Akira Comicsthe only store in the world to win the Eisner awards twice, considered the Comic Oscarwill become the largest in Europe by increasing in more than 400 square meters its space in Madrid.
From the current 1,000 square meters of the premises, it will increase to 1,500 (Akira Cómics).The expansion will be dedicated to mangathe «most diverse» narrative in terms of genres.
According to what they have said from this Madrid business, the expansion works are already underway and the inauguration of its new «Neo-Tokyo» district is scheduled for end of this year. Akira Cómics will move from its current 1,080 square meters to more than 1,500 spread over two floors of more than 750 square meters each.
The expansion will be dedicated to manga, the «most diverse» narrative in terms of genres (Akira Comics).The store will redesign its facilities and the increase in the bookstore will increase its online sales workflow, as well as its «Stark Laboratory», a creative space conceived from the inspiration of similar places such as the one created at the time by the Spanish chef Ferrán Adrià, the Bullifoundation.
The manga will have its great space
«We want the new ‘Neo-Tokyo’ district to not only be a place to meet and enjoy manga culture but also to constitute a sensory and immersive experience in line with the aforementioned other areas of our bookstore so that even visitors who are not familiar with the manga phenomenon or readers of other disciplines can get to know it and enjoy it as it deserves,» they explain from Akira Comics.
Currently, they point out, manga readers are distributed in a 55% women and 45% men. «Manga is the most diverse comic narrative in terms of genres and stories. That is why it has conquered the West,» they point out.
Akira Cómics, the only store in the world to win the Eisner Awards twice, considered the Oscars of Comics (Akira Cómics).Manga arrived in Spain at the end of the 1980s with the film «Akira», by Katsuhiro Otomo, and the anime series «Dragon Ball». It was one of the founding engines of this Madrid bookstore, since in its 32 years of existence it has constituted one of its «fundamental parts.»
Akira Comics In July 2025, she became the only one in the world to win the Eisner Awards twice, after receiving both that month and in 2012 the Eisner Spirit of Comics, which recognizes the «extraordinary» work of the specialized bookstores that obtain it.
EFE Agency.
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