In the year 2019, thirty-one years after World War III, the authority of Neo-Tokyo is waging a constant battle against Underground rebels. Caught in the middle is a motorcycle gang whose aim is just to make trouble. The gang leader Kaneda Shoutarou gets involved in more ways than one when an experimental psychic child escapes and results in gang member Shima Tetsuo's capture and subsequent experimentation. Tetsuo the bitter runt of the pack now has the power of Akira and soon escapes when everyone realises that his power can result in the total destruction of Neo-Tokyo.
1 June 1957, Norwalk, Connecticut, USA
29 June 1982
5 September 1959, Fullerton, California, USA
29 January 1932, Kitakyushu, Japan
28 April 1961, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA
19 July 1975
16 December 1953, Denver, Colorado, USA
11 April 1943, Kanagawa, Japan
31 August 1947, Los Angeles, California, USA
15 September 1969, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
2 June 1924, Chicago, Illinois, USA
21 November 1929
6 January 1976, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
17 January 1955, Aichi, Japan
8 March 1964, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
20 May 1948, Okayama, Japan
5 February 1969, Los Angeles, California, USA
16 March 1944, Kyoto, Japan
18 August 1955, Kagoshima, Japan
14 December 1935, Chicago, Illinois, USA
6 November 1957, Los Angeles, California, USA
12 May 1958, San Juan, Puerto Rico