In addition to the re-release of the bike, Medicom is also re-releasing its figure of Kaneda to scale with the bike. The bad news here is that both the bike and the figure will be really quite ...

The Yaiba Kusanagi has a whole lot in common with Kaneda's bike from Akira, the 1989 anime movie that helped define our modern conception of the cyberpunk genre, and CD Projekt Red really doesn't ...

Kaneda was quite the eccentric and idiosyncratic protagonist for Akira. Simply trying to get his best friend Tetsuo back, the biker was a fish out of water when it came to the machinations of an ...

For fans of the iconic anime Akira, there’s only one way to traverse the mean streets of post-apocalyptic neo-Tokyo, and that’s the futuristic mount of motorcycle gang leader Shôtarô Kaneda.

Now, anime distribution company Funimation is delivering another gem: Kaneda’s jacket from AKIRA, arguably the hottest garment in anime history, is coming to North America. If you’re not ...

By Ken Belson Masaichi Kaneda started each of the thousands of innings he pitched during his illustrious career in Japan the same way. He walked to the mound, dropped his glove, grabbed the rosin ...

But if any 1980's outfit can give the Thriller jacket a run for its money, it's definitely the one worn by Kaneda in 1988's Akira. And now you can finally add that legendary attire to your ...