Katsuhiro Otomo

Robot Carnival (1987)

Robot Carnival (1987)
Rating: ★★★
Apr 22, 2015Anime Anthology of Robot Tales
One of the earliest works from Katsuhiro Otomo, the cult director of Akira, although he only contributes one episode to an anthology of anime tales with the common theme of robots. The collection contains some impressive and visually striking episodes
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Akira (1988)

Akira (1988)
Rating: ★★★★★
Aug 2, 1999Anime/Psychic Powers Amok
The film that created the cult of anime in the West. Essentially a Cyberpunk version of The Fury, this has been construed as a series of climaxes that get progressively larger in scale until they almost reach a point of sensory overload
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Roujin Z (1991)

Roujin Z (1991)
Rating: ★★★½
Mar 11, 2001Anime/Rampaging Hospital Bed
Katsuhiro Otomo written anime that functions as a parody of the school of Transformer robots as the artificially intelligent hospital bed of a geriatric becomes a giant ramshackle colossus rampaging through the city
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World Apartment Horror (1991)

World Apartment Horror (1991)
Rating: ★★
Jan 29, 2014Strange Apartment Building Comedy/Haunting
After making the groundbreaking anime Akira, Katsuhiro Otomo then chose to direct this oddity – a live-action comedy about a frustrated Yakuza enforcer trying to evict an apartment of foreigners that turns into a horror film in its last third
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Perfect Blue (1997)

Perfect Blue (1997)
Rating: ★★★
Apr 11, 1999Anime/Psycho-Thriller
The directorial debut of Satoshi Kon, overseen by Katsuhiro Otomo, an anime concerning a troubled Japanese pop singer being cyber-stalked by a doppelganger
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Spriggan (1998)

Spriggan (1998)
Rating: ★★★
Oct 14, 2001Anime/Alien Artefact/Psychic Kid Amok
Katsuhiro Otomo overseen anime about the discovery of Noah's Ark, an alien artifact that gives a child vast psychic powers in a swathe of destruction not dissimilar to Akira
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Metropolis (2001)

Metropolis (2001)
Rating: ★★★★
Jan 25, 2002Anime/Retro Future/Android Girl
Stunning anime remake of Metropolis based on an Osasmu Tezuka. The visuals and particularly the design are overwhelming – like a Cyberpunk film set in a stylised Art Deco world
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Bugmaster (2006)

Bugmaster (2006)
Rating: ★★★
Dec 10, 2012Wandering Exorcist/Manga Adaptation
Akira director/creator Katsuhiro Otomo returns with this live-action manga adaptation about a wandering exorcist. Very different to any of Otomo's anime, this is much quieter and rooted in Japanese folklore but has some undeniably way out scenes
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