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Portrait of Katsuhiro Otomo

Writing

Katsuhiro Otomo

Career

Active from 1982 to 2019, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Average score
GoodWatch score70/100
Highest rated
Poster for Short Peace
Short Peace
GoodWatch score84/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 14 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.9 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.0 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.7 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 7.8 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Katsuhiro Otomo Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    0.5, average 5.4
  • Family Dynamics
    2.3, average 4.8
  • Situational Comedy
    1.0, average 2.7
  • Romance
    2.1, average 3.8

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Visual Spectacle 2
  • Technological Dangers 2
  • Psychological Horror 2
  • Visually Striking 2
  • Anime Anthology 2
  • Cult Classic 2
  • Japanese Animation 2
  • Robot Themed 2
  • Experimental Animation 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

25
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
Orbital Era
Orbital Era

Screenplay, Director

2020s

1 title · average score 67
Nezumikozo Jirokichi
Nezumikozo Jirokichi (2023)
GoodWatch score 67

Character Designer, Graphic Designer

2010s

5 titles · average score 69
DOMU (Pilot)
DOMU (Pilot) (2016)

Director, Comic Book

Short Peace
Short Peace (2013)
GoodWatch score 84

Original Story, Screenplay

A Farewell to Weapons
A Farewell to Weapons (2013)

Original Story

Combustible
Combustible (2012)
GoodWatch score 68

Screenplay, Original Story

Legend of the Millennium Dragon
Legend of the Millennium Dragon (2011)
GoodWatch score 53

Conceptual Design

2000s

4 titles · average score 66
Mushi-Shi: The Movie
Mushi-Shi: The Movie (2007)
GoodWatch score 57

Director, Screenplay

SOS! Tokyo Metro Explorers: The Next
SOS! Tokyo Metro Explorers: The Next (2007)

Creator, Character Designer

Steamboy
Steamboy (2004)
GoodWatch score 65

Director, Original Story

Metropolis
Metropolis (2001)
GoodWatch score 77

Storyboard Artist, Screenplay

1990s

6 titles · average score 65
Gundam: Mission to the Rise
Gundam: Mission to the Rise (1998)

Director, Writer

Spriggan
Spriggan (1998)
GoodWatch score 55

Screenstory

Gondora
Gondora (1997)

Director

Memories
Memories (1995)
GoodWatch score 78

Screenplay, Character Designer

Roujin Z
Roujin Z (1991)
GoodWatch score 68

Key Animation, Original Story

World Apartment Horror
World Apartment Horror (1991)
GoodWatch score 58

Director, Screenplay

1980s

7 titles · average score 67
Neo Tokyo
Neo Tokyo (1989)
GoodWatch score 68

Director, Screenplay

Akira
Akira (1988)
GoodWatch score 80

Director, Screenplay

So What
So What (1988)

Original Story

Robot Carnival
Robot Carnival (1987)
GoodWatch score 67

Director, Writer

Harmagedon
Harmagedon (1983)
GoodWatch score 47

Key Animation

Give Me a Gun, Give Me Freedom
Give Me a Gun, Give Me Freedom (1982)

Writer, Director

Shuffle
Shuffle (1981)
GoodWatch score 72

Comic Book

1970s

1 title
High School Erotopia: Red Uniforms
High School Erotopia: Red Uniforms (1979)

Original Story