ChronOtomo | Otomo Katsuhiro Chronology

●SOUNDTRACK● Domu Image Album LP (LP 童夢イメージ・アルバム)

Katsuhiro Otomo's DOMU ( 童夢 ) manga released by KODANSHA in 1983, became at that time an animation project that never took place. The only item released related to that project is a LP with the first approach to the music that was going to be part of the soundtrack of the film. Katsuhiro Otomo drew the illustration for the LP cover as well as for the poster that was given as a reservation gift. Both illustrations drawn by Otomo for this LP are included in the pages 10 and 11 of the artbook KABA.

Creator：Katsuhiro Otomo (大友克洋)

Music: Kazuhiko Izu (伊豆一彦)

Performed by Kazuhiko Izu (伊豆一彦), Takayuki Hijikata (土方隆行), Yuji Muto (武藤祐二), Motoharu Hamasera(浜瀬元春), Atsuo Okamoto (岡本敦男)　

LP DETAILS

Publisher: King Records (キングレコード)

Release date: 1984-VI-21

Retail Price: ¥2,800

Catalogue Number: K28G-7184

●MANGA● AKIRA part 38

AKIRA part 38

Young Magazine (ヤングマガジン) No.14
1984-VII-16 | 17 pages | B&W

Collected in the books:
●AKIRA 3 in original black & white
●All Color AKIRA 5 colored by Steve Oliff
●True Color AKIRA 3 colored by Steve Oliff

●OTOMO THE COMPLETE WORKS 14: AKIRA 3

●MANGA● AKIRA part 37

AKIRA part 37

Young Magazine (ヤングマガジン) No.13
1984-VII-2 | 20 pages | B&W

Collected in the books:
●AKIRA 3 in original black & white
●All Color AKIRA 5 colored by Steve Oliff
●True Color AKIRA 3 colored by Steve Oliff

●OTOMO THE COMPLETE WORKS 14: AKIRA 3

●CHARACTER DESIGN● HONDA CITY TURBO II Commercial

Katsuhiro Otomo made the character designs of the Bulldog featured in the HONDA CITY TURBO II commercial. Junko Osaka made the final model based on his designs. The commercial was aired in Japan in 1984

Otomo's sketches can be found in KABA artbook pages 112~115.

●CASSETTE● COMICS ORIGINAL ALBUM DŌMU ( コミックス・オリジナル・アルバム　童夢)

Katsuhiro Otomo's DŌMU (童夢) manga published by Futabasha from 1980 to 1981 and finished collected in 1983, became at that time an animation project that never took place. Starchild Records has published the cassette version of that project as the first approach to the music that was going to be part of the soundtrack of the film. Katsuhiro Otomo drew the cover and back illustrations. The music is composed and arranged and produced by Kazuhiko Izu (伊豆一彦)

PERFORMERS:

Acustic Piano / Electric Piano / Synthesizer: Kazuhiko Izu (伊豆一彦) & Hirotaka Izumi (和泉宏隆)

Electric Guitar / Acoustic Guitar: Takayuki Hijikata (土方隆行) & Kenji Kitajima (北島健二)

Electric Bass: Kazuyuki Satou (佐藤和行)
Wood Bass: Motohiko Hamase (濱瀬元彦)
Drums: Atsuo Okamoto (岡本郭男)
Percussions: Tatsuji Yokoyama (横山達嗣)
Sax, Flute: Ikuo Kataoka (片岡郁雄)
Violin: Toshihiro Nakanishi (中西俊博)
Mandolin: Hideki Wachi (和智秀樹)
MC-4 & Synth Operator: Tatsuhiko Mori (森達彦)

TRACK LIST:

SIDE A

01 - Act 1 Scene 7 (3:51)
02 - Act 2 Scene 26 (4:26)
03 - Act 3 Scene 8 (3:42)
04 - Act 4 Scene 14 (4:23)
05 - Act 5 Scene 10 (1:59)

