Today, January 6, Kodansha officially announced that the complete works of Katsuyo Otomo, which includes all the works of the famous Japanese manga artist Katsuyo Otomo, will be released in 2021, and at the same time, the news of several other related works has been released, and the previously announced "Akira" Hollywood live-action movie has been indefinitely suspended.
Katsuhiro Otomo was born on April 14, 1954 in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese animation director, screenwriter, producer, and manga artist. The comic masterpiece "Akira" is famous all over the world. In 1986, he directed his first animated film "Labyrinth Story", thus officially starting his directing career. In 1988, he directed the sci-fi drama animated film Akira, which was released. In 2006, he directed the fantasy drama film "Bug Master", which was shortlisted for the main competition unit of the 63rd Venice International Film Festival.
In addition to announcing the release of "Katsuyo Otomo Complete Works" within the year, and confirming the news of several related works previously made public, the new animated film "Orbital era" and the new animated version of "Akira" are still in production, while the Hollywood live-action film "Akira" is determined to suspend production indefinitely.