Akira vol. 1

This time on You Should Read This, we talked about the first volume of the legendary manga Akira.

Show notes:

• Millennials killing things
• Japanese influence on children’s media in the united states in the 80s and 90s
• Reading Manga flipped
• The perspective of having read a complete series versus coming in fresh
• Long-game storytelling in manga
• Otomo is a master
• THE ART
• Every single detail is rendered, it’s totally insane