AKIRA - Kaneda and motorcycle

Kaneda and bike, Kaiyodo, China,
2000's

The serie that launched manga (=Japanese Comics) into the world was definitely Akira, by Katsuhiro Otomo. It was later released as an OAV (=Cartoon).

Ultra-violent, it shows a vision fo the future of NEO TOKYO and the whereabouts of a group of delinquent kids with a government project that went horribly wrong.