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Katsuhiro Otomo Biography
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Katsuhiro Otomo Retrospective: Spriggan
Just in time for the new Netflix series, we’re getting to the more tenuously-associated parts of Katsuhiro Otomo’s filmography, with 1998’s…
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Katsuhiro Otomo Retrospective: Neo Tokyo
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An Interview with Katsuhiro Otomo
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Podcast: AKIRA Vol. 3, by Katsuhiro Otomo
Whenever Tetsuo's not on screen, all of the other characters should be asking "Where's Tetsuo?"
Ep. 112: AKIRA vol. 5, by Katsuhiro Otomo
Chip Zdarsky, Deb Aoki, David Brothers, and Christopher Woodrow-Butcher finish up season 4 of the Mangasplaining podcast with vol. 5 of AKIRA by Katsuhiro Otomo
Ep. 51: AKIRA Vol. 3, by Katsuhiro Otomo
This week the mangasplaining crew reads AKIRA by Katsuhiro Otomo. Kei, Kaneda, and Chiyoko take the stage this time, but where's Tetsuo hiding?
Ep. 83: AKIRA Volume 4, by Katsuhiro Otomo
The Mangasplaining gang returns to Katsuhiro Otomo's legendary manga series AKIRA with volume 4! The story becomes very different than the anime...
PODCAST - Ep. 112: AKIRA vol 5 by Katsuhiro Otomo
We’re nearing the end of our journey through Katsuhiro Otomo’s sci-fi epic, AKIRA. With vol. 5, the action is ramping up before we get to the final book…
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The Tragedy of Katsuhiro Otomo and Steve Oliff’s Full-Color AKIRA
At a time when manga in English was hot and new, Epic Comics’ release of AKIRA pulled out all the stops and added unparalleled color. If you’re looking…
Make Everything E.X.P.L.O.D.E. — The Other Works of Akira's Katsuhiro Otomo in English
Katsuhiro Otomo's 1988 cinematic masterpiece Akira introduced a wide world to anime, but the lauded director has a larger body of work waiting to be discovered.
Katsuhiro Otomo returns to manga... but this time looks to the past instead of the future
by Chris MaGee Katsuhiro Otomo -- the name is synonymous with modern Japanese pop culture. His epic sci-fi manga-turned-anime film "Akira"...
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#58 - Katsuhiro Otomo's MEMORIES (1995) Review
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Things I Learned Last Year
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Chainsaw Man #06 — Learned Helplessness
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025 - Katsuhiro Otomo's Domu: A Child's Dream
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Lessons Learned From Encounters With Clickbait Journalist.
In the yakuza world they say, “As soon as you get to the top, someone will try to kick you down.” The world of journalism is, sadly, surprisingly…
AKLIMDAN GEÇENLER — BLOGGING IN A LEARNED LANGUAGE
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Making Use Of Everything Learned (Mushoku Tensei)
The end of the first cour is decent, but are we sure Rudy isn’t the bad guy here?
Valuable Lessons Learned: The Legend of Hei
This is a review of a film in the 2021 New York International Children’s Film Festival. This year’s virtual festival technically ended on the 14th, but there’s still…
I Learned Magic #01 — Charts and Graphs
Now that's the good stuff. Impressions: I like how he goes right from learning a basic little fire cantrip to creating sentient magical creatures to start an…
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The Legend & Butterfly (レジェンド＆バタフライ, Keishi Otomo, 2023)
Oda Nobunaga dreams of love and freedom in a land beyond the waves in Keishi Otomo’s sumptuous romantic melodrama.