Katsuhiro Otomo (å¤§å ‹ å…‹æ´‹, ÅŒtomo 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.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 DÅ mu. DÅ mu 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.
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.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 DÅ mu. DÅ mu 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.
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