Katsuhiro Otomo, born on 14 April 1954, is a Japanese manga artist, screenwriter, animator and film director who first rose to prominence as a pioneering founder of the New Wave in the 1970s. He is best known as the creator of Akira, both the original 1982 manga series and the 1988 animated film adaptation, which is listed here as a work. In 2005 he was decorated a Chevalier of the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.
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In addition, Otomo later received the Winsor McCay Award at the 41st Annie Awards in 2014 and the 2015 Grand Prix de la ville d'Angoulême, the first manga artist to receive the award.
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In 2005, Otomo was decorated a Chevalier of the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, promoted to Officier of the order in 2014, and became the fourth manga artist ever inducted into the American Eisner Award Hall of Fame in 2012.
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