A white figure suddenly appeared on a street where there had been nothing a moment ago. Tetsuo, who was leading the group, quickly put on his brakes. The figure, glowing in the light, came closer and closer. He had the number 26 written on his palm, a child-like body, and wrinkled face...! The next second, Tetsuo was slammed against the ground, and his bike exploded. Then the mysterious figure melted into the darkness right in front of the eyes of Kaneda, the group leader. The "incident" occurred on the highway built over Tokyo Bay, which connects ground zero of the newest variant bomb that started the third world war, with megalopolis Neo-Tokyo. This was the beginning of the great drama, AKIRA. Who is the small man? What will happen to Tetsuo, who was taken away from the scene of the "incident" by the army? And what will happen to Kaneda, who will be involved in unpredictable troubles, and the beautiful girl Kei, who takes action with Kaneda? The great mystery of AKIRA develops into a thrilling drama of the year 2019 A.D. - the year before the Olympic games are held, and just when the world is trying to regain the prosperity lost by the third world war. One of Japan's leading comics of the 1980s. The long-awaited first volume of AKIRA, the science fiction story with full-scale action! --