Tetsuo! Kaneda!

January 29, 2001 10:07 AM

Tetsuo! Kaneda! Akira on DVD!
posted by ritualdevice (6 comments total)

YES! I've become obsessed recently with this title, and when it might be available. Of course, I still don't see a release date... I expect to hear "late 2002".
posted by jpoulos at 11:27 AM on January 29, 2001

They have just started reprinting the comics as a 6 volume set. I managed to get my hands on the first one, very nice. The comic version is quite long at 2000 pages, but I'm quite a fan of Katsuhiro. If you can find his Domu series, grab it.

As far as the longest comic, I think Cerebus is going to fit the bill eventually.
posted by john at 1:36 PM on January 29, 2001

Better than DVD -- back in theaters! Now with surround sound!
posted by jjg at 2:04 PM on January 29, 2001

There are plenty of Japanese sagas that are in the 8000 page range. Lone wolf and cub, currently being serialised by Dark Horse, runs to about that length and I think Lum did as well. Cerebus might be the longest single story but it depends on whether you consider it to be one long story or a sequence of shorter stories.
posted by davidgentle at 2:28 PM on January 29, 2001

"Patarilo" (another Japanese one) is currently at about 70 volumes, 200 pages each...14000 pages? That must be one of the longest ones...
posted by Jeanne at 3:51 PM on January 29, 2001

Jeesh, I stand corrected, by quite a bit. heh.
posted by john at 6:21 PM on January 29, 2001