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Keep your eyes out for this. It's surging in popularity in Japan and should be translated into English soon. It's like a fusion of Ghost in the Shell and Iron Man. The protagonist, Akira, fights as a superhero by uploading his consciousness into a powerful humanoid robot. It's done by the creator of the Journey to the Center of the Earth manga adaptation so you can expect rich details in the artwork interspersed with intense action scenes. In spite of being a sci-fi manga, the mangaka is choosing to hand-draw everything rather than using digital drawing to keep an organic...