In Neo-Tokyo, resistance agents and government forces search desperately for Akira, a young boy with the power to destroy the world, who has been frozen and imprisoned by the government for thirty years and whom another troubled boy, Tetsuo, has just set free.

Translation of: Akira. "The artwork of this volume has been produced as a mirror-image of the original Japanese edition to conform to English-language standards"--T.p. verso.