Katsuhiro Otomo

Katsuhiro Otomo

Born 14 April 1954 in Miyagi, Japan

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.

Writer

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1988
Akira Comic Book, Screenplay
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1995
Memories Original Story, Screenplay
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2001
Metropolis Screenplay
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2004
Steamboy Original Story, Screenplay

Director

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1988
Akira Director
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1995
Memories Director
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2004
Steamboy Director
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1989
Neo Tokyo Director

Actor

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2002
Animax Special: The Making of 'Metropolis' Self (as Katsuhiro Ohtomo)
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1994
Manga! Self
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2004
Memories of Memories Self
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1988
Akira Production Report Self

Visual Effects

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1995
Memories Character Designer
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1991
Roujin Z Key Animation
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1983
Harmagedon Key Animation
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2007
SOS! Tokyo Metro Explorers: The Next Character Designer

Art

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2001
Metropolis Storyboard Artist
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2011
Legend of the Millennium Dragon Conceptual Design
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TBA
Orbital Era Conceptual Design
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2023
Nezumikozo Jirokichi Graphic Designer

Crew

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2007
SOS! Tokyo Metro Explorers: The Next Creator

Producer

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1995
Memories Executive Producer