Katsuhiro Otomo

Personal Info

Born: 1954-04-14

Place of Birth: Miyagi, Japan

Known For: Writing

Also Known As:
Katsuhiro Ôtomo 大友克洋 Katsuhiro Ootomo

Biography

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.

Acting (Movies)

Memories of Memories

Self
2004
6.0

Akira Production Report

1988
5.0

Animax Special: The Making of 'Metropolis'

Self (as Katsuhiro Ohtomo)
2002
0.0

Manga!

Self
1994
7.0

Directing

Akira

Director
1988
7.9

Mushi-Shi: The Movie

Director
2007
6.0

Steamboy

Director
2004
6.9

Memories

Director
1995
7.4

Neo Tokyo

Director
1989
6.7

World Apartment Horror

Director
1991
5.7

Combustible

Director
2012
6.7

Short Peace

Director
2013
6.4

Gundam: Mission to the Rise

Director
1998
5.5

DOMU (Pilot)

Director
2016
0.0

Gondora

Director
1997
5.0

Give Me a Gun, Give Me Freedom

Director
1982
0.0

Robot Carnival

Director
1987
6.7

Orbital Era

Director
0.0

The Order to Stop Construction

Director
1987
0.0

Robot Carnival

Director
1987
6.7

Tokyo Reborn

Director
2019
0.0

SHORT PEACE

Director
2013
0.0

Writing

Mushi-Shi: The Movie

Screenplay
2007
6.0

Metropolis

Screenplay
2001
7.1

Combustible

Screenplay
2012
6.7

Memories

Original Story
1995
7.4

Memories

Screenplay
1995
7.4

A Farewell to Weapons

Original Story
2013
5.8

World Apartment Horror

Screenplay
1991
5.7

High School Erotopia: Red Uniforms

Original Story
1979
2.0

Akira

Comic Book
1988
7.9

Akira

Screenplay
1988
7.9

Orbital Era

Original Story
0.0

DOMU (Pilot)

Writer
2016
0.0

DOMU (Pilot)

Comic Book
2016
0.0

So What

Original Story
1988
0.0

Give Me a Gun, Give Me Freedom

Writer
1982
0.0

Spriggan

Screenstory
1998
6.1

SOS! Tokyo Metro Explorers: The Next

Comic Book
2007
3.7

Roujin Z

Screenplay
1991
6.6

Orbital Era

Screenplay
0.0

Gundam: Mission to the Rise

Writer
1998
5.5

Robot Carnival

Writer
1987
6.7

Neo Tokyo

Screenplay
1989
6.7

Shuffle

Comic Book
1981
7.3

The Order to Stop Construction

Writer
1987
0.0

Akira

Comic Book
0.0

Steamboy

Original Story
2004
6.9

Steamboy

Screenplay
2004
6.9

Roujin Z

Original Story
1991
6.6

Combustible

Original Story
2012
6.7

Short Peace

Screenplay
2013
6.4

Short Peace

Original Story
2013
6.4

Robot Carnival

Writer
1987
6.7

Hipira: The Little Vampire

Comic Book
2009
8.0

SHORT PEACE

Author
2013
0.0

Memories

Writer
1998
0.0

Visual Effects

Memories

Character Designer
1995
7.4

Harmagedon

Key Animation
1983
5.0

Nezumikozo Jirokichi

Character Designer
2023
0.0

Roujin Z

Key Animation
1991
6.6

SOS! Tokyo Metro Explorers: The Next

Character Designer
2007
3.7

The Order to Stop Construction

Character Designer
1987
0.0

Freedom

Character Designer
2006
5.5

Freedom

Mechanical Designer
2006
5.5

Art

Legend of the Millennium Dragon

Conceptual Design
2011
5.8

Nezumikozo Jirokichi

Graphic Designer
2023
0.0

Metropolis

Storyboard Artist
2001
7.1

Orbital Era

Conceptual Design
0.0

Crew

SOS! Tokyo Metro Explorers: The Next

Creator
2007
3.7

Acting (TV Shows)

Naoki Urasawa's Manben neo

2020
8.5

Creator

Robot Carnival

Creator
1987
6.7

SHORT PEACE

Creator
2013
0.0