Katsuhiro Otomo (b. 1954)

Alias:
Katsuhiro Ootomo
Katsuhiro Ôtomo
大友 克洋

Birthplace:
Miyagi, Japan

Born:
April 14, 1954

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.

Additional information:

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Character Designer:
1995  Memories
2007  SOS! Tokyo Metro Explorers: The Next
2023  Nezumikozo Jirokichi

Comic Book:
1981  Shuffle
1988  Akira
1995  Memories
2007  SOS! Tokyo Metro Explorers: The Next
2016  DOMU (Pilot)
2023  Nezumikozo Jirokichi

Conceptual Design:
1981  Shuffle
1988  Akira
1995  Memories
2007  SOS! Tokyo Metro Explorers: The Next
2011  Legend of the Millennium Dragon
2016  DOMU (Pilot)
2023  Nezumikozo Jirokichi
????  Orbital Era

Creator:
1981  Shuffle
1988  Akira
1995  Memories
2007  SOS! Tokyo Metro Explorers: The Next
2011  Legend of the Millennium Dragon
2016  DOMU (Pilot)
2023  Nezumikozo Jirokichi
????  Orbital Era

Director:
1981  Shuffle
1982  Give Me a Gun, Give Me Freedom
1987  Robot Carnival
1988  Akira
1989  Neo Tokyo
1991  World Apartment Horror
1995  Memories
1997  Gondora
1998  Gundam: Mission to the Rise
1998  Spriggan
2004  Steamboy
2007  Mushi-Shi: The Movie
2007  SOS! Tokyo Metro Explorers: The Next
2011  Legend of the Millennium Dragon
2012  Combustible
2013  Short Peace
2016  DOMU (Pilot)
2023  Nezumikozo Jirokichi
????  Orbital Era

Graphic Designer:
1981  Shuffle
1982  Give Me a Gun, Give Me Freedom
1987  Robot Carnival
1988  Akira
1989  Neo Tokyo
1991  World Apartment Horror
1995  Memories
1997  Gondora
1998  Gundam: Mission to the Rise
1998  Spriggan
2004  Steamboy
2007  Mushi-Shi: The Movie
2007  SOS! Tokyo Metro Explorers: The Next
2011  Legend of the Millennium Dragon
2012  Combustible
2013  Short Peace
2016  DOMU (Pilot)
2023  Nezumikozo Jirokichi
????  Orbital Era

Key Animation:
1981  Shuffle
1982  Give Me a Gun, Give Me Freedom
1983  Harmagedon
1987  Robot Carnival
1988  Akira
1989  Neo Tokyo
1991  Roujin Z
1991  World Apartment Horror
1995  Memories
1997  Gondora
1998  Gundam: Mission to the Rise
1998  Spriggan
2004  Steamboy
2007  Mushi-Shi: The Movie
2007  SOS! Tokyo Metro Explorers: The Next
2011  Legend of the Millennium Dragon
2012  Combustible
2013  Short Peace
2016  DOMU (Pilot)
2023  Nezumikozo Jirokichi
????  Orbital Era

Original Film Writer:
1981  Shuffle
1982  Give Me a Gun, Give Me Freedom
1983  Harmagedon
1987  Robot Carnival
1988  Akira
1989  Neo Tokyo
1991  Roujin Z
1991  World Apartment Horror
1995  Memories
1997  Gondora
1998  Gundam: Mission to the Rise
1998  Spriggan
2004  Steamboy
2007  Mushi-Shi: The Movie
2007  SOS! Tokyo Metro Explorers: The Next
2011  Legend of the Millennium Dragon
2012  Combustible
2013  Short Peace
2016  DOMU (Pilot)
2023  Nezumikozo Jirokichi
????  Orbital Era

Original Story:
1979  High School Erotopia: Red Uniforms
1981  Shuffle
1982  Give Me a Gun, Give Me Freedom
1983  Harmagedon
1987  Robot Carnival
1988  Akira
1988  So What
1989  Neo Tokyo
1991  Roujin Z
1991  World Apartment Horror
1995  Memories
1997  Gondora
1998  Gundam: Mission to the Rise
1998  Spriggan
2004  Steamboy
2007  Mushi-Shi: The Movie
2007  SOS! Tokyo Metro Explorers: The Next
2011  Legend of the Millennium Dragon
2012  Combustible
2013  A Farewell to Weapons
2013  Short Peace
2016  DOMU (Pilot)
2023  Nezumikozo Jirokichi
????  Orbital Era

