Katsuhiro Otomo

Akira Production Report

A documentary on the making of the Japanese animated science fiction film, Akira, created by Katsuhiro Otomo from his popular graphic novel series of the same title; shows Japanese animators at work and discusses their state-of-the-art animation techniques.

Release Date1988-07-25

Charactersd Self

Vote Count1

Manga!

BBC's 1994 documentary on the manga and anime phenomenon that was just starting to hit the UK at the time, and its origins in Japan. Presented by Jonathan Ross.

Release Date1994-01-07

Charactersd Self

Vote Count2

Memories of Memories

Memories (1995) making-of featurette, includes introductions to the creative genius behind the shows and looks at Otomo’s previous works, such as Akira. It also includes snippets from interviews with Otomo, Koji Morimoto, and Tensai Okamura.

Release Date2004-02-24

Charactersd Self

Vote Count1

Animax Special: The Making of 'Metropolis'

This made-for-video documentary gives animation fans a behind-the-scenes look at the making of Metropolis, the film adaptation of classic manga artist Osamu Tezuka's vision of a future society where humans and humanoid robots live in uneasy coexistence. Also included are interviews with the voice actors and other members of the crew, who share their experiences from making the film and discuss some of the special efforts that went into it.

Release Date2002-01-01

Charactersd Self (as Katsuhiro Ohtomo)

Vote Count1

Akira

A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath that only two teenagers and a group of psychics can stop.

Release Date1988-06-10

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count4602

Roujin Z

Mr. Takazawa, an elderly invalid who is cared for at his home by Haruko, a young nursing student, is chosen by the Japanese Ministry of Public Welfare to test the Z-001, a computerized hospital bed with robotic features that allegedly displays more efficiency and skills than any human nurse, but Haruko mistrusts a machine unable to consider human feelings.

Release Date1991-09-14

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobKey Animation

Vote Count127

Memories

A freighter crew responds to a distress call from a station run by an AI opera diva. The AI manipulates life support, VR, and nanosystems, posing dangers the crew must overcome to survive.

Release Date1995-12-23

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count523

Steamboy

In 1860s Britain, a boy inventor finds himself caught in the middle of a deadly conflict over a revolutionary advance in steam power.

Release Date2004-07-17

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count471

Freedom

In the year 2267, more than 160 years after the Skyport orbital station fell to Earth and wiped out all of humanity, Eden is a thriving lunar colony home to young Takeru, who tries to make the most of the brief hiatus of freedom granted to the colony's inhabitants between the end of compulsory education and the rite of becoming a full citizen.

Release Date2006-11-23

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobMechanical Designer

Episode Count7

Vote Count14

Metropolis

In the midst of societal conflict in the futuristic city of Metropolis, Kenichi and his uncle Shunsaku Ban set out to uncover the mystery behind the first human-like robot, Tima.

Release Date2001-05-26

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count531

Robot Carnival

An anthology of various tales with robots being the one common element among them. It consists of nine shorts by different well-known directors, many of whom started out as animators with little to no directing experience. Each has a distinctive animation style and story ranging from comedic to dramatic story lines.

Release Date1987-07-21

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count1

Vote Count10

SHORT PEACE

Release Date2013-07-30

DepartmentWriting

JobAuthor

Episode Count5

Spriggan

An elite superhuman agent must stop a foreign military unit from seizing control of an ancient artifact that holds the key to ultimate power.

Release Date1998-09-05

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenstory

Vote Count103

Short Peace

A traveler is confronted by spirits in an abandoned shrine; a story of honor and firefighting in ancient Japan; a white bear defends the royal family from a monstrous red demon; ragtag soldiers battle a robotic force in futuristic Japan.

Release Date2013-07-20

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count74

Robot Carnival

An anthology of various tales told in various styles with robots being the one common element among them.

Release Date1987-07-21

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count78

SOS! Tokyo Metro Explorers: The Next

Summer, 2006. A 5th grader Ryuhei discovers a notebook entitled "Tokyo Exploring Records." It was a journal kept by his father, Shohei, when he was around Ryuhei's age. Ryuhei forms his own exploration party with his friends Shun and Yoshio. One summer day, the party and Ryuhei's younger brother Sasuke who happens to tag along, heads to the dungeon looking for a treasure indicated on the journal

Release Date2007-05-19

DepartmentWriting

JobComic Book

Vote Count3

World Apartment Horror

A Yakuza underling is given the assignment to rid an apartment of its tenants within a week. He tries a variety of desperate tactics to no avail. Soon his problems get worse as an evil spirit makes its presence known.

Release Date1991-04-05

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count12

Neo Tokyo

A trilogy of separate stories. In "Labyrinth labyrinthos", a girl and her cat enter a strange world. In "Running Man", a racer takes on the ultimate opponent. In "Construction Cancellation Order", a man must shut down worker robots.

Release Date1989-04-15

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count111

A Farewell to Weapons

In a post-apocalyptic future, a group of soldiers is sent to a ghost city to destroy an automated sentry.

