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Katsuhiro Otomo

Japanese manga artist, screenwriter and film director · Japan · Artists · Born 1954 · age 72

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Katsuhiro Otomo is a Japanese manga artist, screenwriter, animator, and film director. He first rose to prominence as a pioneer founder of the New Wave in the 1970s. He is best known as the creator of Akira, both the original 1982 manga series and the 1988 animated film adaptation.

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2015Grand prix de la ville d'AngoulêmeAward2014Officer of Arts and LettersAward2013Medal with Purple RibbonAwardWinsor McCay AwardAward2012Will Eisner Hall of FameAward1984Kodansha Manga AwardAwardSeiun Award for Best ComicAward1983Nihon SF Taisho AwardAward1982Seiun Award for Best ComicAward1954Born14 April 1954

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Grand prix de la ville d'Angoulême2015
Officer of Arts and Letters2014
Medal with Purple Ribbon2013
Winsor McCay Award2013
Will Eisner Hall of Fame2012
Seiun Award for Best Comic1984
Kodansha Manga Award1984
Nihon SF Taisho Award1983
Seiun Award for Best Comic1982
Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres

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Katsuhiro Otomo is a Japanese manga artist, screenwriter, animator, and film director. He first rose to prominence as a pioneer founder of the New Wave in the 1970s. He is best known as the creator of Akira, both the original 1982 manga series and the 1988 animated film adaptation. In 2005, Otomo was decorated a Chevalier of the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, promoted to Officier of the order in 2014, and became the fourth manga artist ever inducted into the American Eisner Award Hall of Fame in 2012. Celebrated in Japan, he was also awarded the Purple Medal of Honor from the national government in 2013.

Country
Japan
Category
Artists
Type
Artist
Status
living
Dates
Born 1954 · age 72

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