It is the final days of World War II. Orphaned after an air raid, a boy and his little sister are sent to live with their overbearing aunt. Following an argument, the two leave the household and end up living out of an old bomb shelter. With no food in a society that can no longer support or protect them, they struggle to survive the final days of post-war Japan. 

The final experimental animation work before Tezuka Osamu's death. This short piece was part of a friendly contest in which animators were to create a short segment featuring their own face for viewing at an upcoming festival. This short feature the face of Tezuka Osamu as a slot machine.

A young boy named Akira is genetically enhanced with mental powers. He becomes so overwhelmingly powerful that in a moment of rage he annihilates most of Tokyo in a blast of mind energy. Akira is defeated and put into stasis. However, the experiments continue and a boy named Tetsuo is starting to show similar powerful abilities and seeks out Akira.

An adaptation of the enormously popular series of science fiction novels. The story mainly follows the lives of the two military geniuses of opposing factions during years of war.