Masamune Shirow
Japanese manga also featured science fiction elements. In the 1950s, Osamu Tezuka's "Astro Boy" was one of the first major manga that centered around science fiction. In the following decades, many other creators and works would follow, including Leiji Matsumoto (e.g. "Galaxy Express 999"), Katsuhiro Otomo (e.g. "Akira") and Masamune Shirow (e.g. "Appleseed" and "Ghost in the Shell").