Reading order
Akira reading order
- Akira, Vol. 11984
- Akira, Vol. 21985
- Akira, Vol. 31986
- Akira, Book 41987
- Akira, Vol. 51990
- Akira, Vol. 61993
1- 8.48.4 / 10347 ratings
- Score
- 6 volumes
- Volumes
- 1984–1993
- Published
- about 40 h
- Reading time
- Completed
- Status
Quick answer
Publication order
6 volumes1984–1993Completed
- Katsuhiro Otomo’s landmark manga: in Neo-Tokyo, rebuilt after a catastrophic blast, a biker gang leader’s friend Tetsuo gains terrifying psychic powers tied to the secret called Akira.
- Six large volumes, one story — read in order.
- The 1988 film tells a compressed version; the manga goes much further.
- Volume 1 rates very highly and is the most read.
A plan for the whole series
6 volumes, 2,053 pages, about 40 hours. At 45 min a day that is about 7 weeks.
Stages
2 stages, with 1 short book from outside the series between them. You finish around December 22, 2026, 4 days later than in one go.
- Stage 117 habout 3 weeksby November 21, 2026
- 1. Akira, Vol. 1
- 2. Akira, Vol. 2
- 3. Akira, Vol. 3
- Short breakThe Fire Next Time · James Baldwin · 120 pp. · score 8.8
- Stage 220 habout 4 weeksby December 22, 2026
- 4. Akira, Book 4
- 5. Akira, Vol. 5
- 6. Akira, Vol. 6
- The end of the series
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How this plan is calculated
The plan comes from the pages and ratings of each volume: we split the series into stages of about three weeks’ reading, size each break to the stage before it, and read the chance of finishing from how many readers rate the last volume compared with the first. How we work out the plan →
Every volume in order
Order checked by hand · Order and years: Wikidata (CC0). Spotted an error? Tell us. · Data updated October 29, 2026
Frequently asked questions
Which Akira book is the longest?
“Akira, Vol. 5” is the longest at 416 pages; the shortest is “Akira, Vol. 3” with 288 pages.