Thirty-seven years after the aftermath of a massive explosion that destroyed Tokyo started World War III, the sprawling metropolis of Neo-Tokyo stands on the brink of collapse. Amid political unrest and military control, a teenage biker named Kaneda saw his friend Tetsuo Shima, acquires incredible telekinetic abilities after crashing into an mysterious kid and went to the hospital, later Kaneda drawn into a shadow war that involving secret experiments, psychic children, and a buried power that once destroyed a city. As his best friend begins to change, eventually threatening an entire military complex amid chaos and rebellion in the sprawling futuristic metropolis of Neo-Tokyo.
