A passing glance at the design reveals why. The bike’s design is based on the lauded 1980s anime Akira. While the connection to Shotaro Kaneda’s bike in the movie is clear, the Ichiban is much more ...

there have been several custom fan-built incarnations of the Kaneda Bike, one of which took many years and well over $100,000 to create. Decades after Akira came out, dreams of owning and riding ...