The world once again was riddled with pain as World War 3 changed the way Tokyo developed. Now full of dangerous biker gang, a powerful military, and godlike beings with exponential power! It’s up to one man to overcome all odds and save his friend. Akira fights against all odds to become a hero!!

"Akira (anime)" redirects here. For the franchise, see Akira (franchise). For the original 1982 manga, see Akira (manga).

Akira (Japanese: アキラ) is a 1988 Japanese animated cyberpunk action filmdirected by Katsuhiro Otomo, produced by Ryōhei Suzuki and Shunzō Katō, and written by Otomo and Izo Hashimoto, based on Otomo's 1982 manga Akira. Set in a dystopian 2019, it tells the story of Shōtarō Kaneda, the leader of a biker gang whose childhood friend, Tetsuo Shima, acquires incredible telekinetic abilities after a motorcycle accident ...