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Learn about the life and works of Katsuhiro Otomo, a Japanese manga artist, screenwriter, animator, and film director. He is best known as the creator of Akira, both the original 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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Katsuhiro Otomo is a Japanese manga artist and film director, best known for creating Akira, a science-fiction epic. He has also worked on other anime projects such as Domu, Memories, Metropolis, and Space☆Dandy.
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Akira is a groundbreaking manga series by Katsuhiro Otomo, set in a post-apocalyptic Neo-Tokyo. It explores themes of politics, power, and psychic abilities, and inspired a legendary anime film adaptation.
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.
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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).
Mar 18, 2022 · Learn how Katsuhiro Ôtomo's 1988 anime film Akira achieved its unprecedented visual quality with a video essay by CinemaTyler. Discover the factors that contributed to the film's scale, detail, and cinematic storytelling.
