週刊ヤングマガジン
During its run, the "seinen" manga magazine where it was first serialized, "Weekly Young Magazine", experienced an increase in its weekly circulation, from 1 million in 1986 to 1.5 million in 1990. At an average manga magazine price of at the time, the 120 issues serialising "Akira" sold an estimated total of – million copies and grossed an estimated ().