Otomo, Katsuhiro

Given name: 克洋

Family name: 大友

Birthday: Apr 14, 1954

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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. He moved to Tokyo in 1973 and made his debut in comics the same year, with 'Jyu-sei' ('A Gun Report'), an adaptation of the Prosper Mérimée novella 'Mateo Falcone'. After this, he frequently published his work in magazine Action.

In 1979, Otomo's first longer publication appeared - a series called 'Fireball', which was a great success for its ground-breaking style, which changed traditional manga forever. This was the beginning of Otomo's interest in science-fiction themes. In 1980, Otomo's 'Domu' became a best-seller and won Japan's Science Fiction Grand Prix Award. In 1982, Otomo comes up with the comic series 'Akira', which was first published in magazine Young. It was an immediate success and grew into an epic tale. It has won numerous awards and is regarded by many as the finest work of graphic fiction ever created. It has been published in the West as well, where it met with just as much enthusiasm.

He is also a fan of James Dean's "Rebel Without a Cause" and Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey".

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Turkish | 10-21-09, 5:55 AM

through decades, this man has never ceased to amaze us with display of his exceptional, genius directing(and other, since he also made equally great and influential manga) skills

without a doubt one of the greatest anime directors and manga writers/artists and pioneers of all time, his mark will remain deeply carved in this industry forever, as anime/manga would never be what we see it like today without his contribution

Raven_Shinobi | 08-19-09, 10:16 AM

Akira--the manga version--is a f**king epic. I was so engrossed in it that I read the last three volumes in a day. My head was spinning afterwards, but man, what a ride XD

It's too bad that Otomo directed his attention to creating films--which IMO weren't as great as his manga in which his genius as a story-teller was most evident. At least he did what he wanted to.

Hope someone would license Kanojo no Omoide and Tokyo Metro Explorer