AKIRA

“AKIRA” is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Katsuhiro Otomo. It is a cyberpunk genre which set in a post-apocalyptic Neo-Tokyo. It had been very successful in various countries of the world with psychic battle and dense depiction.

Main character Kaneda is a leader of motorcycle gang (bōsōzoku). His friend, Tetsuo has felt inferiority complex about Kaneda and leading him. One day, Tetsuo is seriously injured in a traffic accident, and wake up to the psychic power. Furthermore, anti-government terrorists, the secret government army and the mysterious presence “AKIRA” also appeared, the story is getting more and more chaotic.


See also
*Japanese
*Chinese
*List of Japanese subculture