By night, the borderlands of Neo-Tokyo are ruled by street gangs. Two childhood friends, Kaneda and Tetsuo, ride with one of these gangs. A high-speed incident on a decrepit express road will lead to a collision that will change them forever...
Neo-Tokyo lies in ruin. Set off by the bullet of a would-be assassin, the godlike telekinetic fury of the superhuman child Akira has once again demolished in seconds that which took decades and untold billions to build.
The military strength of the planet is massing to take on Akira's empire, but will technology's most advanced weaponry be enough to destroy Akira? And are Tetsuo's rapidly growing paranormal abilities a potentially greater threat?
