akira
Akira (アキラ) is a cyberpunk serial manga by Ootomo Katsuhiro. An identically titled anime film adaptation was released in 1988.
The manga takes place in a vastly larger timeframe than the film and involves a far wider array of characters and subplots. Through the breadth of the work, Ootomo explicates themes of social isolation, corruption and power.
Otomo's Akira projects -- the manga and its film adaptation -- marked his transition from a career primarily in the creation and design of printed manga to one almost exclusively in the creation, direction and design of anime motion pictures and television.