Otomo hints at a comeback while Naoki Urasawa throws in his support, fueling speculation of a historic creative partnership.

(THE CONVERSATION) At the end of Katsuhiro Otomo’s dystopian Japanese anime film “Akira,” a throbbing, white mass begins to envelop Neo-Tokyo. Eventually, its swirling winds engulf the metropolis, ...

Akira, created by Katsuhiro Otomo from his popular graphic novel series of the same title; shows Japanese animators at work and discusses their state-of-the-art animation techniques.

(THE CONVERSATION) At the end of Katsuhiro Otomo’s dystopian Japanese ... in music and in art. The finale of “Akira” is only one example of apocalyptic imagery in the anime and manga canon ...