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A KATSUHIRO OTOMO FILM
NEW AGE MOVIE IS
COMING SOON
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A new project by Katsuhiro Otomo, that’s been long-awaited by the whole world.
His 3rd animated feature film after “AKIRA” in 1988 and “STEAMBOY” in 2004. As he did with these movies, Katsuhiro Otomo himself writes the original concept and screenplay, does design works and directs the film.
The plot takes place in the near future on a space colony under construction, and it’s an action-adventure story of some boys in this peculiar environment and society who keep living their lives while they’re being tossed about by fate.
“The real in the mankind’s future” will be depicted through a perspective of those boys.
Katsuhiro Otomo Comment
I’m very happy I can bring to you a new animated feature film.
This movie is what I would like to present to the today’s world.
We’re still in the middle of production, but I would like to create a film that will be enjoyed by a wide range of people.
Please look forward to it.
Katsuhiro OtomoManga artist, film director
He is well known for “SAYONARA NIPPON (Goodbye Japan)”, “DOMU (A Child's Dream)” and “AKIRA” among others.
His elaborate drawings, bold compositions and skillful story structures were so fresh and shocking they have greatly influenced the manga industry in Japan and that even such phrase as “Before Otomo, after Otomo” was coined.
His film and video works include “AKIRA”, “MEMORIES” and “STEAMBOY” among others. “AKIRA” was directed by him based on his own manga and became very popular through the world.
Biography
In 1983: As for his film and video works, after he did character designs for “HARMAGEDON (Genma Taisen)” and directed the portion of “CONSTRUCTION CANCELLATION ORDER” in “NEO TOKYO (Meikyu Monogatari)”, he directed an animated feature film “AKIRA” in 1988. Then he continued to work as director for “MEMORIES” in 1995, “STEAMBOY” in 2004 and “MUSHISHI” in 2007 among others.