A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
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.
Character Designer:
1987 The Order to Stop Construction
1995 Memories
2007 SOS! Tokyo Metro Explorers: The Next
2023 Nezumikozo Jirokichi
Comic Book:
1981 Shuffle
1987 The Order to Stop Construction
1988 Akira
1995 Memories
2007 SOS! Tokyo Metro Explorers: The Next
2016 DOMU (Pilot)
2023 Nezumikozo Jirokichi
???? Akira
Conceptual Design:
1981 Shuffle
1987 The Order to Stop Construction
1988 Akira
1995 Memories
2007 SOS! Tokyo Metro Explorers: The Next
2011 Legend of the Millennium Dragon
2016 DOMU (Pilot)
2023 Nezumikozo Jirokichi
???? Akira
???? Orbital Era
Creator:
1981 Shuffle
1987 The Order to Stop Construction
1988 Akira
1995 Memories
2007 SOS! Tokyo Metro Explorers: The Next
2011 Legend of the Millennium Dragon
2016 DOMU (Pilot)
2023 Nezumikozo Jirokichi
???? Akira
???? Orbital Era
Director:
1981 Shuffle
1982 Give Me a Gun, Give Me Freedom
1987 Robot Carnival
1987 The Order to Stop Construction
1988 Akira
1989 Neo Tokyo
1991 World Apartment Horror
1995 Cannon Fodder
1995 Magnetic Rose
1995 Memories
1995 Stink Bomb
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
???? Akira
???? Orbital Era
Executive Producer:
1981 Shuffle
1982 Give Me a Gun, Give Me Freedom
1987 Robot Carnival
1987 The Order to Stop Construction
1988 Akira
1989 Neo Tokyo
1991 World Apartment Horror
1995 Cannon Fodder
1995 Magnetic Rose
1995 Memories
1995 Stink Bomb
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
???? Akira
???? Orbital Era
Graphic Designer:
1981 Shuffle
1982 Give Me a Gun, Give Me Freedom
1987 Robot Carnival
1987 The Order to Stop Construction
1988 Akira
1989 Neo Tokyo
1991 World Apartment Horror
1995 Cannon Fodder
1995 Magnetic Rose
1995 Memories
1995 Stink Bomb
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
???? Akira
???? Orbital Era
Key Animation:
1981 Shuffle
1982 Give Me a Gun, Give Me Freedom
1983 Harmagedon
1987 Robot Carnival
1987 The Order to Stop Construction
1988 Akira
1989 Neo Tokyo
1991 Roujin Z
1991 World Apartment Horror
1995 Cannon Fodder
1995 Magnetic Rose
1995 Memories
1995 Stink Bomb
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
???? Akira
???? 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
1987 The Order to Stop Construction
1988 Akira
1988 So What
1989 Neo Tokyo
1991 Roujin Z
1991 World Apartment Horror
1995 Cannon Fodder
1995 Magnetic Rose
1995 Memories
1995 Stink Bomb
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
1987 The Order to Stop Construction
1988 Akira
1988 So What
1989 Neo Tokyo
1991 Roujin Z
1991 World Apartment Horror
1995 Cannon Fodder
1995 Magnetic Rose
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
Screenstory:
1979 High School Erotopia: Red Uniforms
1981 Shuffle
1982 Give Me a Gun, Give Me Freedom
1983 Harmagedon
1987 Robot Carnival
1987 The Order to Stop Construction
1988 Akira
1988 So What
1989 Neo Tokyo
1991 Roujin Z
1991 World Apartment Horror
1995 Cannon Fodder
1995 Magnetic Rose
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
Storyboard Artist:
1979 High School Erotopia: Red Uniforms
1981 Shuffle
1982 Give Me a Gun, Give Me Freedom
1983 Harmagedon
1987 Robot Carnival
1987 The Order to Stop Construction
1988 Akira
1988 So What
1989 Neo Tokyo
1991 Roujin Z
1991 World Apartment Horror
1995 Cannon Fodder
1995 Magnetic Rose
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
Writer:
1979 High School Erotopia: Red Uniforms
1981 Shuffle
1982 Give Me a Gun, Give Me Freedom
1983 Harmagedon
1987 Robot Carnival
1987 The Order to Stop Construction
1988 Akira
1988 So What
1989 Neo Tokyo
1991 Roujin Z
1991 World Apartment Horror
1995 Cannon Fodder
1995 Magnetic Rose
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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