Other:
1979  High School Erotopia: Red Uniforms
1981  Shuffle
1982  Give Me a Gun, Give Me Freedom
1983  Harmagedon
1987  Robot Carnival
1988  Akira
1988  So What
1989  Neo Tokyo
1991  Roujin Z
1991  World Apartment Horror
1995  Memories
1997  Gondora
1998  Gundam: Mission to the Rise
1998  Spriggan
2004  Steamboy
2007  Mushi-Shi: The Movie
2007  SOS! Tokyo Metro Explorers: The Next
2011  Legend of the Millennium Dragon
2012  Combustible
2013  A Farewell to Weapons
2013  Short Peace
2016  DOMU (Pilot)
2023  Nezumikozo Jirokichi
????  Akira
????  Orbital Era

Scenario Writer:
1979  High School Erotopia: Red Uniforms
1981  Shuffle
1982  Give Me a Gun, Give Me Freedom
1983  Harmagedon
1987  Robot Carnival
1988  Akira
1988  So What
1989  Neo Tokyo
1991  Roujin Z
1991  World Apartment Horror
1995  Memories
1997  Gondora
1998  Gundam: Mission to the Rise
1998  Spriggan
2004  Steamboy
2007  Mushi-Shi: The Movie
2007  SOS! Tokyo Metro Explorers: The Next
2011  Legend of the Millennium Dragon
2012  Combustible
2013  A Farewell to Weapons
2013  Short Peace
2016  DOMU (Pilot)
2023  Nezumikozo Jirokichi
????  Akira
????  Orbital Era

Screenplay:
1979  High School Erotopia: Red Uniforms
1981  Shuffle
1982  Give Me a Gun, Give Me Freedom
1983  Harmagedon
1987  Robot Carnival
1988  Akira
1988  So What
1989  Neo Tokyo
1991  Roujin Z
1991  World Apartment Horror
1995  Memories
1997  Gondora
1998  Gundam: Mission to the Rise
1998  Spriggan
2001  Metropolis
2004  Steamboy
2007  Mushi-Shi: The Movie
2007  SOS! Tokyo Metro Explorers: The Next
2011  Legend of the Millennium Dragon
2012  Combustible
2013  A Farewell to Weapons
2013  Short Peace
2016  DOMU (Pilot)
2023  Nezumikozo Jirokichi
????  Akira
????  Orbital Era

Writer:
1979  High School Erotopia: Red Uniforms
1981  Shuffle
1982  Give Me a Gun, Give Me Freedom
1983  Harmagedon
1987  Robot Carnival
1988  Akira
1988  So What
1989  Neo Tokyo
1991  Roujin Z
1991  World Apartment Horror
1995  Memories
1995  Stink Bomb
1997  Gondora
1998  Gundam: Mission to the Rise
1998  Spriggan
2001  Metropolis
2004  Steamboy
2007  Mushi-Shi: The Movie
2007  SOS! Tokyo Metro Explorers: The Next
2011  Legend of the Millennium Dragon
2012  Combustible
2013  A Farewell to Weapons
2013  Short Peace
2016  DOMU (Pilot)
2023  Nezumikozo Jirokichi
????  Akira
????  Orbital Era

Author:
2013  SHORT PEACE

Character Designer:
2006  Freedom
2013  SHORT PEACE

Comic Book:
2006  Freedom
2009  Hipira: The Little Vampire
2013  SHORT PEACE

Creator:
1987  Robot Carnival
1995  Memories
2006  Freedom
2009  Hipira: The Little Vampire
2013  SHORT PEACE

Director:
1987  Robot Carnival
1995  Memories
2006  Freedom
2009  Hipira: The Little Vampire
2013  SHORT PEACE
2019  Tokyo Reborn

Mechanical Designer:
1987  Robot Carnival
1995  Memories
2006  Freedom
2009  Hipira: The Little Vampire
2013  SHORT PEACE
2019  Tokyo Reborn

Writer:
1987  Robot Carnival
1995  Memories
2006  Freedom
2009  Hipira: The Little Vampire
2013  SHORT PEACE
2019  Tokyo Reborn

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