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Katsuhiro Otomo
is a Japanese
manga artist
, screenwriter and film director. He is best known as the creator of the
manga
Akira
and
its animated film adaptation
. He was decorated a
Chevalier
of the French
Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
in 2005, promoted to
Officier
of the order in 2014, became the fourth manga artist ever inducted into the American
Eisner Award Hall of Fame
in 2012, and was awarded the
Purple Medal of Honor
from the Japanese government in 2013. 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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