The latest functional replica is being custom built from scratch ... Folks interested in owning their very own Kaneda bike are being asked to commit €5,000 as a down payment, with the remainder ...

Kaneda's bike is real. It's called the 2015 Honda NM4 ... paying homage to this bike in the NM4's design. It's not an exact replica, obviously, but it actually is a functional, practical, and ...

This here is the only replica of Shotaro Kaneda’s bike from the 1998 Japanese film Akira. Though very cool right now, it is even cooler than it seems. This replica is built by Masashi Teshima ...

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has recently taken the wraps off its Akira bike project - a faithful reproduction of the machine Shotaro Kaneda rides in dystopian Manga classic Akira. But rather than merely produce a fancy ...

Fans of Katsuhiro Otomo’s cult 1988 cyberpunk anime film Akira can now ride the motorcycle its hero Shotaro Kaneda rides around the city of Neo-Tokyo. That’s because bel & bel, a small workshop studio ...

Back in 2012, a replica of Kaneda's bike that cost ¥10 million to make toured Japan to raise funds for charity. Additionally, art studio Bel&Bel is designing a functional hybrid bike that people ...