Katsuhiro Otomo is a Japanese manga artist and filmmaker who created 'Akira' — first as a manga (1982–1990) and then as an animated film (1988) — and produced one of the most influential works of science fiction in any medium.
'Akira' (1988) created the definitive visual language of cyberpunk anime — neon, post-apocalyptic Tokyo, motorcycle gangs, psychic powers — that influenced Nolan's visual formation and represents the Japanese strand of science fiction that informed his aesthetic alongside European art cinema.
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