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Katsuhiro Otomo has 6 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1980s through the 2000s. 2 rank in the Top 10%, led by Akira.
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A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath that only two teenagers and a group of psychics can stop.
Dir. Katsuhiro Otomo · With Mitsuo Iwata, Nozomu Sasaki, Mami Koyama

Three back-to-back anime films by three different directors make up this sci-fi trilogy three years in the making.
Dir. Katsuhiro Otomo, Koji Morimoto, Tensai Okamura · With Tsutomu Isobe, Koichi Yamadera, Shozo Iizuka

A trilogy of separate stories. In "Labyrinth labyrinthos", a girl and her cat enter a strange world. In "Running Man", a racer takes on the ultimate opponent. In "Construction Cancellation Order", a man must shut down worker robots.
Dir. Rintaro, Yoshiaki Kawajiri, Katsuhiro Otomo · With Banjo Ginga, Masane Tsukayama, Hideko Yoshida

In the midst of societal conflict in the futuristic city of Metropolis, Kenichi and his uncle Shunsaku Ban set out to uncover the mystery behind the first human-like robot, Tima.
Dir. Rintaro · With Yuka Imoto, Kohki Okada, Kosei Tomita

In 1860s Britain, a boy inventor finds himself caught in the middle of a deadly conflict over a revolutionary advance in steam power.
Dir. Katsuhiro Otomo · With Keiko Aizawa, Aiko Hibi, Manami Konishi
Mr. Takazawa, an elderly invalid who is cared for at his home by Haruko, a young nursing student, is chosen by the Japanese Ministry of Public Welfare to test the Z-001, a computerized hospital bed with robotic features that allegedly displays more efficiency and skills than any human nurse, but Haruko mistrusts a machine unable to consider human feelings.
Dir. Hiroyuki Kitakubo · With Chisa Yokoyama, Hikojiro Matsumura, Chie Sato
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