Person: Ootomo Katsuhiro
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| Main Name | Ootomo Katsuhiro (cr149) |
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| Official Name | ja |
| Date of Birth | 14.04.1954 |
| Gender Identity | male |
| jobs | directorThe character is charged with the job of supervising, controlling or managing a group of workers., mangakaMangaka is the Japanese word for a comic artist or cartoonist. Outside of Japan, manga usually refers to a Japanese comic book and mangaka refers to the author of the manga, who is usually Japanese. |
| nationality | JapaneseA character originating from the island nation of Japan. |
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| Added by | hidden on 2009-01-10 00:25 |
| Edited by | hidden on 2024-03-29 21:59 |
Ootomo Katsuhiro is a mangaka and film director. He was born in the former town of Hasama, in Miyagi Prefecture.
As a teenager growing up in the turbulent 1960s, he was surrounded by the demonstrations of both students and workers against the Japanese government. This period of change is what made Japan what it is today - a Japan that is a sharp contrast to the occupation era that occurred after World War II. The riots, demonstrations, and overall chaotic conditions of this time would serve as the inspiration for his best known work, Akira. Some would argue that this seminal work is an allegory of 1960s Japan, and that one could easily substitute the year 2019 for 1969 and leave little difference in the basic story.
The animation from this period (especially the works coming out of Tokyo animation studios Mushi Production and Toei Doga, now known as TOEI Animation) were influencing young Ootomo. Works like Tetsujin 28-go, Astro Boy, and Hols: Prince of the Sun would help push Ootomo toward a career in animation. However, it was the films coming out of America that were driving his rebellious nature. Five Easy Pieces and Easy Rider would serve as inspiration for Shotaro Kaneda and his biker gang in Akira: rebellious youth who took too many drugs and didn't care about authority or the pressures put on them by their parents' generation.
Ootomo has worked extensively with noted studio Sunrise as the studio animating and producing his projects, such as the 2004 feature film Steamboy, as well as Freedom and Shin SOS Dai Tokyo Tankentai, which were both released in 2006.
Ootomo has also directed several live action films, such as the 2007 feature film adaptation of the Mushishi manga.
As a teenager growing up in the turbulent 1960s, he was surrounded by the demonstrations of both students and workers against the Japanese government. This period of change is what made Japan what it is today - a Japan that is a sharp contrast to the occupation era that occurred after World War II. The riots, demonstrations, and overall chaotic conditions of this time would serve as the inspiration for his best known work, Akira. Some would argue that this seminal work is an allegory of 1960s Japan, and that one could easily substitute the year 2019 for 1969 and leave little difference in the basic story.
The animation from this period (especially the works coming out of Tokyo animation studios Mushi Production and Toei Doga, now known as TOEI Animation) were influencing young Ootomo. Works like Tetsujin 28-go, Astro Boy, and Hols: Prince of the Sun would help push Ootomo toward a career in animation. However, it was the films coming out of America that were driving his rebellious nature. Five Easy Pieces and Easy Rider would serve as inspiration for Shotaro Kaneda and his biker gang in Akira: rebellious youth who took too many drugs and didn't care about authority or the pressures put on them by their parents' generation.
Ootomo has worked extensively with noted studio Sunrise as the studio animating and producing his projects, such as the 2004 feature film Steamboy, as well as Freedom and Shin SOS Dai Tokyo Tankentai, which were both released in 2006.
Ootomo has also directed several live action films, such as the 2007 feature film adaptation of the Mushishi manga.
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