SIDE B

01 - Act 6 Scene 24 (5:12)
02 - Act 7 Scene 23 (4:14)
03 - Act 8 Scene 11 (4:43)
04 - Act 9 Scene 27 (4:20)

CASSETTE DETAILS

Publisher: Starchild Records (スターチャイルドレコード)
Release date: 1984-VI-21
Language: Japanese
Duration: 36 min 50s
Format: Audio Cassette
Retail price: ¥2,800
Catalogue number: K28H-4204

●MANGA● AKIRA part 36

AKIRA part 36

Young Magazine (ヤングマガジン) No.12
1984-VI-18 | 21 pages | B&W

Collected in the books:
●AKIRA 3 in original black & white
●All Color AKIRA 5 colored by Steve Oliff
●True Color AKIRA 3 colored by Steve Oliff

●OTOMO THE COMPLETE WORKS 14: AKIRA 3

●ILLUSTRATION● YOU 100th program opening

Katshuhiro Otomo has drawn the illustrations of the opening for the japanese NHK 's YOU special 100th program.

VIDEO DETAILS

Client: NHK Education TV「YOU」(NHK教育テレビ「YOU」)

Original Broadcast date: 1984-VI-9

Song: Ryuichi Sakamoto (坂本龍一)

Pictures: Katsuhiro Otomo (大友克洋)

The illustrations are contained in Katsuhiro Otomo's book KABA

The Music from this opening was released in Ryuichi Sakamoto's CM/TV album:

http://amzn.to/TVQUEr

●MANGA● AKIRA part 35

AKIRA part 35

Young Magazine (ヤングマガジン) No.11
1984-VI-4 | 14 pages | B&W

Collected in the books:
●AKIRA 3 in original black & white
●All Color AKIRA 5 colored by Steve Oliff
●True Color AKIRA 3 colored by Steve Oliff

●OTOMO THE COMPLETE WORKS 14: AKIRA 3

●ILLUSTRATION● SUNTORY TULLAMORE DEEW

Katsuhiro Otomo has drawn seven characters for SUNTORY TULLAMORE DEEW (サントリータラモアの露) printed commercials that appeared in the Japanese Popeye and PlayBoy magazines during 1984 and 1986. The illustrations are contained in the pages 120-121 of the artbook KABA.

●MANGA● HOOMONSHA (訪問者)

HOOMONSHA (訪問者)

SF Adventure (SFアドベンチャー) #6
1984-VI | 24 pages | B&W

Collected in the book:
●OTOMO KATSUHIRO ANTHOLOGY 2

●MANGA● AKIRA part 34

AKIRA part 34

Young Magazine (ヤングマガジン) No.10
1984-V-21 | 26 pages | B&W

Collected in the books:
●AKIRA 3 in original black & white
●All Color AKIRA 5 colored by Steve Oliff
●True Color AKIRA 3 colored by Steve Oliff

●OTOMO THE COMPLETE WORKS 14: AKIRA 3

●MANGA● AKIRA part 33

AKIRA part 33

Young Magazine (ヤングマガジン) No.9
1984-V-7 | 20 pages | B&W

Collected in the books:
●AKIRA 2 in original black & white
●All Color AKIRA 4 colored by Steve Oliff
●True Color AKIRA 2 colored by Steve Oliff

●OTOMO THE COMPLETE WORKS 14: AKIRA 3

●MANGA● AKIRA part 32

AKIRA part 32

Young Magazine (ヤングマガジン) No.8
1984-IV-16 | 20 pages | B&W

Collected in the books:
●AKIRA 2 in original black & white
●All Color AKIRA 4 colored by Steve Oliff
●True Color AKIRA 2 colored by Steve Oliff

●OTOMO THE COMPLETE WORKS 14: AKIRA 3

●MANGA● AKIRA part 31

AKIRA part 31

Young Magazine (ヤングマガジン) No.7
1984-IV-2 | 20 pages | B&W

Collected in the books:
●AKIRA 2 in original black & white
●All Color AKIRA 4 colored by Steve Oliff
●True Color AKIRA 2 colored by Steve Oliff

