Manga

• Akira: Book 1 by Katsuhiro Otomo (2000)

  [9/10]

  "I often find the story so compelling that I'm turning pages faster than I can take in the artwork, and have to constantly remind myself to take the time to carefully look at every frame."

• Akira: Book 2 by Katsuhiro Otomo (2001)

  [8/10]

  "An excellent progression of the storyline and marvelous artwork."

• Akira: Book 3 by Katsuhiro Otomo (2001)

  [7/10]

  "Otomo continues with the same level of highly detailed artwork."

• Akira: Book 4 by Katsuhiro Otomo (2001)

  [7/10]

  "A lot happens in Book 4 to move the plot forward, but nothing really gets resolved."

• Akira: Book 5 by Katsuhiro Otomo (2001)

  [7/10]

  "In several places, Ôtomo describes the psychic abilities as a form of human evolution. It seems odd that human beings would evolve into a form that ultimately would eliminate human personality and place no value on human life."

• Akira: Book 6 by Katsuhiro Otomo (2002)

  [8/10]

  "Otomo has created an incredible, compelling story that to me defines great manga and provides the epitome of the art form so far."

• Day of Reckoning by Myung-Jin Lee, Richard A. Knaak (2002)

  [6/10]

  "This second volume has much better scene to scene continuity than the first volume, but I still have some problems with the presentation."

• Eve of Apocalypse by Myung-Jin Lee, Richard A. Knaak (2002)

  [5/10]

  "This first volume in the Ragnarök series tries to pack a lot of information into a small space and tends to lose the reader along the way."

  Average score: 7.12