The Art of Katsuhiro Otomo

by Jeremy Mark Robinson

Overview

This is a book about the genius Japanese artist Katsuhiro Otomo (b. 1954).

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781861716873
Publisher:	Crescent Moon Publishing
Publication date:	11/03/2017
Pages:	632
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 1.38(d)

About the Author

Jeremy Robinson has published poetry, fiction, and studies of J.R.R. Tolkien, Samuel Beckett, Thomas Hardy, André Gide and D.H. Lawrence. Robinson has edited poetry books by Novalis, Ursula Le Guin, Friedrich Hölderlin, Francesco Petrarch, Dante Alighieri, Arseny Tarkovsky, and Rainer Maria Rilke. Books on film and animation include: The Cinema of Hayao Miyazaki • Hayao Miyazaki: Pocket Guide • Princess Mononoke: Pocket Movie Guide • Spirited Away: Pocket Movie Guide • Pasolini: Il cinema di Poesia/ The Cinema of Poetry • The Art of Masamune Shirow (3 volumes) • The Ghost In the Shell Book (2 volumes) • Fullmetal Alchemist • Blade Runner and the Cinema of Philip K. Dick • Blade Runner: Pocket Movie Guide • The Cinema of Donald Cammell • Performance: Donald Cammell: Nic Roeg: Pocket Movie Guide • Ken Russell: England's Great Visionary Film Director and Music Lover • Tommy: Ken Russell: The Who: Pocket Movie Guide • Women In Love: Ken Russell: D.H. Lawrence: Pocket Movie Guide • The Devils: Ken Russell: Pocket Movie Guide • Walerian Borowczyk: Cinema of Erotic Dreams • The Beast: Pocket Movie Guide • The Lord of the Rings Movies • The Fellowship of the Ring: Pocket Movie Guide • The Two Towers: Pocket Movie Guide • The Return of the King: Pocket Movie Guide • Jean-Luc Godard: The Passion of Cinema • The Sacred Cinema of Andrei Tarkovsky • Andrei Tarkovsky: Pocket Guide.

Table of Contents

CONTENTS

Acknowledgements 10

Picture Credits 10

Note 10

PART ONE: KATSUHIRO OTOMO

01 Katsuhiro Otomo 16

PART TWO: MANGA

01 Some of Katsuhiro Otomo’s Manga

Works 58

02 Hansel and Gretel: Katsuhiro Otomo’s Fairy

Tales and Classics 116

03 Inri 145

04 Domu 158

05 The Legend of Mother Sarah 191

06 Later Manga Works By Katsuhiro

Otomo 216

PART THREE: CINEMA

01 Some of Katsuhiro Otomo’s Works In

Cinema 228

02 Memories 251

03 Metropolis 294

04 Steam-Boy 303

05 Mushishi 326

06 Short Peace: Combustible 340

PART FOUR: THE AKIRA MOVIE

01 Introduction: Some Reasons Why Akira Is a

Masterwork 367

02 Akira and the Japanese Animé

Industry 374

03 Akira: Production 398

04 Akira: Characters 417

05 Akira: The Story of Akira 442

06 Akira: Themes and Issues 489

07 Akira: The Style of Akira 520

PART FIVE: THE AKIRA MANGA

01 The Akira Manga 534

APPENDICES

Moebius• Mushishi • Sky Blue 589

Resources 602

Fans On Akira 608

Critics On Akira 610

Katsuhiro Otomo: Filmographies 612

Katsuhiro Otomo: Manga Works 622

Bibliography 623