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Katsuhiro Otomo
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Japanese manga artist, screenwriter and film director (born 1954)
Film & TV
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.
Known for
- Naoki Urasawa's Manben neo — Self2020
- Memories of Memories — Self2004
- Animax Special: The Making of 'Metropolis' — Self (as Katsuhiro Ohtomo)2002
- Manga! — Self1994
- Akira Production Report — Self1988
- 空前のアニメ巨編 AKIRA アキラが動き出す!1988
- TEZUKA! God of Manga — Self
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1954-04-14 ) April 14, 1954 (age 72) , Miyagi Prefecture, Japan
- Nationality
- Japanese
- Area
- Cartoonist , Writer
- Notable works
- Dōmu , Akira , Metropolis , Steamboy
- Awards
- Seiun Award (1982, 1984) Nihon SF Taisho Award (1983) Kodansha Manga Award (1984) Will Eisner Award (1992, 2002) Harvey Award (1993) Annie Award (2014) Grand Prix de la ville d'Angoulême (2015)
- Spouse
- Yoko Otomo
- Children
- Shohei Otomo
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Katsuhiro
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Japan
- Place of birth
- Tome
- Occupation
- visual artist
- Languages spoken
- Japanese
- Notable work
- Akira
- Field of work
- manga
- Genre
- manga
- Image
- FIBD2016OtomoHermann (cropped).jpg
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- related category
- Category:Films directed by Katsuhiro Otomo
- date of birth
- 1954-04-14
- Commons category
- Katsuhiro Otomo
- topic's main category
- Category:Katsuhiro Otomo
- name in kana
- おおとも かつひろ
- name in native language
- 大友克洋
- has works in the collection
- Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
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Encyclopedic overview
Katsuhiro Otomo (大友 克洋, Ōtomo Katsuhiro; born April 14, 1954) 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.
In addition, Otomo later received the Winsor McCay Award at the 41st Annie Awards in 2014 and the 2015 Grand Prix de la ville d'Angoulême, the first manga artist to receive the award.
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