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Katsuhiro Otomo
AuthorBooks · Second handSince 1954
Katsuhiro Otomo is a Japanese manga artist, screenwriter, animator, and film director. He first rose to prominence as a pioneer founder of the New Wave in the 1970s. He is best known as the creator of Akira, both the original 1982 manga series and the 1988 animated film adaptation. In 2005, Otomo was decorated a Chevalier of the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, promoted to Officier of the order in 2014, and became the fourth manga artist ever inducted into the American Eisner Award Hall of Fame in 2012. Celebrated in Japan, he was also awarded the Purple Medal of Honor from the national government in 2013.
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Birth
1954
Death
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First book
1988
Years writing
38
Katsuhiro Otomo was born in 1954 in the Japanese city of Tome.
He is a multidisciplinary artist who excels as a mangaka, screenwriter, and film director.
His most iconic work, Akira, is a global benchmark for science fiction.
Throughout his prolific career, he has published nearly 94 different works.
His style has defined the aesthetics of contemporary manga and Japanese visual storytelling.