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Katsuhiro Ôtomo

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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 as a milestone in Otomo's career as it contained many of the same themes he would explore in his later. In 1982, Otomo made his anime debut, working as character designer for the animated film Harmagedon. The next year, Otomo began work on a manga which would become his most acclaimed and famous work: Akira. It took eight years to complete and would eventually culminate in 2000 pages of artwork. While the serialization of Akira was taking place, Otomo decided to animate it into a feature film, although the manga was yet to be finished. In 1988, the animated film Akira was released.

Otomo became the fourth manga artist ever inducted into the American Eisner Award Hall of Fame in 2012, and was awarded the Purple Medal of Honor from the Japanese government in 2013.
BornApril 14, 1954
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Known for

Joshua Seth in Akira (1988)
Akira
8.0
  • Writer
  • 1988
Steamboy (2004)
Steamboy
6.8
  • Writer(as Katsuhiro Ohtomo)
  • 2004
Memories (1995)
Memories
7.5
  • Writer(segment 1, 2 and 3)
  • 1995
Wârudo apâtomento horâ (1991)
Wârudo apâtomento horâ
5.9
  • Writer
  • 1991

Credits

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Writer

  • Akira
    • In Development
  • Orbital Era
    • In Development
  • Akira
    • (as Katsuhiro Ohtomo)
    • In Production
  • Sexy Bike Man (Akira) (2018)
    Sexy Bike Man (Akira)
  • The Akira Project (2014)
    The Akira Project
  • A Farewell to Arms (2013)
    A Farewell to Arms
  • Akira: The Offspring - Come Out and Play (2012)
    Akira: The Offspring - Come Out and Play
  • Combustible (2012)
    Combustible
  • The American Akira (2008)
    The American Akira
  • Shin SOS dai Tôkyô tankentai (2007)
    Shin SOS dai Tôkyô tankentai
  • Spriggan: Mudvayne - Not Falling (2006)
    Spriggan: Mudvayne - Not Falling
  • Akira: P.O.D. - Boom (2006)
    Akira: P.O.D. - Boom
  • Joe Odagiri in Mushi-Shi: The Movie (2006)
    Mushi-Shi: The Movie
  • Steamboy (2004)
    Steamboy
    • (as Katsuhiro Ohtomo)
  • Akira Psycho Ball (2002)
    Akira Psycho Ball
    • (as Katsuhiro Ohtomo)
  • Metropolis (2001)
    Metropolis
  • Gundam: Mission to the Rise (1998)
    Gundam: Mission to the Rise
  • Stink Bomb (1995)
    Stink Bomb

Director

  • Akira
    • In Development
  • Orbital Era
    • In Development
  • Short Peace (2013)
    Short Peace
  • Combustible (2012)
    Combustible
  • Joe Odagiri in Mushi-Shi: The Movie (2006)
    Mushi-Shi: The Movie
  • 100 Greatest Cartoons (2005)
    100 Greatest Cartoons
    • (original material)
  • Steamboy (2004)
    Steamboy
  • Spriggan (1998)
    Spriggan
  • Gundam: Mission to the Rise (1998)
    Gundam: Mission to the Rise
  • Gondora (1997)
    Gondora
  • Cannon Fodder (1995)
    Cannon Fodder
  • Memories (1995)
    Memories
    • (segment 3 "Cannon Fodder)
  • Jûrôta Kosugi in Jojo's Bizarre Adventure (1993)
    Jojo's Bizarre Adventure
  • Wârudo apâtomento horâ (1991)
    Wârudo apâtomento horâ
  • Joshua Seth in Akira (1988)
    Akira
  • Neo Tokyo (1987)
    Neo Tokyo
    • (segment Kôji chûshi meirei)
  • Robot Carnival (1987)
    Robot Carnival
    • (segments Coming Soon, See You Again)

Animation Department

  • Freedom (2006)
    Freedom
    • (as Katsuhiro Ohtomo)
  • Gundam: Mission to the Rise (1998)
    Gundam: Mission to the Rise
  • Cannon Fodder (1995)
    Cannon Fodder
  • Roujin Z (1991)
    Roujin Z
    • (as Katsuhiro Ohtomo)
  • Neo Tokyo (1987)
    Neo Tokyo
    • (segment Kôji chûshi meirei, as Katsuhiro Ohtomo)
  • Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Noriko Ohara, Run Sasaki, and Hiraku Takemura in Crusher Joe: The Movie (1983)
    Crusher Joe: The Movie
    • (as Katsuhiro Ohtomo)
  • Harmagedon: Genma taisen (1983)
    Harmagedon: Genma taisen
    • (as Katsuhiro Ohtomo)

Personal details

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    • April 14, 1954
    • Miyagi, Japan
  • Other works
    Author of the manga 'A Gun Report'
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    A fan of James Dean's "Rebel Without a Cause" and Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey".
    • Very unorthodox use of red and green colours in backgrounds and characters.

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