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Volume 1 · Tetsuo
The Six Volumes · Kodansha · KC Deluxe · 1984 to 1993
At its verified native size (600×819).
Volume 1 · Tetsuo — from The Six Volumes (Kodansha · KC Deluxe · 1984 to 1993) in the Akira Manga Gallery. What you are looking at: Volume 1 · Tetsuo.
Kodansha · September 14, 1984 · Chapters 1–18 · Cover price ¥1,000 (about $6). Kaneda crouched over the wrecked bike on a field of red. The cover prints its own pitch: “SPECIAL PRICE 1000 yen.”
Shown here at its verified native size, 600×819 — the largest honest scan the Library holds for this cover.
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