{"product_id":"akira-アキラ-ultra-rare-original-japanese-bookstore-display-kodansha-promotional-a-newly-drawn-epilogue-the-true-ending-is-this-part-6-poster-1993-size-66-x-21-cm-p189","title":"“Akira” (アキラ), Ultra‑Rare Original Japanese Bookstore Display \/ Kodansha Promotional “A Newly Drawn Epilogue — The True Ending Is This!! \/ PART 6” Poster 1993, Size (66 x 21 cm) P189","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"191\" data-end=\"523\"\u003eThis is an \u003cstrong data-start=\"202\" data-end=\"269\"\u003eoriginal Japanese bookstore display poster (promotional poster)\u003c\/strong\u003e issued by \u003cstrong data-start=\"280\" data-end=\"292\"\u003eKodansha\u003c\/strong\u003e to advertise \u003cstrong data-start=\"306\" data-end=\"322\"\u003eAKIRA PART 6\u003c\/strong\u003e, the concluding tankōbon volume. Produced for \u003cstrong data-start=\"369\" data-end=\"407\"\u003ebookshop point‑of‑sale use in 1993\u003c\/strong\u003e, it is an \u003cstrong data-start=\"418\" data-end=\"456\"\u003eextremely scarce long-format piece\u003c\/strong\u003e intended for in-store display and \u003cstrong data-start=\"491\" data-end=\"522\"\u003enever meant for public sale\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"525\" data-end=\"836\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"525\" data-end=\"540\"\u003eUltra‑rare:\u003c\/strong\u003e original \u003cstrong data-start=\"550\" data-end=\"593\"\u003emanga-era Kodansha promotional material\u003c\/strong\u003e for the release of \u003cstrong data-start=\"613\" data-end=\"623\"\u003ePart 6\u003c\/strong\u003e. Posters of this type were printed in \u003cstrong data-start=\"662\" data-end=\"694\"\u003esmall numbers for bookstores\u003c\/strong\u003e, used briefly, and usually discarded. Surviving examples are \u003cstrong data-start=\"756\" data-end=\"792\"\u003egenuinely uncommon on the market\u003c\/strong\u003e, especially in this dramatic narrow format.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"838\" data-end=\"1413\"\u003eThe central copy proclaims \u003cstrong data-start=\"865\" data-end=\"895\"\u003e「描き下ろされたエピローグ、本当の結末はこれだ!!」\u003c\/strong\u003e (“\u003cstrong data-start=\"898\" data-end=\"952\"\u003eA newly drawn epilogue — this is the true ending!!\u003c\/strong\u003e”). At the foot, the printed sales line reads \u003cstrong data-start=\"998\" data-end=\"1094\"\u003e“OTOMO KATSUHIRO \/ PART 6 \/ SPECIAL PRICE 1200 YEN (TAX INCLUDED) \/ KODANSHA \/ NOW ON SALE!”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1095\" data-end=\"1104\"\u003eAkira\u003c\/strong\u003e (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; original bookstore promotionals like this sit at the very heart of \u003cstrong data-start=\"1381\" data-end=\"1412\"\u003eAkira’s manga-era marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1415\" data-end=\"2164\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1415\" data-end=\"1432\"\u003ePoster design\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"1432\" data-end=\"1435\"\u003eA \u003cstrong data-start=\"1437\" data-end=\"1488\"\u003estriking red monochrome collage of manga panels\u003c\/strong\u003e dominates the full length of the sheet, with a bold white vertical slogan cutting through the centre and pulling the eye down into the huge \u003cstrong data-start=\"1629\" data-end=\"1638\"\u003eAKIRA\u003c\/strong\u003e title block. The imagery captures climactic late-series moments, including \u003cstrong data-start=\"1714\" data-end=\"1743\"\u003eKaneda confronting Tetsuo\u003c\/strong\u003e, the \u003cstrong data-start=\"1749\" data-end=\"1760\"\u003eColonel\u003c\/strong\u003e at centre, ominous dialogue balloons, grotesque transformation imagery, and final action panels above the footer. The lower section is especially powerful, combining the oversized \u003cstrong data-start=\"1941\" data-end=\"1956\"\u003eAKIRA \/ アキラ\u003c\/strong\u003e masthead with the release copy \u003cstrong data-start=\"1988\" data-end=\"2044\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003e“OTOMO KATSUHIRO \/ PART 6 \/ KODANSHA \/ NOW ON SALE!”\u003c\/strong\u003e. 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