Plot:
In 1988, Tokoyo was destroyed. However, 31 years later and after World War III, Neo Tokoyo ihas been built.
Kaneda, Tetsuo, and the rest of the gang head out to fight their rivals, the Clowns. Afterwards, they barely evade
the police who handling a tax protest. Rebels are trying to sneak a little grey guy out during the riot. Tetsuo almost
runs over the littel grey guy. Soldiers are searching for him and take the grey guy and Tetsuo with them. The rest of
the gang is left to be taken in by the police.
Kaneda spots one of the rebels, Kei, and realizes she's not in any gang, but she gets away.
In the lab, scientists are experimenting on Tetsuo to solve the problem of Akira's power. He manages to escape and
return to the school. Later, Tetsuo wants to run off. Kaori, his girfriend, goes with him. They're caught by the Clowns
and roughed up before the rest of the gang finds them. The scientists catch Tetsuo and take him away again.
Kaneda finds Kei during a bombing.
Scientists are studying the little grey guy and the others. They warn the Colonel to keep Tetsuo because of his
importance to the project. They activate a new lab to check the site where Akira activated his power decades ago.
The rebels plan to free Tetsuo from the experimenting. Kaneda wants help rescue his friend.
The government council is chewing out the Colonel because of Akira.
The rebels while breaking into the lab are spotted. Kaneda and Kei manage to steal a guard bike. Tetsuo is becoming
more powerful. The guards try to stop him to no avail. The little grey test subjects try to stop Tetsuo from awakening
Akira. Tetsuo has decided that Akira is a true threat to him.
The government council demotes and arrests the Colonel who demands martial law and stages a coup.
Kaneda is learning more about Akira's power from Kei before they manage to escape the cell.
Tetsuo is becoming overwhelmed by the power when he isn't power-crazy and getting revenge on a few of those who have
been picking on him over the years.
The people are starting to cheer and follow Akira in the streets and see the soldiers attacking Tetsuo who they automatically
assume is Akira. Tetsuo continues his march to the Olympic Stadium where Akira is to be kept. The other test subjects talk
through Kei to warn Tetsuo not to use Akira's power.
Tetsuo is able to handle Kei easily and opens Akira's cell. He's shocked to find only some of Akira's body parts.
The people are still marching towards Tetsuo. The military aims a satellite beam weapon at him and hits him several times
and it only makes Tetsuo angry and he starts blasting all over Neo Tokoyo.
Kaori finds the hurt Tetsuo when Kaneda rides up and shoots st him.
The test subjects fly up as Tetsuo's body is starting to reform into some sort of plasmic blob. He reforms as the test
subjects save Kaneda. An explosion consumes a portion of Neo Tokoyo and Tetsuo and test subjects are . Kaneda and Kei
ride off on his bike.
