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Year 2009

 

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Original at YouTube external link    Mon, Feb 9

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Original at YouTube external link    Sat, Jan 24    1 related articles

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Year 2009

 

Rate First pictures from Blood: The Last Vampire

Original at monstersandcritics.com external link    Fri, Jun 12

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It is a 48-minute suspense movie directed by Hiroyuki Kitakubo (who was the key animator for Katsuhiro Otomo's AKIRA). The story is set in Japan during the fall of 1966, when the United States involvement in Vietnam has turned into a full-scale ...

Rate Why is anime invisible on British TV?

Original at EducationGuardian.co.uk external link    Tue, Jun 9

Time to head online to get your Neon Genesis Evangelion fix Nearly two decades ago, the release of the movie adaptation of Katsuhiro Otomo's intense, apocalyptic, epic manga Akira became for many English-speaking audiences their first experience of ... “Anime in a Shell” MorungExpress

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Original at fr.truveo.com external link    Sat, May 30

Los Angeles filmmakers Joshua Siegel and Juan Avilez have collaborated on a live action movie trailer for Katsuhiro Otomo's AKIRA. What began as a ... fr.truveo.com

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Original at 4ever3blog.com external link    Wed, May 27

 NC This isn't a movie you would watch with your children; however, it reflects the horror of the atom bomb and its total destruction with a poignancy and depth that few live action movies can achieve. Akira, Katsuhiro Otomo: Akira released in 1988 is ...

Rate Sick Anime Musicvideo by Ken Ishii

Original at gametrailers.com external link    Fri, May 22

This Track is called "Extra" from Ken Ishii. Katsuhiro Otomo (he made Akira) was the director of this Video. It has some violent scenes. www.gametrailers.com

Rate Everyone's A Critic: A round-up of comic book reviews and thinkpieces.

Original at Comic Book Resources external link    Thu, May 21

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 Ca Time for another lengthy and fascinating essay from Even A Monkey Can Draw Manga co-author Kentaro Takekuma. This time he examines the work of Akira creator Katsuhiro Otomo. * John K. talks about the whys and wherefores of good composition, ...

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Original at videodetective.com external link    Thu, May 21

Animator of the groundbreaking animé classic Akira, Katsuhiro Otomo was the executive producer for this two-fisted Raiders of the Lost Ark-like ... videodetective.com

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Original at GameSpot external link    Wed, May 20

A snippet from “Akira” of Kaneda on his modified red cycle. In 1988, this film by Katsuhiro Otomo set the standard for all future anime releases ... www.gamespot.com

Rate The Influence of Japanese Comics and Animation

Original at Comic Book Movie external link    Thu, May 14

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 UT Dark Horse Comics would release many translated manga during the 1990s. Marvel's Epic Comics line would also licesnse an english translation of Katsuhiro Otomo's Akira. While manga/anime influence had previously only been felt in the fringe or ...

Rate Take a trip to krazy Tokyo

Original at Examiner.com external link    Sat, May 2

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Of the films on tap, I recommend taking in the movie that introduced anime to many Americans, Katsuhiro Otomo's Akira; Masaaki Yuasa's jaw-dropping, abstract absurdity Mind Game; Satoshi Kon's, haunting, mental maze Paprika; and The Place Promised in ...

Rate Revisiting the Art of Akira Part III - The Continuity of Akira

Original at Halcyon Realms external link    Fri, Apr 24

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By yonghow Revisiting the Art of Akira Part II - Akira ClubRevisiting the Art of Akira Part I - Akira Animation ArchivesAkira on Blu-rayWho is Katsuhiro Otomo ? 大友克洋 新解説Freedom screenplay + art of book 01 “The Continuity of Akira” is a 2 volume storyboard book set published in 1988 (right around the t...

Rate Oshimania Plus the Japan Societygoes 'KRAZY!'

Original at Village Voice external link    Tue, Mar 31

 NY screens a number of key anime features daily in their entirety. These include Katsuhiro Ôtomo's apocalyptic Akira (1988), which had the same impact on anime as Blade Runner did on sci-fi; Satoshi Kon's superb mindbender Paprika (2006); and Patlabor 2: ...

Rate A Year of Cool Comic Book Moments - Day 83

Original at Comics Should Be Good! external link    Tue, Mar 24

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 Ca Today we look at a cool scene from early on in Akira. 1. Writer/artist Katsuhiro Otomo puts so much striking energy into the motorcycles racing that it is almost like you can see them actually moving. 2. In just these few pages, he does a great deal of ...

Rate Revisiting the Art of Akira Part II - Akira Club

Original at Halcyon Realms external link    Tue, Mar 24

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By yonghow Revisiting the Art of Akira Part I - Akira Animation ArchivesKatsuhiro Otomo + Katsuya Terada = VIVA IL CICLISSIMO!Freedom screenplay + art of book 01Brutus Special Issue : Takehiko InoueWho is Katsuhiro Otomo ? 大友克洋 新解説 Published in 1995, some 6 years after the film’s initial release,...

Rate 'Krazy!' at Japan Society; Yohei Nishimura's 'Spent Heat ...

Original at Village Voice external link    Tue, Mar 24

 NY That's especially true in the landmark and influential Akira, a 1988 animated film from Katsuhiro O-tomo, which, for many US moviegoers, first demonstrated that Japanese comics weren't all saccharin-cute like Hello Kitty. Set in a post–World War III ...

