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“Akira” (アキラ), Ultra-Rare Original Japanese Bookstore Display Poster / Young Magazine Promotional “Neo-Tokyo Collapses!! — PART 3” Speed Poster (B2 Variant Cut Vertically) 1986, Size (c. 72.8 × 36 cm) O64
“Akira” (アキラ), Ultra-Rare Original Japanese Bookstore Display Poster / Young Magazine Promotional “Neo-Tokyo Collapses!! — PART 3” Speed Poster (B2 Variant Cut Vertically) 1986, Size (c. 72.8 × 36 cm) O64
“Akira” (アキラ), Ultra-Rare Original Japanese Bookstore Display Poster / Young Magazine Promotional “Neo-Tokyo Collapses!! — PART 3” Speed Poster (B2 Variant Cut Vertically) 1986, Size (c. 72.8 × 36 cm) O64
“Akira” (アキラ), Ultra-Rare Original Japanese Bookstore Display Poster / Young Magazine Promotional “Neo-Tokyo Collapses!! — PART 3” Speed Poster (B2 Variant Cut Vertically) 1986, Size (c. 72.8 × 36 cm) O64
“Akira” (アキラ), Ultra-Rare Original Japanese Bookstore Display Poster / Young Magazine Promotional “Neo-Tokyo Collapses!! — PART 3” Speed Poster (B2 Variant Cut Vertically) 1986, Size (c. 72.8 × 36 cm) O64
“Akira” (アキラ), Ultra-Rare Original Japanese Bookstore Display Poster / Young Magazine Promotional “Neo-Tokyo Collapses!! — PART 3” Speed Poster (B2 Variant Cut Vertically) 1986, Size (c. 72.8 × 36 cm) O64
“Akira” (アキラ), Ultra-Rare Original Japanese Bookstore Display Poster / Young Magazine Promotional “Neo-Tokyo Collapses!! — PART 3” Speed Poster (B2 Variant Cut Vertically) 1986, Size (c. 72.8 × 36 cm) O64
“Akira” (アキラ), Ultra-Rare Original Japanese Bookstore Display Poster / Young Magazine Promotional “Neo-Tokyo Collapses!! — PART 3” Speed Poster (B2 Variant Cut Vertically) 1986, Size (c. 72.8 × 36 cm) O64
“Akira” (アキラ), Ultra-Rare Original Japanese Bookstore Display Poster / Young Magazine Promotional “Neo-Tokyo Collapses!! — PART 3” Speed Poster (B2 Variant Cut Vertically) 1986, Size (c. 72.8 × 36 cm) O64

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“Akira” (アキラ), Ultra-Rare Original Japanese Bookstore Display Poster / Young Magazine Promotional “Neo-Tokyo Collapses!! — PART 3” Speed Poster (B2 Variant Cut Vertically) 1986, Size (c. 72.8 × 36 cm) O64

Sale price $1,350.00

This is an original Japanese bookstore display poster issued by Kodansha to advertise AKIRA PART 3 (the third tankōbon). Produced for Young Magazine point-of-sale in 1986, it is the scarce long format— vertically for bookshop display.

Ultra-rare: acquired by Japan Poster Shop from a dedicated Katsuhiro Otomo / Akira collector in Japan who assembled these over decades. Pieces of this type are virtually never offered for sale.

Across the top the sheet shouts: 「ネオ東京崩壊!!」 (Neo-Tokyo collapses!!) with the banner 「待望の第3巻・絶賛発売中!!」 (The long-awaited Vol. 3—now on sale!!).
At the foot, a bold band reads “AKIRA BY OTOMO KATSUHIRO — PART 3〈アキラーⅡ〉” with sales specs: 「描きおろしカバー／巻頭カラー8ページ／B5判290ページ／定価880YEN」, plus Young Magazine and 講談社 marks and the note 「アキラ既刊—第①巻・第②巻—好評発売中！」.
Blank verso (as issued).

Akira (1988) is Katsuhiro Otomo’s epoch-defining post-apocalyptic, cyberpunk landmark—based on his manga that began in 1982 in Young Magazine. Its world-building and animation reshaped anime and global pop culture; these mid-’80s bookstore posters come from the manga era that built the phenomenon.

Poster design

A blazing red field, ringed with saw-tooth spikes, frames Otomo’s kinetic illustration: a street firefight tears through Neo-Tokyo—tank barrel thrusting into frame, rubble exploding, and our protagonists mid-action. The colossal AKIRA wordmark and PART 3 block at the base hammer home the release, while bilingual elements (English title with Japanese sales copy) capture Young Magazine’s urgent, high-impact graphic language.

Why collectors prize this example

Bookstore Speed poster tied directly to the 1986 tankōbon release of PART 3—far scarcer than theatrical or video-shop material.

Printed in very small numbers for in-store use; most were discarded—survivors are exceptionally rare.

From a long-time Japanese Akira / Otomo collection—holy-grail-level material that is almost never on the market.

Details

Country: Japan
Year: 1986 (tankōbon PART 3 release; list price printed ¥880)
Type: Bookstore display poster / Young Magazine promotional “Speed” poster — B2 variant cut vertically
Size: c. 72.8 × 36 cm 
Printed identifiers on sheet: Top headline 「ネオ東京崩壊!!」; banner 「待望の第3巻・絶賛発売中!!」; foot band “AKIRA BY OTOMO KATSUHIRO — PART 3〈アキラーⅡ〉 / 描きおろしカバー・巻頭カラー8ページ・B5判290ページ・定価880YEN”; YOUNG Magazine / 講談社; note 「アキラ既刊—第①巻・第②巻—好評発売中！」.

Condition

Excellent. Original folds (as issued) with light fold-touch at the centre cross; minor handling, a couple of tiny surface specks and small impressions consistent with age; verso clean; colours strong and saturated. Please review the photos (front and back); they show the exact item.

It is 39 years old.
It is not a reproduction or a reprint.
Certificate of Authenticity included.

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