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Katsuhiro Otomo

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.

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Writing

1979

[ ] High School Erotopia: Red Uniforms (Original Story)

1981

[ ] Shuffle (Comic Book)

1982

[ ] Give Me a Gun, Give Me Freedom (Writer)

1987

[ ] Robot Carnival (Writer)

1988

[ ] Akira (Comic Book)
[ ] Akira (Screenplay)
[ ] So What (Original Story)

1989

[ ] Neo Tokyo (Screenplay)

1991

[ ] World Apartment Horror (Screenplay)
[ ] Roujin Z (Screenplay)
[ ] Roujin Z (Original Story)

1995

[ ] Memories (Original Story)
[ ] Memories (Screenplay)
[ ] Memories Episode 1: Magnetic Rose (Story)

1998

[ ] Spriggan (Screenstory)
[ ] Gundam: Mission to the Rise (Writer)

2001

[ ] Metropolis (Screenplay)

2004

[ ] Steamboy (Original Story)
[ ] Steamboy (Screenplay)

2007

[ ] Mushi-Shi: The Movie (Screenplay)
[ ] SOS! Tokyo Metro Explorers: The Next (Comic Book)

2012

[ ] Combustible (Screenplay)
[ ] Combustible (Original Story)

2013

[ ] A Farewell to Weapons (Original Story)
[ ] Short Peace (Screenplay)
[ ] Short Peace (Original Story)

2016

[ ] DOMU (Pilot) (Writer)
[ ] DOMU (Pilot) (Comic Book)

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[ ] Orbital Era (Original Story)
[ ] Orbital Era (Screenplay)
[ ] Akira (Comic Book)

Directing

1982

[ ] Give Me a Gun, Give Me Freedom (Director)

1987

[ ] Robot Carnival (Director)

1988

[ ] Akira (Director)

1989

[ ] Neo Tokyo (Director)

1991

[ ] World Apartment Horror (Director)

1995

[ ] Memories (Director)

1997

[ ] Gondora (Director)

1998

[ ] Gundam: Mission to the Rise (Director)

2004

[ ] Steamboy (Director)

2007

[ ] Mushi-Shi: The Movie (Director)

2012

[ ] Combustible (Director)

2013

[ ] Short Peace (Director)

2016

[ ] DOMU (Pilot) (Director)

????

[ ] Orbital Era (Director)

Visual Effects

1983

[ ] Harmagedon (Key Animation)

1991

[ ] Roujin Z (Key Animation)

1995

[ ] Memories (Character Designer)

2007

[ ] SOS! Tokyo Metro Explorers: The Next (Character Designer)

2023

[ ] Nezumikozo Jirokichi (Character Designer)

Art

2001

[ ] Metropolis (Storyboard Artist)

2011

[ ] Legend of the Millennium Dragon (Conceptual Design)

2023

[ ] Nezumikozo Jirokichi (Graphic Designer)

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[ ] Orbital Era (Conceptual Design)

Crew

2007

[ ] SOS! Tokyo Metro Explorers: The Next (Creator)

Actor

1988

[ ] Akira Production Report (Self)
[ ] 空前のアニメ巨編 AKIRA アキラが動き出す! (????)

1994

[ ] Manga! (Self)

2002

[ ] Animax Special: The Making of 'Metropolis' (Self (as Katsuhiro Ohtomo))

2004

[ ] Memories of Memories (Self)