Set in a cyberpunk future (2030), it follows high schooler Akira Natsume, whose brain is saved after a fatal accident and turned into a highly advanced superweapon called an "EX-ARM".
It ran in Grand Jump and later on ShÅnen Jump+ .
The 2021 anime adaptation by the studio Visual Flight is where the franchiseās reputation shifted dramatically. Ex-Arm (TV Series 2021) - IMDb
Written by HiRock and illustrated by Shinya Komi, the manga began in 2015 as a remake of Komiās earlier work, Ex-Vita .
The manga was relatively successful, noted for its detailed art and sci-fi world-building, which spawned multiple sequels and spin-offs like EX-ARM EXA. š½ļø The Infamous Anime Adaptation