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Katsuhiro Otomo (大友 克洋, Ōtomo Katsuhiro, born April 14, 1954) is a Japanese manga artist, screenwriter, animator, and film director. He is best known as the creator of Akira, in terms of both the original 1982 manga series and the 1988 animated film adaptation.
Learn about Katsuhiro Ôtomo, the creator of the manga and anime classic Akira, and his other works in animation, film and comics. See his biography, awards, credits, photos and upcoming projects on IMDb.
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Birthday: Apr 14, 1954. Website: Member Favorites: 2,363. More: Katsuhiro Otomo was born in the province of Miyagi, Japan. His great passion when he was young, was watching American movies. He often had to travel for hours to the nearest movie theater.
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Nov 3, 2023 · In this Thursday edition of the Animation Obsessive newsletter, we’re publishing a long interview with Katsuhiro Otomo (Akira) done in the mid-1990s. To our knowledge, it’s never appeared in English before. The interview comes from an out-of-print Japanese book called The Memory of Memories (1996).
Sep 18, 2021 · Learn everything you need to know about Akira, the iconic manga by Katsuhiro Otomo that influenced science fiction and cyberpunk. Explore the themes, characters, plot and symbolism of this postmodern epic set in a dystopian Neo-Tokyo.
Akira (アキラ, stylized as AKIRA) is a Japanese cyberpunk post-apocalyptic manga series written and illustrated by Katsuhiro Otomo. It was serialized biweekly in Kodansha 's seinen manga magazine Young Magazine from December 20, 1982, to June 25, 1990, with its 120 chapters collected into six tankōbon volumes.
Learn about the life and work of Katsuhiro Ôtomo, the creator of the manga and anime masterpiece Akira. Find out his influences, awards, trademarks and trivia on IMDb.
