Katsuhiro Otomo

Quick Facts

Full Name	Katsuhiro Otomo
Occupation	Director
Date Of Birth	Apr 14, 1954(1954-04-14)
Age	70
Birthplace	Tome
Country	Japan
Birth City	Miyagi Prefecture
Horoscope	Aries

Katsuhiro Otomo Biography

Katsuhiro Otomo is one of the most popular and richest Director who was born on April 14, 1954 in Tome, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. Author of manga Akira and the animated film adaptation as well as the director of live-action films like Mushishi.

He as well as Naruto creator He and Naruto artist Masashi Kishimoto were acclaimed Japanese manga artists. were highly acclaimed Japanese manga creators.

Katsuhiro Otomo was born in Tome, Miyagi Prefecture and grew up in Tome-gun. While he was in high school he was fascinated with movies, often taking a three-hour train ride during school holidays just to see them. In 1973 he graduated high school and left Miyagi, heading to Tokyo with the hopes of becoming a manga artist. On October 4, 1973, he published his first work, a manga adaptation of Prosper Mérimée’s short novel Mateo Falcone, titled A Gun Report.

In 1979, after writing multiple short-stories for the magazine Action, Otomo created his first science-fiction work, titled Fireball. Although the manga was never completed, it is regarded as a milestone in Otomo’s career as it contained many of the same themes he would explore in his later, more successful manga such as Dōmu. Dōmu began serialization in January 1980 and ran for two years until completed. In 1983, it was published in book form and would win the Nihon SF Taisho Award, the Japanese equivalent to the Nebula Award.

He got married to a woman with the name Yoko.

Katsuhiro Otomo Net Worth

Katsuhiro Otomo is one of the richest Director from Japan. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Katsuhiro Otomo 's net worth $10 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was obsessed with films when he was a kid and would often make three-hour train rides from home to the closest cinema.

His most significant breakthrough was the manga Akira took 8 years to complete and culminated in more than two thousand pages of art.

Katsuhiro Otomo (大友 克洋 , Ōtomo Katsuhiro, born April 14, 1954) 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. He was decorated a Chevalier of the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2005, promoted to Officier of the order in 2014, became the fourth manga artist ever inducted into the American Eisner Award Hall of Fame in 2012, and was awarded the Purple Medal of Honor from the Japanese government in 2013. Otomo later received the Winsor McCay Award at the 41st Annie Awards in 2014 and the 2015 Grand Prix de la ville d’Angoulême, the first manga artist to receive the award.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Katsuhiro Otomo Dating?

According to our records, Katsuhiro Otomo married to Yoko Otomo. As of December 1, 2023, Katsuhiro Otomo’s is not dating anyone.

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In 2013, Otomo released his newest film in over 9 years since Steamboy, called Short Peace, an anthology consisting on 4 shorts: His own short based on one of his stories called Combustible, a tragic love story set in the Edo period, Tsukumo, directed by Shuhei Morita in which everyday tools metamorphose into supernatural things, Gambo, directed by Hiroaki Ando, which features a battle between an oni goblin and a polar bear, and Buki yo Saraba directed by Hajime Katoki, depicting a battle in a ruined Tokyo. Combustible won the Grand Prize of the Cultural Affairs Agency’s Japan Media Arts Festival Animation awards in 2012, and it was shortlisted for the 2013 Best Animated Short at the 85th Academy Awards, but it failed to get nominated. Tsukumo, under the title Possessions, would become nominated for the 2014 Best Animated Short at the 86th Academy Awards.

Facts & Trivia

Katsuhiro Ranked on the list of most popular Director. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Japan. Katsuhiro Otomo celebrates birthday on April 14 of every year.

Who did the animation for Akira?

The animation for the movie was provided for by animation producers, Tokyo Movie Shinsha Co., Ltd. Katsuhiro Ôtomo originally created the AKIRA manga as an homage to manga artist Mitsuteru Yokoyama, who created Tetsujin nijûhachi-go (1963) (Tetsujin 28).

How much did Akira cost?

Budget

Is Akira read left to right?

The definitive, complete edition of one of the most acclaimed and influential comics of all time, with the original Japanese art and right-to-left reading format for the first time. It is presented in six hardcover volumes, plus the hardcover Akira Club art book and an exclusive patch with the iconic pill design.

Why is anime so popular in Japan?

Reasons Why Anime Is Popular In Japan And because of its visual freedom, producers can make these narratives seem larger than life. In the words of a famous anime expert, Takamasa Sakurai: the unique genre is loved due to its unconventional nature. Hence, anime has killed the idea that only kids watch cartoons.