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Katsuhiro Otomo

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Katsuhiro Otomo

Born April 14, 1954 in Miyagi, Japan21 films

Katsuhiro Otomo is a Japanese comic book creator, screenwriter and film director. He is best known as the creator of the manga Akira and its animated film adaptation. He also directed several live-action movies.

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Akira posterFirst watchAkira19887.9A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath that only two teenagers and a group of psychics can stop.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Memories poster7.5Memories1995Metropolis poster7.2Metropolis2001Steamboy poster6.9Steamboy2004Roujin Z poster6.6Roujin Z1991Neo Tokyo poster6.7Neo Tokyo1989Robot Carnival poster6.7Robot Carnival1987Spriggan poster6.1Spriggan1998Short Peace poster6.4Short Peace2013

Filmography

21 films
  1. TBAOrbital EraOriginal Story
  2. 2016DOMU (Pilot)Writer
  3. 2013A Farewell to WeaponsOriginal Story
  4. 2013Short PeaceScreenplay
  5. 2012CombustibleScreenplay
  6. 2007Mushi-Shi: The MovieScreenplay
  7. 2007SOS! Tokyo Metro Explorers: The NextComic Book
  8. 2004SteamboyOriginal Story
  9. 2001MetropolisScreenplay
  10. 1998SprigganScreenstory
  11. 1998Gundam: Mission to the RiseWriter
  12. 1995MemoriesOriginal Story
  13. 1991Roujin ZScreenplay
  14. 1991World Apartment HorrorScreenplay
  15. 1989Neo TokyoScreenplay
  16. 1988AkiraComic Book
  17. 1988So WhatOriginal Story
  18. 1987Robot CarnivalWriter
  19. 1982Give Me a Gun, Give Me FreedomWriter
  20. 1981ShuffleComic Book
  21. 1979High School Erotopia: Red UniformsOriginal Story