reported by Critique international that by 2000 Akira had sold copies worldwide, including in Japan and overseas. As of 2005, Akira has been published in more than a dozen languages worldwide. In 2020, the first volume of Akira became publisher Kodansha's first manga to receive a 100th printing. At a price of in Japan and $24.95 overseas, the manga tankōbon volumes grossed estimated revenues of () in Japan and overseas, for an estimated total of grossed worldwide. During its run, the seinen manga magazine where it was first serialized, Weekly Young Magazine, experienced an increase in its weekly circulation, from 1 million in 1986 to 1.5 million in 1990. At an average manga magazine price of at the time, the 120 issues serializing Akira sold an estimated total of – million copies and grossed an estimated (). Akira has won much recognition in the industry, including the 1984 Kodansha Manga Award for Best General Manga. Fans in the United Kingdom voted it Favourite Comic at the 1990 Eagle Awards. It won a Harvey Award for Best American Edition of Foreign Material in 1993, and was nominated for a Harvey for Best Graphic Album of Previously Published Work in 2002. In 2002, Akira won the Eisner Awards for Best U.S. Edition of Foreign Material and Best Archival Collection. The 35th anniversary edition won Best Archival Collection again at the 2018 Eisner Awards, in addition to Best Publication Design. Critical reception Akira is credited with having introduced both manga and anime to Western audiences. According to Kodansha USA's Naho Yamada, "Akira ignited a new generation of dynamism not only in manga but also in European and American comics. Its impact shattered all borders." The Essential Guide to World Comics states that the translation of the work into French in 1991 by Glénat "opened the floodgates to the Japanese invasion." The imagery in Akira, together with that of Blade Runner, formed the blueprint for similar Japanese works of a dystopian nature of the late 1990s, such as Ghost in the Shell and Armitage III. Yamada also said that "Otomo jacked into his generation's frustration with society, in the wake of the defeat of Japan's liberal student movement, and created an epic that, in true Japanese fashion, processed societal trauma through cataclysmic visual symbolism." Writing for The Japan Times, Matt Schley said "For many readers, Akira was a revelation. Each panel features a head-spinning