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KATSUHIRO OTOMO

Japan Times
CULTURE / Film / CULTURE SMASH
Apr 20, 2023
New Niigata film festival brings out the big names in anime
Mamoru Oshii, Katsuhiro Otomo and Shinichiro Watanabe all attended last month¡¯s Niigata International Animation Film Festival, which showcased 50 films from 16 countries.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film / Wide Angle
Jun 13, 2019
¡®Akira¡¯ is all set for its Hollywood remake
Like it or not, Hollywood¡¯s ¡°Akira¡± is finally happening.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jul 16, 2018
¡®Akira¡¯: Looking back at the future
On the 30th anniversary of the release of the animated version of ¡®Akira¡¯ in Japan, we examine the enduring legacy of Katsuhiro Otomo¡¯s sci-fi classic.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Jul 15, 2018
The enduring appeal of ¡®Akira,¡¯ the manga
Katsuhiro Otomo¡¯s cyberpunk masterpiece, ¡®Akira,¡¯ has gone through multiple English-language incarnations throughout the years, but reader demand has never wavered.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Jul 11, 2018
Speak Japanese like a biker punk from the future with ¡®Akira¡¯
Those looking to give their Japanese a bit of biker edge could do worse than take in a screening of the classic sci-fi anime ¡®Akira.¡¯
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Jul 10, 2018
¡®Akira¡¯ inspires generations of foreign animators
Enthusiasts pour their souls into labors of love honoring Otomo¡¯s classic anime film and manga series.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Jul 10, 2018
Views from Tokyo: Do you remember the first time you watched ¡®Akira¡¯?
People in Shibuya offer their thoughts on Katsuhiro Otomo¡¯s classic 1988 film and the 1982 manga series.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Mar 5, 2015
Cartoon worlds collide as ¡®The Simpsons¡¯ meet ¡®Akira¡¯ in ¡®Barkira¡¯
Last year, animated TV show ¡°The Simpsons¡± spoofed the films of director Hayao Miyazaki. This spring, bootleg Bart Simpson T-shirts line the boutiques of Harajuku.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books / ESSENTIAL READING FOR JAPANOPHILES
May 3, 2014
Akira
¡°Kanedaaaa!¡± ¡°Tetsuoooo!¡± For a generation of teenagers growing up in the 1990s (this writer included), Katsuhiro Otomo¡¯s ¡°Akira¡± was our gateway drug to the imaginative excesses of Japanese pop culture. With its immaculately rendered visions of high-tech chaos, psychokinetic battles, revolutionary sects...
Japan Times
Events / Events In Tokyo
Dec 5, 2013
See ¡®Akira¡¯ in full aural capacity
Experience animation artist Katsuhiro Otomo¡¯s masterworks in a way you¡¯re unlikely to have done before. The Bakuon 2013 film event in Tokyo is showcasing various anime films by the renowned artist in a space with acoustics designed for music festivals. So, consider yourself warned ¡ª the screenings...
Slowly but surely, Tokyo is becoming a hot spot for chicken rice
One of Singapore's most iconic dishes, the humble chicken rice is given an upscale treatment at a new Marunouchi cafe.
Takaichi drops ¡®remorse¡¯ in her first war memorial address
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks onstage during a memorial service ceremony marking the 81st anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II, at Budokan Hall in Tokyo on Saturday.
U.S. to tell partners they must pick sides in AI race with China?
People march as they protest against Pax Silica, a U.S.-led initiative, in Manila on Thursday.
New shinkansen model delivered to Taiwan
A new Taiwan High Speed Rail train car is unloaded from a cargo ship at a port in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, on Saturday.
A day in the life of an Asakusa rickshaw driver
Rickshaws are a fixture of Japan's tourist hot spots, but driving them is far from a leisure activity.
Unrelenting Russian anti-war protesters in Japan fight through inescapable doubt
Anti-war Russians protest Moscow's invasion of Ukraine in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward in February.
How U.S. bombing survey in Japan shed light on civilian sentiments of WWII
Residents are seen walking beside rubble in the city of Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture, in this undated photo taken soon after the end of World War II.
Forty-five meters down, a diver races to record a fleeting moment of WWII history
Kingo Wakasa photographs the kamikaze plane wing section he discovered at the USS Emmons wreck site.
Takaichi needs Aso on her side to solidify position in LDP
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi attends a Liberal Democratic Party meeting alongside LDP Secretary-General Shunichi Suzuki (left) and LDP Vice President Taro Aso in Tokyo earlier this month
Ikarigata closer to emulating older brother Fujinokawa than many think
The future Fujinokawa (third from left) and Ikarigata (right) compete against each other at ages 5 and 3, respectively.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
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