Katsuhiro Otomo, Japanese director, screenwriter, and illustrator

Katsuhiro Otomo

Japanese manga artist and filmmaker (born 1954)

Katsuhiro Otomo is a Japanese manga artist, screenwriter, animator, and film director. He first rose to prominence as a pioneer founder of the New Wave in the 1970s. He is best known as the creator of Akira, both the original 1982 manga series and the 1988 animated film…