sentence2: अकिरा लेखन तथा निर्देशन १९८८ मा ओतोमो कात्सुहिरोले गरेका थिए जो पहिलेदेखि नै जापानमा प्रसिद्द मांगा कलाकार थिए। उनका लोकप्रिय मांगा सीरीजको आधारमा त्यहीँ नाममा सुरुमा मासिक धारावाहिक रूपमा १९८२ देखि प्रकाशित गरिएको थियो।
sentence1: Akira was written and directed by Otomo Katsuhiro, in 1988 already a legendary manga artist in Japan, and based on his popular manga series of the same name, which had been initially been published as a monthly serial starting in 1982.