The official Twitter account for Kodansha‘s deliberate “Full Works Venture” for Katsuhiro Otomo‘s manga introduced on Wednesday that the undertaking has been delayed to a January 21 launch. The undertaking was beforehand scheduled to debut this yr.

The undertaking will launch Otomo’s complete physique of revealed work since his skilled debut in 1971.

Otomo started his profession as a manga creator on such works as Domu, Kibun wa mō Sensō, and his most well-known title internationally, Akira. He then branched into animation by directing a part of the Robotic Carnival omnibus and a characteristic movie adaptation of his personal Akira story. He directed different anime tasks such because the Reminiscences omnibus, the Gundam: Mission to the Rise occasion brief, and the Steamboy characteristic. He additionally collaborated on Harmagedon, Roujin Z, Spriggan, Metropolis, Freedom Venture and Hipira: The Little Vampire.

Otomo confirmed in 2018 that he’s engaged on a brand new manga. He revealed in 2012 that he was getting ready his first lengthy sequence since Akira.

Sources: Katsuiro Otomo Full Works Venture Twitter account by way of Otakomu