Genga: Otomo Katsuhiro Original Pictures (Japanese Edition)
Katsuhiro Otomo was born on April 14, 1954 in Miyagi, Japan. He made his debut as a manga artist in 1973 with Jusei. Otomo’s creative practice extends to screenwriting and film direction, among which are animated film adaptations of his manga works Akira, Memories, and Steamboy. He was the recipient of the 4th Nihon SF Taisho for Domu by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of Japan in 1983, the Kodansha Manga Award for Akira in 1984, and the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, Chevalier by the government of France in 2005.