scan of Akira for years now and all I could find is a pretty decent scan of the color version thats unfortunately in Italian.
I tried formatting it to English once but it would take ages for a single person to do this.
I uploaded it here if you’re interested.
PROThomas (uploader)
@Manga_and_Stuff
I checked it out, seems pretty decent. I am really sorry for hardcore Akira fans like you who is expecting something still from that franchise, Hollywood has been driving fans insane by making us anticipate for a “live-action” movie. When I think they should first think about making this series more accessible to a wide range of audience first…
so the first thing to do is not make a big budget movie (Which is going to be shit anyways and completely “white washed”) but rather maybe make a digital copy of The manga first.
shellshock
@PROThomas
How on earth could you not know???
it was such big news
PROThomas (uploader)
@shellshock
Sorry i have not been up to date with the latest “Anime” news…
I barely saw one Anime from this Season…
Manga_and_Stuff
@prothomas yeah it’s a bit ridiculous how the Akira manga got a fan made, panel for panel The Simpsons remake before it got a digital release…
PROThomas (uploader)
Sorry guys my last torrent got taken down it was based on “The Sandman - 30th Anniversary Edition” it’s a great Comic book series, if i cant post it here then no problem, but i really want everyone to read this masterpiece written by the genius “Neil Gaiman” I would request that you go to this link and get this amazing series from there https://getcomics.info/dc/the-sandman-v01-v10-free-download/
P.S. this is not my upload, credits to the uploader…
XRA9
DC’s Vertigo imprint is great in general. When you’re done with the Sandman, consider DMZ and Fables, they’re pretty good, too.
PROThomas (uploader)
@XRA9
I am considering reading “Fables”, heard a lot about it…only good things…
surume
WHY the italian version has better quality color ???
PROThomas (uploader)
@surume
Because it’s a much higher quality scan than these scans
Satu1088
This is incredible man, thanks a lot for this!
PROThomas (uploader)
@Satu1088
No problem, I am doing something much bigger with Akira, so keep your chin up and be on the lookout for that…
Pajeet
Thanks a ton for this upload! Sucks that there isn’t a better quality color scan, but this is pretty good!
PROThomas (uploader)
@Pajeet
I am working on a HD scan of this series, so keep a look out for that…
shellshock
@PROThomas
What do you mean working on HD Scan version?
PROThomas (uploader)
@shellshock
I am right now working on remastering the AKIRA series, just to give you a little taste of what’s to come, check this out https://imgur.com/TCewa4Z
gorgonkeyboard
Flipped Left to Right and colored by unrelated colorists from Marvel and not under supervision of Katsuhiro Otomo.
0/10 garbage release
PROThomas (uploader)
@gorgonkeyboard
A lot of kids who grew up with it disagree, including me…
I still remember the first time i saw the movie and then heard it was based on a comic, so i went on a hunt to find them out, i found some issues at my local comic store… and when i finished reading them, i felt “epic” to say the least
SomaHeir
Thanks for this!
Though I do wish a proper recolor from Katsuhiro Otomo and his staff someday.
Millennium
35th edition one has right to left format. I wish that was scanned.
Kilroyyorlik
@PROThomas
The Germans have a digital color version if you feel like working on that. Looks great.
On second thought it might be c2c but still looks near digital. Kinda like when XRA works on a scan.
Gloribeast
@Kilroyyorlik, more info? I found these in GERMAN/DEUTSCH:
https://mega.nz/folder/yI5QFAqY#9t975p9QbYrrBEqQGdyZsA
Colored/Mirrored ~1.09GB total, 19"double"issues+20*Artbook.
It’s like DigitalNoiseRemoval = Soft Blur; looks good, less detail.
Mid-tones in B&W mangas are strokes/patterns, NOT grey-ish.
=> Color comix could be misty bc’ of print/scan/dpi/resolution…
But color-gamma/contrast/saturation/couple-pages, great edit!
vtrigger
so did you completed the remaster project?
Praisethevillain
Crazy the 35th anniversary box set wasn’t scanned. Did you ever complete your remaster project?