I currently am collecting Gintama, Ju-On, D. Gray-Man, and Museum of Terror. I'm finished Death Note, Uzumaki, The Ring Series (Ringu), Gyo, and Akira.

is Akira good? Itami likes it and I wonder.

Akira. is it good? Well...
Yes.
Akira is possibly the best original Anime/Manga series there is.
The Akira manga was the first one to use completely digital coloring (But not the first one released).
The Akira anime was the first anime to be released in major American cinemas around the U.S.
Akira is actually considered on of the top five best animated movies of all time.
I suggest you read both the manga and watch the anime.

It's great, but remember it's not really an anime series just a movie, that's the only Akira thing I've seen, but i heard the manga is much better.

I don't have the manga... who has the manga?

Me.
The School library also has vols. 2 and 4. Don't know why they don't get the rest.