Welcome to Neo-Tokyo built on the ashes of a Tokyo annihilated by a blast of unknown origin
that triggered World War III. The lives of two streetwise teenage friends Tetsuo and Kaneda
change forever when paranormal abilities begin to waken in Tetsuo making him a target for a
shadowy agency that will stop at nothing to prevent another catastrophe like the one that
leveled Tokyo. At the core of the agency s motivation is a raw all-consuming fear of an
unthinkable monstrous power known only as Akira. Katsuhiro Otomo s stunning science fiction
masterpiece is considered by many to be the finest work of graphic fiction ever produced and
Otomo s brilliant animated film version is regarded worldwide as a classic. This edition
includes a new foreword from the author and a postscript from Dark Horse publisher Mike
Richardson!
