Author(s): OTOMO Katsuhiro

Genre(s): Action Sci-Fi Supernatural Seinen Adventure Fantasy Psychological Mature Completed

In the year 2038, a police state, scheming politicians, religious fanatics, revolutionaries,crime of all sorts, riots, poverty, remnants of a world war and a secret scientific project all combine to form reality in the future city of Neo-Tokyo.

Numerous groups all have their eyes on one prize: control of Akira, a young boy of such destructive and uncontrollable psychic ability that he has been held in cryostasis for almost 40 years.

Soon, Akira is released by the God-like psychic Tetsuo, an impetuous young biker who releases Akira and so forces all of the groups to make their move.