Rate Book Review: Schoolgirl Milky Crisis: Adventures in the Anime and ...

Original at Blogcritics external link    Mon, Mar 23

 OH Clements' appreciations of major manga figures like Keiji Nakasawa (author of the Hiroshimo memoir Barefoot Gen, one of the first manga series to get published in the US), Katsuhiro Otomo (Akira), Miyazaki and more are also really fine, displaying both ...

Rate Transtopia Newsletter - March

Original at seibertron.com external link    Wed, Mar 18

 IL My interest grew in the art I could not find at my local comic shop, and when I was old enough to afford my own comics, I started importing the masters of Japanese manga. My favorite work from Japan is the 6-tome Akira masterpiece by Katsuhiro Otomo. ...

Rate Review-a-Day #25: Akira - Volume 1Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at google.com external link    Mon, Mar 16

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Today's review is the classic Manga Akira, by Katsuhiro Otomo! vimeo.com

Rate A Year of Cool Comic Book Moments - Day 69

Original at Comics Should Be Good! external link    Wed, Mar 11

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 Ca Today we look at an awfully poignant moment from the end of Akira. Okay, you don’t HAVE to be familiar with Katsuhiro Otomo’s amazing epic, Akira, to really understand what I’m about to show you, but it sure doesn’t help if you are. ...

Rate Akira

Original at blockbuster.com external link    Mon, Mar 2

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One of the most influential examples of anime, Akira is based on the manga (comic book) by Katsuhiro Otomo. The story is set in the post ... www.blockbuster.com

Rate What Are You Reading?

Original at Comic Book Resources external link    Sun, Mar 1

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 Ca Michael May: I’m only on Volume Two of Akira and am already using every ounce of my willpower not to immediately find and watch the anime version. I can’t wait to see Katsuhiro Otomo’s amazing art animated, but I don’t want to spoil the comic. ...

Rate Krazy Exhibition at the Japan Society in New York

Original at Anime News Network external link    Thu, Feb 26

 Canada Seminal works by six influential anime artists, eight manga artists, one sound artist and two video game designers are featured in KRAZY!. Exhibition highlights include excerpts from the classic anime, Akira (1988) by Katsuhiro Otomo , which was set in ...

Rate Professor of Japanese speaks about anime fandom

Original at Tufts Daily external link    Sun, Feb 22

 MA The turning point for anime’s popularity in the West was the “dark, brutal, exciting, visceral” 1988 Katsuhiro Otomo film “Akira,” according to Napier. “It started a whole different way of looking at Japan for the US, because all of a sudden people saw ...

Rate THE WHOLE SHOOTIN’ MATCH

Original at New York Times external link    Fri, Feb 20

 United States A scene from Katsuhiro Otomo’s “Akira,” one of the first productions to up the budget ante for Japanese animation. The beginnings of the American independent film movement can partly be traced to the 1978 Utah/US Film Festival, a small-scale event in ...

Rate The Eastern World Gives the Trend: focus on Japan

Original at Artfacts.Net external link    Sun, Feb 8

 UK - Feb 8, 2009 The animated film was created in the 50s but has developed to renew its style in the 80s with films such as Akira by Katsuhiro Otomo who influenced a whole ...

Rate Akira movie update

Original at Comic Book Movie external link    Mon, Jan 5

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 UT - Through the breadth of the work, Katsuhiro Otomo explores themes of social isolation, corruption and power which though hinted at in the movie, ...

Rate AICN Anime: Bat-Manga! Naoki Urasawa's 20th Century Boys, Claymore ...

Original at Ain't It Cool News external link    Fri, Nov 7

By ScottGreen If you have Katsuhiro Otomo's Akira manga and Kuwata's Batman, to the two up next to each other. Batman stands as an example of the essential core of what's been elaborated upon to form some of the great spectacles of manga. ...

Rate Future Manga Masterpiece Movies: 5 Manga Movies We Want to See ...

Original at io9 external link    Sun, Aug 17

Just a temporal hop skip and a jump away is 's live-action big screen version of Katsuhiro Otomo's Akira but. ... 5 Manga Movies We Want to See After Akira Blows Everyone's Mind ...

Year 2007

 

Rate Where's Kaneda?: Kanye West Is TetsuoVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at Gizmodo external link    Thu, Jul 5

By Jean Snow Nevermind that Kanye West manages to bring down the great Daft Punk sample in his latest single, "Stronger," with some boring raps. Says the Kanye: "Does anyone make real shit anymore?" Apparently not, but fans of Katsuhiro Otomo's classic Akira film will probably find something to like...

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Original at Gridskipper external link    Wed, Jul 4

By Jean Snow The video for Kanye West's new single, "Stronger" -- the one that samples Daft Punk quite liberally -- takes inspiration from Katsuhiro Otomo's classic AKIRA film.

Rate Mushishi AKA Bugmaster Review

Original at twitchfilm.net external link    Thu, Apr 26

Occassional Twitch contributor James Maruyama checks in once again with a review of Katsuhiro OTomo's Mushishi, a film most in these parts found underwhelming when it played locally at the Toronto International Film Festival. Sadly, James aggrees. Otomo Katsuhiro's "Akira"...

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