Katsuhiro Ōtomo
1) Akira
Author
Publisher
Barnes & Noble Books
Pub. Date
2004
Description
1988: It is WWIII. Tokyo is decimated by an explosion, unmatched in magnitude. Fast forward 31 years. Neo-Tokyo, built on the ruins of old Tokyo, is a sprawling cityscape of neon extravaganza. It is a fusion of towering skyscrapers and cutting-edge technology that is permeated with an explosive, hyper-violent cocktail of biker gangs, poverty, and revolutionaries. In this derelict metropolis live Tetsuo Shima and Shoutarou Kaneda, two bikers who are...
2) Akira
Publisher
Funimation
Pub. Date
[2013]
Description
A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath who can only be stopped by a teenager, his gang of biker friends and a group of psychics.
3) Akira
Publisher
Funimation
Pub. Date
[2013?]
Description
Clandestine army activities threaten the war-torn city of Neo-Tokyo when a mysterious being with powerful psychic abilities escapes his prison and inadvertently draws a violent motorcycle gang into a heinous web of experimentation. As a result, a biker with a twisted mind embarks on a path of war, seeking revenge against a society that once called him weak.
4) Steamboy
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2004, 2005.
Description
In 19th century England, young Ray Steam receives a Steam Ball, a mysterious, powerful device, from his inventor grandfather. Governments and businesses around the world covet Ray's Steam Ball, and he finds himself in a murderous conflict over its possession. He's also caught between his father who builds terrible weapons for an American arms merchant, and his grandfather, who believes science should improve people's lives.