Katsuhiro Otomo - Definition and Overview

Katsuhiro Otomo (大友克洋 Ōtomo Katsuhiro) (born April 14, 1954 in Miyagi, Japan) is a Japanese manga artist and anime director.

Bilbliography

• Fire Ball (Unfinished) (1979)
• Sayonara Nippon
• Domu (A Child's Dream) (1983)
• Akira
• The Legend of Mother Sarah (Co-written with Takumi Nagayasu)

Short Story Collections

• Short Peace (1979)
• Highway Star (1979)
• Good Weather (1981)
• Hansel and Gretel (1981)
• Boogie Woogie Waltz (1982)

Filmography

• Jiyu o warera ni (じゆうを我等に) (1982)
• Labyrinth Tales (迷宮物語) (segment "The Order to Cease Construction", 工事中止命令) (1987)
• Robot Carnival (segments "Coming Soon" and "See You Again") (1987)
• Akira (1988)
• World Apartment Horror (ワールド・アパートメント・ホラー) (1991)
• Memories (manga and segment "Cannon Fodder") (1996)
• Metropolis (2001)
• Steamboy (2004)

External links

• Otomo Katsuhiro's IMDb Listing (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0960028/)
• Otomo Katsuhiro's JMDb Listing (in Japanese) (http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/person/p0259340.htm)