The AKIRA Hardcover collection includes the updated translation and writing of the 35th Anniversary Edition, now collectible one book at a time.

Neo-Tokyo has risen from the ashes of a Tokyo destroyed by a huge psychokinetic power known as Akira, a being still alive, trapped in a frozen state.

Those responsible for its care know that Akira's awakening is a terrifying inevitable reality. Tetsuo, an angry young man with immense—and rapidly growing—psychological powers, may be their only hope to control Akira when he wakes.

However, Tetsuo becomes increasingly unstable and harbors a growing obsession to confront Akira face to face. A secret group, including his former best friend, tries to destroy Tetsuo before he can unleash Akira or before Tetsuo evolves into a force so powerful that no one can stop him.