Akira

Having sold over 1 million copies in France alone, Akira is one of the most popular manga comics in the world. As a result, it’s author, Katsuhiro Otomo, is considered to be one of the great masters of the genre. The story takes place in Neo-Tokyo in 2019. Thirty years after the destruction of the city during the Third World War, a military junta reigns over a society plagued by violence and inequality. In this context, the military kidnaps young people to serve as guinea pigs for top-secret research aimed at bestowing humans with great psychic powers. At the heart of the mystery are strange little mutants, who resemble old men, and a young prisoner named Akira, who is locked up in a crypt in the bowels of the city.