Katsuhiro Otomo Movies

Summer, 2006. A 5th grader Ryuhei discovers a notebook entitled "Tokyo Exploring Records." It was a journal kept by his father, Shohei, when he was...

The leader of a biker gang tries to save his kidnapped friend from a powerful supernatural experiment.

After swallowing a pill he thought was cold medicine, a young Japanese chemist accidentally transforms himself into an unstoppable biological weapon,...

Live action film by Katsuhiro Ôtomo

Hiroshi Kobayashi is on the run from police who would arrest him for the murder of his girlfriend Naomi. At the same time, he wants revenge on the...

BBC's 1994 documentary on the manga and anime phenomenon that was just starting to hit the UK at the time, and its origins in Japan. Presented by...

A documentary on the making of the Japanese animated science fiction film, Akira, created by Katsuhiro Otomo from his popular graphic novel series of...

This made-for-video documentary gives animation fans a behind-the-scenes look at the making of Metropolis, the film adaptation of classic manga...

A short movie about a guy living in his own world.

A freighter crew responds to a distress call from a station run by an AI opera diva. The AI manipulates life support, VR, and nanosystems, posing...

Memories (1995) making-of featurette, includes introductions to the creative genius behind the shows and looks at Otomo’s previous works, such...

Unrealized live-action film adaptation of Katsuhiro Otomo's Domu manga.

A day in the life of a young boy living in a country that routinely fires large cannons at an unknown enemy.

A salary man is sent by his boss to go to the jungle to stop a construction job.