Katsuhiro Otomo

animated movies that have been greatly obsessed with not only in Japan, but also all around the world are Akira and Michiko & Hatchin. Both movies were created by two different director who rose in the Anime popularity not so far from one another. Katsuhiro Otomo was the director who created Akira which was published in 1988, and Sayo Yamamoto was the director who created Michiko & Hatchin. With animation being a competitive field where directors are trying to create the most critically acclaimed filmed

Japanese Anime is different from traditional cartoon. Cartoon is more suitable for children to watch whereas anime is more for teenage or adult viewing. The anime genre can be very wide from comedy, to cyberpunk, to super robot. Many of the science fiction anime share the same idea of dystopia. Dystopia is describing an imaginary universe which is opposite with the Utopia society, it shows the illusion of a perfect condition society. In fact the society is controlled by the government in different

the manga for Akira was released in Decemeber 1982 and the manga was serialised in the pages of Weekly Young Jump Magazine from 1982 to 1990. Katsuhiro Otomo inspiration for the film Akira comes from some of the western film, such as Bonnie and Clyde. Katsuhiro Otomo was given with a huge budget of $11 million to bring Akira to the screen. Katsuhiro Otomo then proceeds producing Akira with 70 animators. 327 colours were used in the film, which include 50 specially created colour and in total of 97

In this article, Thomas Lamarre analyzes Akira in order to explain the cultural phenomenon of a Japanese fascination with destruction. He states that Japanese audiences have continually had a "traumatic fascination" with images of destruction ever since the dropping of the atomic bombs (140). He proposes nuclear symbolism is so widespread in Japanese film because acting out destruction helps viewers come to terms with the trauma caused by it in reality (132). Japanese audiences want to draw near

This film probably took him the longest to make out of the others, at approximately 8 years until completion. Sunrise and Production I.G. both had a part in its production, each are legendary studios in their own right. In an interview with him, Otomo commented that his team had started work on the film from a collective of ideas they kept in their minds before the script was finalized and written down. Impressive results from such a rough start. At this time Steamboy doesn’t have a Blu-ray release

only depicts transformations that not only physically happen in the world of specific animations, but also expresses the inner feeling and thought, or in another word, spiritual world of characters. Akira, a Japanese animation film directed by Katsuhiro Otomo in 1988, is an example that shows how metamorphosis in the physical world of this animation helps to tell the mental and psychological states of character. The film takes place in Neo-Tokyo after World War III, which was caused by

The book, Akira, by Katsuhiro Otomo, is a science fiction dystopian novel in which a new type of bomb is dropped in the metropolitan area of of Japan and causes World War lll. The story takes place in Neo-Tokyo city, 38 years after World War lll in 2030 AD. By this point the military and other authorities have built up the city but the people have taken the authorities for granted, and grown selfish. The socio-economic gap has widened as the super wealthy at the top cling to their money, and those

The conflict between human and robots is created by the inevitable social disparity between the rich and the poor class society, thus, result in the discrimination toward robots. Indeed, Katsuhiro Otomo’s movie Metropolis (2001) illustrates a futuristic dystopian world where humans and robots coexist, people, reject the existence of automation due to extreme job replacement which causes unemployment and depravity. Duke Red, who supervised the creation of new weapon “Ziggurat”, hires Dr. Laughton

Studies have shown that people kept in solitary confinement are more likely to commit violent crimes like homicide, but why? Although over a century apart, Katsuhiro Otomo’s science fiction animated film, Akira, and Mary Shelley’s gothic novel, Frankenstein, both delve into the concepts of the damaging consequences a lack of human interaction can have on an individual. Akira focuses on a teen named Tetsuo, who was neglected by his parents at a young age, building up his inferiority complex. When

"Anime in America" Anime, or Japanese animation, is a style of animation most recognizable by characters with large eyes and beautifully detailed backgrounds. Once people watch anime, they will find besides spectacular animation, anime has complex characters and deep stories, many of which teach morals and values. Anime is very popular in Japan; it has also gained a following in America and is beginning to hit the mainstream. Anime is gaining popularity in the United States as it is shown