Corre el año 2019. Un estado policial, políticos tramposos, sectas religiosas, revolucionarios y un proyecto científico secreto se combinan para causar una atmósfera explosiva en Neo-Tokyo. Todos los grupos rivales quieren controlar a Akira, un chico conextraños poderes psíquicos que ha sido mantenido bajo custodia criogénica por más de 30 años. En medio de esta tensa atmósfera, un joven psíquico llamado Tetsuo libera a Akira.
La historia ocurre en el año 2034, dos años después de los acontecimientos en el Fantasma en la Shell: S.A.C. 2a CALESA. El comandante cyborg de sexo femenino Motoko Kusanagi ha dejado el Artículo 9 del Título público, un contraterrorista de la elite y unidad de antidelito que se especializa en la ciberguerra, que se ha ampliado a un equipo de 20 obreros de campaña con Togusa que sirve de la ventaja de campaña.
Going through life without legs, 12-year-old Kenny is active and enthusiastic, resisting the pressure to wear prosthetic limbs. He also finds himself the subject of a documentary made by a visiting French film crew. As the production unfolds, Kenny’s parents, brother, and absentee sister bring long-simmering tensions to the surface, shaking Kenny’s delicate sense of balance. Determined to better understand his place in the world, he hits the road for a daring journey of self-discovery.
The now 50 year old Scientific Boys Club decides to build a ship with which they plan to sail to Mars on the "Ethereal Current", curious to see if there is life on Mars.
This coming-of-age story from Japan opens just after 17-year-old Sataka has gotten dumped by her boyfriend. When her mother is hospitalized with a malignant stomach ulcer, Sataka is left alone with her emotionally repressed father; whiling away the hours one day, she comes across a love letter written to her mother 24 years earlier. Deciding to track down the letter's author, Sataka eventually finds Shinichiro (Hiroyuki Sanada), an overweight slob who was abandoned by his wife years earlier and now spends his time hanging around pachinko parlors. Determined to clean him up and reintroduce him to her mother, Sataka nags Shinchiro until he finally agrees to her demands, and a gradual friendship develops between the two as Sataka drags him to the gym and a clothing store. But once Shinchiro's makeover is complete, he turns the tables on his young friend, and when the time comes for him to meet Sataka's mother, all concerned parties find themselves embarking on a new phase in their lives.