Cast & creator
Katsuhiro Otomo
Best known for Akira, Akira, Akira
Katsuhiro Otomo is a Japanese comic book creator, screenwriter and film director. He is best known as the creator of the manga Akira and its animated film adaptation. He also directed several live-action movies.
Also known as: Katsuhiro Ôtomo, Katsuhiro Ootomo
60
film credits
8
television credits
7
1979–2023 · acting roles
6.4
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (68)
Showing 68 of 68 credits
Akira
Director
1988Akira
Comic Book
1988Akira
Screenplay
1988
Naoki Urasawa's Manben neo
Self
2020
Memories
Director
1995Memories
Original Story
1995Memories
Character Designer
1995Memories
Screenplay
1995Memories
Executive Producer
1995
Metropolis
Screenplay
2001Metropolis
Storyboard Artist
2001
Robot Carnival
Writer
1987Robot Carnival
Director
1987Robot Carnival
Creator
1987
Roujin Z
Key Animation
1991Roujin Z
Screenplay
1991Roujin Z
Original Story
1991
Freedom
Mechanical Designer
2006Freedom
Character Designer
2006
Steamboy
Director
2004Steamboy
Original Story
2004Steamboy
Screenplay
2004
Neo Tokyo
Director
1989Neo Tokyo
Screenplay
1989
Legend of the Millennium Dragon
Conceptual Design
2011
Harmagedon
Key Animation
1983
Short Peace
Director
2013Short Peace
Screenplay
2013Short Peace
Original Story
2013
Spriggan
Screenstory
1998
Robot Carnival
Director
1987Robot Carnival
Writer
1987
Hipira: The Little Vampire
Comic Book
2009
A Farewell to Weapons
Original Story
2013
Orbital Era
Original Story
Orbital Era
Screenplay
Orbital Era
Director
Orbital Era
Conceptual Design
TEZUKA! God of Manga
Self
Mushi-Shi: The Movie
Director
2007Mushi-Shi: The Movie
Screenplay
2007
SOS! Tokyo Metro Explorers: The Next
Comic Book
2007SOS! Tokyo Metro Explorers: The Next
Creator
2007SOS! Tokyo Metro Explorers: The Next
Character Designer
2007
Tokyo Reborn
Director
2019
Nezumikozo Jirokichi
Character Designer
2023Nezumikozo Jirokichi
Graphic Designer
2023
空前のアニメ巨編 AKIRA アキラが動き出す!
1988
Combustible
Screenplay
2012Combustible
Director
2012Combustible
Original Story
2012
Manga!
Self
1994
Gundam: Mission to the Rise
Director
1998Gundam: Mission to the Rise
Writer
1998
So What
Original Story
1988
Akira Production Report
Self
1988
High School Erotopia: Red Uniforms
Original Story
1979
Give Me a Gun, Give Me Freedom
Director
1982Give Me a Gun, Give Me Freedom
Writer
1982
Animax Special: The Making of 'Metropolis'
Self (as Katsuhiro Ohtomo)
2002
World Apartment Horror
Director
1991World Apartment Horror
Screenplay
1991
Shuffle
Comic Book
1981
DOMU (Pilot)
Director
2016DOMU (Pilot)
Writer
2016DOMU (Pilot)
Comic Book
2016
Memories of Memories
Self
2004
Gondora
Director
1997