Kodansha Comics Versions of Akira, Ghost in the Shell Appear on TRSI

June 16, 2009 in Manga by Tom Langston (calaggie) | 3 comments

On Thursday, TRSI added the first few volumes of Kodansha Comics’ Ghost in the Shell and Akira to their catalog (listings for vol. 1 of each were found on Amazon Canada last month). Vols. 1 & 2 of Akira and Vol. 1 of Ghost in the Shell are also on Amazon US, which I have linked to below.

It looks like Kodansha’s initial volumes of Akira will have a list price of US$24.99. That’s the same price as what Dark Horse sold volumes 1-3 at, although that rose to $27.95 for the 400-page volume 4 and the 416-page volume 5 and to $29.95 for the 440-page volume 6. I wonder if Kodansha will also raise the prices when it gets to that point – I hope they don’t, though.

Ghost in the Shell will street for a little bit more at $26.99 – Dark Horse’s trade paperbacks were $24.99 (Vol. 1 listings from 1995, 2004 2nd edition). I don’t know if Kodansha also has the rights to publish Ghost in the Shell 1.5: Human Processor Error, which Dark Horse put out fairly recently in trade paperback in October 2007 for $17.95.

Akira vol. 1 (368 pgs) – Oct. 13, 2009 [TRSI, Amazon]
Ghost in the Shell vol. 1 (352 pgs) – Oct. 13, 2009 [TRSI, Amazon]
Akira vol. 2 (304 pgs) – Jan. 12, 2010 [TRSI, Amazon]
Akira vol. 3 (spec. 288 pgs?) – Apr. 13, 2010 [TRSI]
Ghost in the Shell vol. 2 (spec. 312 pgs?) – Apr. 13, 2010 [TRSI]

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  1. calaggie’s avatar

    calaggie on June 16, 2009 at 6:06 pm

    Wrote about Kodansha versions of Akira & Ghost in the Shell appearing on TRSI: http://www.nigorimasen.com/2009/06/16/fi... (tip @animevice)

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    1. animealmanac’s avatar

      animealmanac on June 16, 2009 at 6:11 pm

      @calaggie I haven’t been hearing too many things about Koda USA, and those $25+ price points aren’t promising. :-/

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    2. animealmanac’s avatar

      animealmanac on June 16, 2009 at 6:15 pm

      @calaggie “… haven’t been hearing too many GOOD things,” I meant to say. It seems like Bandai Visual USA all over again.

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