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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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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 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…
An Interview with Katsuhiro Otomo
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●CONVERSATION● Katsuhiro Otomo × Minetaro Mochizuki
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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…
PODCAST LINK - Ep. 83: AKIRA VOL 4, By Katsuhiro Otomo
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AMV – Metropolis
Earlier today, ANN published Metropolis: The Lost Madhouse Masterpiece, about an anime film from the turn of the century that doesn’t get much discussion today… Probably because i…
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…
Osamu Tezuka’s Metropolis
By Jonathan Clements. Detective Shunsaku Ban and his nephew-assistant Kenichi arrive in Duke Red’s city of the future on the trail of an organ-trafficking doctor. But the city…
Metropolis: The Lost Madhouse Masterpiece
In 2001, Studio Madhouse released a new vision of Fritz Lang and Osamu Tezuka's worlds, and created a stunning feature film that has since been lost to the…
Anime Talk: Metropolis (2001 movie)
This is an unexpected episode this week as I planned to take the week off but the stars aligned after I went to see this classic movie from…
Metropolis: The Forgotten Madhouse Masterpiece
In 2001, Studio Madhouse released a new vision of Fritz Lang and Osamu Tezuka's worlds, and created a stunning feature film that has since been lost to the…
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Metropolis is a 2001 anime adaptation of an Osamu Tezuka manga that first released all the way back in 1949.
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"...
Metropolis: Sprawling Cityscapes and Robot Hate
I wasn’t expecting my first two film reviews in this Halloween week to be related in some way. Katsuhiro Otomo, the guy who wrote and directed the Akita…
●ANNOUNCEMENT● OTOMO ZENSHU
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●EXHIBITION● OTOMO KATSUHIRO O SODATETA MANGA TACHI TEN (大友克洋を育てたマンガたち展)
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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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2019 Retrospective
2019 Retrospective There are spoilers ahead. If you see a show title you haven’t watched yet, you might want to skip that section until you have. Another year…
2024 Retrospective
Ringing in the new year by taking one last look at the old one. Here's to 2025! 5:42 - 2024 Recommendations 5:48 - The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really,…
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2022 Retrospective
As we say hello to 2023, it's time to take a look back at the many highs and hilarious lows of 2022... 2:01 - 2022 Recommendations 3:16 - Liar Game 5:30…
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2021 Retrospective
Here's to another good one, friends. 3:02 - 2021 Recommendations 3:13 - Golden Kamuy 4:15 - Hina Change 5:21 - Kaguya-sama: Love Is War 6:57 - Curtains Up, I'm Off 8:01 - The Bones…
2020 Retrospective
A rubbish year for most, but a pretty decent year for manga. 2020 Recommendations - 5:00 Act-Age - 6:13 Mob Psycho 100 - 7:21 Zatch Bell! - 9:41 BEASTARS - 9:59 Blue Flag -…
Bleach, Chainsaw Man, Code:Breaker, Mieruko-chan, Mob Psycho 100
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#58 - Katsuhiro Otomo's MEMORIES (1995) Review
Did you know that the guy who created AKIRA also made other stuff? Did you know he worked with THE Satoshi Kon?! and THE Yoko Kanno?!!?? That's what…
025 - Katsuhiro Otomo's Domu: A Child's Dream
Domu: A Child’s Dream By Katsuhiro Otomo Way before Stranger Things and before the masterpiece of the Akira anime, there was the psychic horror of 'A Child's…
How They Shot Katsuhiro Otomo’s ‘Cannon Fodder’
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●ANNOUNCEMENT● OTOMO THE COMPLETE WORKS update
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●ANNOUNCEMENT● OTOMO THE COMPLETE WORKS update
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●ANNOUNCEMENT● OTOMO THE COMPLETE WORKS update
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●ANNOUNCEMENT● OTOMO THE COMPLETE WORKS update
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●ANNOUNCEMENT● OTOMO THE COMPLETE WORKS update
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WMR 2023 Retrospective
Another year has come and gone, so it's time to reminisce about 2023, and how fondly Earthchild has changed Nik's life. 6:31 - 2023 Recommendations 6:56 - Earthchild 10:31 - Fullmetal…
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Sunday Retrospective (2022)
It's that time again, Sunday fans! We're somehow shambling close to the finishing line of another wond, splen, uh, year. Yeah, another year...
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2020 Anime Retrospective
What a year to say the least. Many people have struggled through it differently than others. I myself was one of the luckier ones who did not have…
Sunday Retrospective (2024)
It's the most wonderful(?) time of year again, with our annual WSS/Shogakukan round up article! Here we take a look at the ups and downs in ...
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Evanescence – Fallen (Retrospective)
I wrote this album review on a forum I frequent yesterday and I thought it was actually kinda good, enough for me to put it in a more…
