Katsuhiro Otomo
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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
Otomo in 2016
Otomo posing on a replica of a futuristic motorcycle seen in his series Akira (2016)
France's 2016 Angoulême International Comics Festival hosted an exhibition of art created in tribute to Otomo.
Steamboy
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Steamboy is a 2004 Japanese animated steampunk action film directed and co-written by Katsuhiro Otomo, produced by Sunrise, it is his second major anime as a director, following Akira. The film was re
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…Gundam: Mission to the Rise to celebrate the 20th anniversary of their Gundam franchise. The studio has animated and produced his 2004 feature film Steamboy, 2006's Freedom Project, and 2007's SOS! Tokyo Metro Explorers: The Next. The last, is based on Otomo's 1980 manga SOS! Tokyo Metro Explorer and follows…
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