He is most well known for his scores to the Heisei Gamera series from 1995 to 1999, and Godzilla, Mothra, King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All Out Attack from 2001. Mr. Otani made his debut in 1987 as an anime composer for the manga adaptation City Hunter, and went on to score many other anime features including Mobile Suit Gundam Wing. He has composed music for several video games, including Shadow of the Colossus in 2005. Mr. Otani will be making a special appearance as Guest of Honor for Symphonic Fury! The Music of Japanese Monsters concert coinciding with G-FEST XXII. The concert which will feature music from his Gamera and Godzilla films, will be the world premiere of Mr. Otani’s kaiju scores, as they have never been performed live, not even in Japan!