What is Katsuhiro Otomo?
{{Infobox comics creator | {{lang|ja|text= 大友 克洋}} | bodyclass = hlist | image = FIBD2016OtomoHermann (cropped).jpg | imagesize = | caption = Otomo in 2016 | birth_name = Katsuhiro Otomo | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1954|04|14}} | birth_place = [[Miyagi Prefecture|Miyagi Prefecture, Japan]] | influences = [[Stanley Kubrick]], [[Osamu Tezuka]], [[James Dean]] | influenced = [[Satoshi Kon]] | nationality = Japanese | writer = y | penciller = y | alias = | signature = | notable works =''[[Domu: A Child's Dream|Dōmu]]''<br>''[[Akira (manga)|Akira]]''<br>''[[Metropolis (2001 movie)|Metropolis]]''<br>''[[Steamboy]]'' | awards = *[[Nihon SF Taisho Award]] (1983) *[[Kodansha Manga Award]] (1984) *[[Seiun Award]] (1982, 1984) *[[Will Eisner Award]] (1992, 2002) *[[Harvey Award]] (1993) *[[Annie Award]] (2014) *[[Grand Prix de la ville d'Angoulême]] (2015) }} {{Nihongo|'''Katsuhiro Otomo'''|大友 克洋|Ōtomo Katsuhiro|born April 14, 1954}} is a Japanese [[Mangaka|manga artist]], screenwriter and movie director. He is best known as the creator of the [[manga]] ''[[Akira (manga)|Akira]]'' and [[Akira (1988 movie)|its animated movie version]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-12-14/akira-katsuhiro-otomo-announces-live-action-film-plans/.82150|title=Akira's Katsuhiro Otomo Announces Live-Action Film Plans|work=[[Anime News Network]]|date=December 14, 2014|access-date=December 14, 2014}}</ref> He became the fourth manga artist ever honored into the American [[List of Eisner Award winners#The Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame|Eisner Award Hall of Fame]] in 2012.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://ajw.asahi.com/article/cool_japan/anime_news/AJ201208140052|title=ANIME NEWS: Katsuhiro Otomo inducted into Eisner's Hall of Fame|newspaper=[[Asahi Shimbun]]|date=August 14, 2012|access-date=October 16, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017121811/http://ajw.asahi.com/article/cool_japan/anime_news/AJ201208140052|archive