Akira Vol. 4 Releases in Japan on September 30, 2026
The next Japanese volume of Akira, and what it means for readers of the English edition — from official Japanese bibliographic data and the series' English publication history.
Japan release: September 30, 2026 (pre-order) — AKIRA 4
Volume: 4
English edition: English edition already released on September 19, 2001
Typical Japan → English gap for this series: about 173 months (based on the last 5 volumes)
Previous volumes (Japan → English)
Vol. 3 — JP 1986-09-01 → EN 2001-06-27
Vol. 2 — JP 1985-09-04 → EN 2001-03-28
Vol. 1 — JP 1984-09-21 → EN 2000-12-13
Japanese dates come from the National Diet Library, openBD and the Media Arts Database. English dates come from English Wikipedia volume lists (CC BY-SA). Estimates use the median gap of recent volumes and are not official announcements.