Release Date2013-07-20

DepartmentWriting

JobOriginal Story

Vote Count7

Harmagedon

From the depths of space he is coming... Ancient beyond understanding, his power is immeasurable. He has destroyed half the universe and is on his way here. He is… Genma. Only two people are aware of the imminent catastrophe: Princess Luna, a modern day prophetess and Vega, a cybernetic crusader from a world long since ravaged by Genma. Determined to spare the Earth from a similar fate, Luna and Vega must try to mobilize the most potent psychics in the world. Together, this army of fledging psychic warriors must succeed where billions have tried... and failed. But will they be able to gather their champions in time? Genma’s agents are already on Earth to ensure that their master meets with no opposition!

Release Date1983-03-12

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobKey Animation

Vote Count24

Legend of the Millennium Dragon

A spectacular journey of an unwilling young hero thrust into a mysterious past full of monsters, dragons, and strange hidden powers. Through a series of out of this world battles and adventures, Jun, a shy middle school boy, is transformed into a hero destined to battle evil and ensure harmony and tranquility in the world.

Release Date2011-04-29

DepartmentArt

JobConceptual Design

Vote Count61

Mushi-Shi: The Movie

Mushi are beings in touch with the essence of life, far more basic and pure than normal living things. Most humans are incapable of perceiving Mushi and are oblivious to their existence, but there are a few who possess the ability to see and interact with Mushi. One such person is Ginko who travels from place to place to research Mushi and aid people suffering from problems caused by them.

Release Date2007-09-20

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count42

Combustible

The city of Edo, the 18th century. Owaka, the daughter of a merchant family, and her childhood friend Matsukichi. The two were drawn to each other, but Matsukichi has been disowned by his family, and is working for the city fire brigade. Meanwhile, negotiations begin for the arrangement of Owaka's marriage. Unable to let go of her thoughts of Matsukichi, her mad emotions make her bring about a massive inferno which razes Edo. By chance encounter, the two meet again amidst the fires.It is an epic spectacle set against the stage of the massive metropolis of Edo.

Release Date2012-06-04

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count15

Shuffle

Hiroshi Kobayashi is on the run from police who would arrest him for the murder of his girlfriend Naomi. At the same time, he wants revenge on the yakuza member Kimura who got her stuck in drugs. The entire film consists of a long hunting-scene.

Release Date1981-12-05

DepartmentWriting

JobComic Book

Vote Count13

Akira

The leader of a biker gang tries to save his kidnapped friend from a powerful supernatural experiment.

DepartmentWriting

JobComic Book

Nezumikozo Jirokichi

Legendary anime director Rintaro’s (Metropolis, X/1999, Galaxy Express 999) first new work in over a decade depicts pioneering 1930s director Sadao Yamanaka and the production of his Nezumikozo Jirokichi. Despite dying before the age of 30, Yamanaka was a pivotal influence in Japanese cinema whose work would go on to inspire future generations. While most of his films have been lost to time, his scripts remain, and Nezumikozo Jirokichi recreates one of these lost films—a tale of a famous, virtuous bandit in old Edo—as imagined by Rintaro together with an all-star team including Katsuhiro Otomo (Akira, Memories), Taro Maki (Pluto, Millennium Actress) and Masao Maruyama (Ninja Scroll, Perfect Blue).

Release Date2023-03-20

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobCharacter Designer

Orbital Era

The story takes place in the near future on a space colony under construction. An action-adventure story of some boys in this peculiar environment and society who keep living their lives while they’re being tossed about by fate.

DepartmentWriting

JobOriginal Story

Hipira: The Little Vampire

The story follows a young vampire boy named Hipira who lives in Salta, an eternally dark city of vampires. He goes on a series of adventures with the rest of the town's residents.

Release Date2009-12-21

DepartmentWriting

JobComic Book

Episode Count12

Vote Count1

So What

In a small town, high school students in their final year try to balance their studies while also playing together in a rock band.

Release Date1988-07-16

DepartmentWriting

JobOriginal Story

Gundam: Mission to the Rise

Gundam Mission to the Rise is a short CGI movie with a duration of 5 minutes directed by Katsuhiro Otomo aired during the Gundam Big Bang Project event (August 1998). The story is settled in the Universal Century, although it's not completely clear whether in late years (after 0093) or in an alternative UC timeline.

Release Date1998-08-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count4

High School Erotopia: Red Uniforms

Bored with the idea doing a documentary about school life for the upcoming cultural festival three students in the film club decide to make their own movie. But because they want to do a blue movie they discover that finding a leading lady is not so easy.

Release Date1979-05-19

DepartmentWriting

JobOriginal Story

Vote Count2

Tokyo Reborn

Release Date2019-12-23

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count6

Give Me a Gun, Give Me Freedom

Live action film by Katsuhiro Ôtomo

Release Date1982-10-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Gondora

A short movie about a guy living in his own world.

Release Date1997-12-05

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count4

DOMU (Pilot)

Unrealized live-action film adaptation of Katsuhiro Otomo's Domu manga.

Release Date2016-01-28

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Naoki Urasawa's Manben neo

Reboot of the original Manben series from 2014-2017. Naoki Urasawa is returning to visit eight different manga authors, observe them in their daily work and discuss the creation of manga.

Release Date2020-10-01

Episode Count1

Vote Count2

空前のアニメ巨編 AKIRA アキラが動き出す!

Release Date1988-08-07