●OTOMO THE COMPLETE WORKS 14: AKIRA 3

●MANGA● AKIRA part 30

AKIRA part 30

Young Magazine (ヤングマガジン) No.6
1984-III-19 | 20 pages | B&W

Collected in the books:
●AKIRA 2 in original black & white
●All Color AKIRA 4 colored by Steve Oliff
●True Color AKIRA 2 colored by Steve Oliff

●OTOMO THE COMPLETE WORKS 14: AKIRA 3

●MANGA● AKIRA part 29

AKIRA part 29

Young Magazine (ヤングマガジン) No.5
1984-III-5 | 20 pages | B&W

Collected in the books:
●AKIRA 2 in original black & white
●All Color AKIRA 4 colored by Steve Oliff
●True Color AKIRA 2 colored by Steve Oliff
●OTOMO THE COMPLETE WORKS 14: AKIRA 3

●ILLUSTRATION● TAKUMI – FRAGMENTS OF TIME

The last EP by Takumi Iwasaki (岩崎工), Fragments of Time features a cover illustration by Katsuhiro Otomo. This was the music used for the Canon T-70 commercials designed by Otomo himself. The illustrations are collected in KABA.

LP DETAILS

Label: Sound Design Records – 1342-36
Released: 1984
Format: Vinyl, 12", 45 RPM
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop

TRACK LIST

A1 - Dawn

A2 - Fragments Of Time

A3 - Wave Over And (Remixed Version)

B - Wayane Karnu (Extended Version)

CREDITS

•Bass – Nobuo Nakahara

•Co-producer – Tetsu Hayase

•Drums – Hideo Yamaki, Masaharu Ishikawa, Shoji Fujii

•Engineer – Masayoshi Ohkawa , Seigen Ono

•Executive Producer – Shin Akita , Taka Nanri

•Guitar – Tomofumi Suzuki

•Supervised By – Takahiro Kawada

•Vocal, Keyboards – Takumi

Notes:

Recorded and mixed at Sound City, Originally mastered by HELLO GOOD-BYE INC. and SOUND DESIGN INC. Includes an insert sheet.

●ILLUSTRATION● CANON T-70

Katsuhiro Otomo made various character and background designs for the TV CM and the printed ad campaign of the new CANON T-70 camera.

The illustrations are collected in the art book KABA.

●CONCEPT & CHARACTER DESIGN● CANON T-70: Future Cityhen (未来都市篇)

Katsuhiro Otomo has designed and made the storyboards for this 30 second commercial of the Canon T-70 camera. Together with the TV commercials, printed advertisements were released in press media.

CM DETAILS

Brand: Canon

Title: CANON T-70: Future Cityhen (未来都市篇)

Duration: 30s

The illustrations by Katsuhiro Otomo are collected in KABA

●CONCEPT & CHARACTER DESIGN● CANON T-70: Highway Star Hen (HIGHWAY STAR篇)

Katsuhiro Otomo has designed and made the storyboards for this 30 second commercial of the Canon T-70 camera. Together with the TV commercials, printed advertisements were released in press media.

CM DETAILS

Brand: Canon

Title: CANON T-70: Highway Star Hen (HIGHWAY STAR篇)

Duration:30s

The illustrations by Katsuhiro Otomo are collected in KABA

●MANGA● AKIRA part 28

AKIRA part 28

Young Magazine (ヤングマガジン) No.4
1984-II-20 | 20 pages | B&W

Collected in the books:
●AKIRA 2 in original black & white
●All Color AKIRA 4 colored by Steve Oliff
●True Color AKIRA 2 colored by Steve Oliff

●OTOMO THE COMPLETE WORKS 13: AKIRA 2

●BULLETIN● KATSUHIRO OTOMO CLUB Bulletin DŌMU 3 (大友克洋クラブ会報「童夢 3」)

Third issue of Katsuhiro Otomo fan club bulletin with Otomo related articles, interviews and more.

