Wall Street Journal: ‘Akira’ Creator Katsuhiro Otomo Unveils New Art at Sendai Airport
Manga artist Katsuhiro Otomo unveiled his new mural at the Sendai Airport on Thursday, four years after a magnitude 9.0 earthquake and tsunami left the area in ruins. The ceramic mural, titled Kinka ...
Katsuhiro Otomo is one of the most legendary manga artists to come out of Japan. He’s best known as the creator of Akira and the director of its groundbreaking 1988 film adaptation, which redefined ...
Legendary manga artist, writer, and animation director Katsuhiro Otomo, known for being selective in his works, held court at this year’s Anime Expo to make a handful of announcements about his future ...
Legendary manga artist and anime director Katsuhiro Otomo has just announced two new projects, and one of them involves a brand new Akira. While Hollywood chisels away at Taika Waititi's live-action ...
Kanye West is tweeting again, this time about famed Japanese artist and filmmaker Katsuhiro Otomo. Yeezy today (Aug. 27) shouted out Otomo's seminal 1998 work Akira, calling the movie his "biggest ...
Katsuhiro Ôtomo is a Japanese manga artist, screenwriter and film director. He is best known as the creator of the manga Akira and its animated film adaptation. In 1979, after writing multiple short-stories for the magazine Action, Otomo created his first science-fiction work, titled Fireball.
Katsuhiro Otomo is one of the most legendary manga artists to come out of Japan. He’s best known as the creator of Akira and the director of its groundbreaking 1988 film adaptation, which redefined both manga and anime on a global scale. But after Akira, Otomo’s creative output has been sporadic.