Who is Katsuhiro Otomo?
Katsuhiro Otomo started off primarily as a manga artist, but his most well-known creation, Akira, sent his name recognition into the stratosphere. Akira, with its incredible animation and insane plotting, is possibly the best-known anime ever. Although Otomo has worked on and directed several other works, such as Memories, a section of Neo Tokyo (AKA Manie Manie), and Roujin Z, none has the status of his masterwork. Although rumors persist of a sequel to Akira, there is no substantiation to them. (Considering the ending of the film, a follow-up would be most difficult indeed.) Who is Mamoru Oshii? Mamoru Oshii is the Stanley Kubrick of anime. Oshii tends to direct films that move slowly and deliberately; they also touch on philosophical concepts most live-action films would never dream of taking on. Oshii’s brilliance came to the forefront with his art film Angel’s Egg, which contained less than 25 lines of dialogue yet stunned audiences with its visual conceptualizations of a world of