●MANGA● AKIRA part 27

AKIRA part 27

Young Magazine (ヤングマガジン) No.2
1984-I-16 | 20 pages | B&W

Collected in the books:
●AKIRA 2 in original black & white
●All Color AKIRA 4 colored by Steve Oliff
●True Color AKIRA 2 colored by Steve Oliff

●OTOMO THE COMPLETE WORKS 13: AKIRA 2

●ILLUSTRATION●SEOUL NO RENSHŪMONDAI (ソウルの練習問題)

Katsuhiro Otomo made an illustration to introduce the second episode of Natsuo Sekikawa's (関川夏央) novel SEOUL NO RENSHŪMONDAI (ソウルの練習問題).

SEOUL NO RENSHŪMONDAI (ソウルの練習問題)

BOOK DETAILS
Publisher: Century Press (センチュリープレス)
Publishing date : 1984-I-8
Language: Japanese
Pages: 269
Size: 12.5×17.6 cm
Retail price:¥880

AVAILABILITY
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SEOUL NO RENSHŪMONDAI (ソウルの練習問題) paperback

BOOK DETAILS
Publisher: Shinchōsha (新潮社)
Publishing date: 1988-XII-5
Language: Japanese
Pages: 316
Size: 10.5×14.8 cm
Retail price:¥400

ISBN-10: 4101107114

ISBN-13: 978-4101107110

AVAILABILITY
Amazon JP: https://amzn.to/44Z6FAn
Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3pAmo8C
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Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3LZI9X8
Amazon DE: https://amzn.to/3nWKPwE
Amazon FR: https://amzn.to/3Br8VCA
Amazon IT: https://amzn.to/41FORra
Amazon ES: https://amzn.to/3O2nB2D

●ILLUSTRATION● AKIRA TRAINER (アキラのトレーナー)

Katsuhiro Otomo has drawn this illustration for a trainer that was given as a gift with Young Magazine (ヤングマガジン) where AKIRA is being serialized.

A small size of this illustration is collected in the page 36 of the book AKIRA CLUB

●MANGA● AKIRA part 26

AKIRA part 26

Young Magazine (ヤングマガジン) No.1
1984-I-2 | 20 pages | B&W

Collected in the books:
●AKIRA 2 in original black & white
●All Color AKIRA 4 colored by Steve Oliff
●True Color AKIRA 2 colored by Steve Oliff

●OTOMO THE COMPLETE WORKS 13: AKIRA 2

●MANGA● AKIRA part 25

AKIRA part 25

Young Magazine (ヤングマガジン) No.24
1983-XII-19 | 20 pages | B&W

Collected in the books:
●AKIRA 2 in original black & white
●All Color AKIRA 4 colored by Steve Oliff
●True Color AKIRA 2 colored by Steve Oliff

●OTOMO THE COMPLETE WORKS 13: AKIRA 2

●MANGA● AKIRA part 24

AKIRA part 24

Young Magazine (ヤングマガジン) No.23
1983-XII-5 | 20 pages | B&W

Collected in the books:
●AKIRA 2 in original black & white
●All Color AKIRA 3 colored by Steve Oliff
●True Color AKIRA 2 colored by Steve Oliff

●OTOMO THE COMPLETE WORKS 13: AKIRA 2

●MANGA● AKIRA part 23

AKIRA part 23

Young Magazine (ヤングマガジン) No.22
1983-XI-21 | 20 pages | B&W

Collected in the books:
●AKIRA 2 in original black & white
●All Color AKIRA 3 colored by Steve Oliff
●True Color AKIRA 2 colored by Steve Oliff

●OTOMO THE COMPLETE WORKS 13: AKIRA 2

●MANGA● AKIRA part 22

AKIRA part 22

Young Magazine (ヤングマガジン) No.21
1983-XI-7 | 20 pages | B&W

Collected in the books:
●AKIRA 2 in original black & white
●All Color AKIRA 3 colored by Steve Oliff
●True Color AKIRA 2 colored by Steve Oliff

●OTOMO THE COMPLETE WORKS 13: AKIRA 2

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