Akira Vol 1 No 1 Author:Katsuhiro Otomo, Katsuhiro Otomo The Third World War began in 1992 with the explosion of a new type of bomb over Japan. 38 years later, the world is at last recovering. But in Neo-Tokyo, near ground zero of the original destruction, a strange encounter takes place. A young man and a child get swept into a struggle between secret forces. At the center of the struggle is somethin... more »g feared and prized for the potential to shake the recovering world. Someone or something known only as Akira.« less