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Katsuhiro Ôtomo
Katsuhiro Ôtomo is a Japanese manga artist, screenwriter and film director. He is best known as the creator of the manga Akira and its animated film adaptation. In 1979, after writing multiple short-stories for the magazine Action, Otomo created his first science-fiction work, titled Fireball. Although the manga was never completed, it is regarded ...
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Was quoted as saying the Vietnam era "rebel" movies Bonnie and Clyde (1967) and Five Easy Pieces (1970) (among others) were his chief inspiration for his writing work and subsequently, Domu and Akira (1988). See more »Trademark:
Narrative style often deals with man vs technology, supercomputers, psychic powers, man-made disasters and future post-nuclear totalitarian states. See more »Star Sign:
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