Katsuhiro Ootomo

大友克洋

[Wiki (jp)](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/大友克洋) | [Wiki (en)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katsuhiro_Otomo) | [Twitter](https://twitter.com/oyaji_shu) Best-known as the creator of the manga series [Akira](https://anilist.co/manga/30664/), and its 1988 [film adaptation](https://anilist.co/anime/47/). While he was in high school he was fascinated with movies, often taking a three-hour train ride during school holidays just to see them. After having graduated high school in 1973, he left Miyagi, heading to Tokyo with the hopes of becoming a mangaka. He made his debut later on the same year with a manga adaptation of Prosper Mérimée's short novel Mateo Falcone, titled A Gun Report. In 1979, after writing multiple short-stories for the magazine Action, Ootomo created his first science-fiction work, titled Fireball. Although the manga was never completed, it is regarded as a milestone in Ootomo's career, containing many of the same themes he would later explore in [Doumu](https://anilist.co/manga/31215/), which began serialization in January 1980 and ran for two years until completed. In 1982, Ootomo made his anime debut as character designer on [Harmagedon](https://anilist.co/anime/

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