AKIRA KODANSHA ED GN VOL 01

Thirty-eight years after World War III, the megalopolis of Neo-Tokyo has risen from the devastated old city. By night, the borderlands between glittering towers and irradiated ruins are ruled by criminals, cultists, and street gangs. Childhood friends and rivals Kaneda and Tetsuo ride with one of these gangs. By day, the military and a secret elite experiment with the psychic phenomena that caused the original devastation.

A high-speed incident on a decrepit express road leads to a collision between Tetsuo, Kaneda, and forces that will change them forever...