Otomofan
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I had so much fun posting my favorite Frank Miller images, I decided to start a thread for my favorite artist of all time. Like my name implies, I am a huge fan of Katsuhiro Otomo. AKIRA is one of the greatest science fiction comic books of all time. The anime is definitely one of the most visually impressive animated films in history. Otomo has also done amazing illustrations over the years, in comic books, album covers, posters, and many more. He has a sense of graphic design and an eye for architecture far superior to his contemporaries in Japan and around the world.
Let's start with AKIRA, his most well known work.
Here are some covers from YOUNG Magazine, the weekly comic book where AKIRA was initially serialized.
Each of the 6 volumes of the manga had a big frontispiece made up of images from the books. I really like these, and I'm not entirely sure, but I think Otomo may have colored these himself.
AKIRA is almost 2000 pages long. Here's just a few of my very favorite images.
Here is the lobby poster for the movie for its initial American release by Streamline pictures. I don't think Otomo actually drew this image himself, but it's one of my favorites cause it just takes me back to 1990, when I saw the movie for the first time at my local arthouse theater.
The cover for the laserdisc, painted by Otomo:
The cover for the first Japanese DVD release, also painted by Otomo, around 2001.
The most recent picture of Kaneda and the bike, from early 2016:
Let's start with AKIRA, his most well known work.
Here are some covers from YOUNG Magazine, the weekly comic book where AKIRA was initially serialized.
Each of the 6 volumes of the manga had a big frontispiece made up of images from the books. I really like these, and I'm not entirely sure, but I think Otomo may have colored these himself.
AKIRA is almost 2000 pages long. Here's just a few of my very favorite images.
Here is the lobby poster for the movie for its initial American release by Streamline pictures. I don't think Otomo actually drew this image himself, but it's one of my favorites cause it just takes me back to 1990, when I saw the movie for the first time at my local arthouse theater.
The cover for the laserdisc, painted by Otomo:
The cover for the first Japanese DVD release, also painted by Otomo, around 2001.
The most recent picture of Kaneda and the bike, from early 2016: