Katsuhiro Otomo, Akira, Bibliography, Otomo, Animation, Manga, Steamboy, Japanimation,
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●TV SHOW● Urasawa Naoki no MANBEN neo: Otomo Katsuhiro (浦沢直樹の漫勉neo: 大友克洋)
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●BOOKLET● ŌTOMO KATSUHIRO ZENSHŪ KAISETSU 7 G.... (大友克洋全集解説 7 G....)
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●BOOKLET● ŌTOMO KATSUHIRO ZENSHŪ KAISETSU 1 JŪSEI (大友克洋全集解説 1 銃声)
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●BOOKLET● ŌTOMO KATSUHIRO ZENSHU KAISETSU 8 DOMU (大友克洋全集解説８童夢)
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●BOOKLET● ŌTOMO KATSUHIRO ZENSHŪ KAISETSU 5 FIRE-BALL (大友克洋全集解説 5 FIRE-BALL )
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●BOOKLET● ŌTOMO KATSUHIRO ZENSHŪ KAISETSU 12 AKIRA 1 (大友克洋全集解説 12 AKIRA 1)
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●BOOKLET● ŌTOMO KATSUHIRO ZENSHŪ KAISETSU 2 BOOGIE WOOGIE WALTZ (大友克洋全集解説 1 BOOGIE WOOGIE WALTZ)
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Katsuhiro Otomo Biography
Katsuhiro Otomo was born in April 1954 in the Miyagi Prefecture of Japan. Growing up, Otomo was inspired to create comics from several different works. one of Otomo’s…
Katsuhiro Otomo Retrospective: Akira
It’s taken a while, but I’ve finally watched and written about every animated production (available in English) contributed to by Katsuhiro…
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Katsuhiro Otomo Retrospective: Freedom
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Katsuhiro Otomo Retrospective: Spriggan
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Katsuhiro Otomo Retrospective: Neo Tokyo
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Katsuhiro Otomo Retrospective: Roujin Z
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An Interview with Katsuhiro Otomo
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Katsuhiro Otomo Retrospective: Robot Carnival
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Katsuhiro Otomo Retrospective: Short Peace
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●CONVERSATION● Katsuhiro Otomo × Minetaro Mochizuki
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Bury Me Deep / わたしを深く埋めて / Watashi o fukaku umete (1963)
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Private ha Honnin-tachi ni Makasete Orimasu (プライベートは本人たちに任せております)
I picked up a copy of Private ha Honnin-tachi ni Makasete Orimasu (プライベートは本人たちに任せております) (translated in English on the frontispiece as Private Life Is Left To Them, Yuri Talext…
Podcast: AKIRA Vol. 3, by Katsuhiro Otomo
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Here Because of You (君たちがいて僕がいた, Ryuichi Takamori, 1964)
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Ep. 112: AKIRA vol. 5, by Katsuhiro Otomo
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Ep. 51: AKIRA Vol. 3, by Katsuhiro Otomo
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Ep. 83: AKIRA Volume 4, by Katsuhiro Otomo
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Yuri Manga: Dekisokonai no Hime-tachi, Volume 2 (できそこないの姫君たち)
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PODCAST - Ep. 112: AKIRA vol 5 by Katsuhiro Otomo
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Dekisokonai Hime-tachi, Volume 4 (できそこないの姫君たち)
Fujishiro Nanaki, having been ostracized by her group of fashionable and popular girls, has found acceptance with the “nerd” group, Kurokawa’s friends Izumi and Iroha. Together th…
Dekisokonai no Hime-tachi, Volume 3 (できそこないの姫君たち)
In Volume 1, otaku and class loner Kurokawa Kaede is thrown together with school princess, Fujishiro Nanaki. In time-honored fashion, Fujishiro gives a radical makeover to the girl…
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Children of the Great Buddha (大仏さまと子供たち, Hiroshi Shimizu, 1952)
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SUMODO ~The Successors Of Samurai~ (相撲道～サムライを継ぐ者たち～, Eiji Sakata, 2020)
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Watashi o Tabetai, Hito de Nashi, Volume 6 (私を喰べたい、ひとでなし)
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Watashi o Tabetai, Hito de Nashi, Volume 8 ( 私を喰べたい、ひとでなし)
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Watashi o Tabetai, Hito de Nashi, Volume 5 (私を喰べたい、ひとでなし)
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Watashi o Tabetai, Hito de Nashi, Volume 7 (私を喰べたい、ひとでなし)
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