●AWARD● Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres

Katsuhiro Otomo was awarded by the French Government with the "Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres" (Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters). Renaud Donnedieu gave the speech in which he enphasised the intensity of his artistic commitment, the intrepid splendor and the particular beauty of his creations.

●ANIMATION FILM● SHIN SOS DAITOKYO TANKENTAI (新SOS大東京探検隊)

SHIN SOS DAITOKYO TANKENTAI (新SOS大東京探検隊) the animation movie directed by Shinji Takagi (高木 真司) based on Katsuhiro Otomo's one shot manga SOS TAITOKYO TANKENTAI (SOS 大東京探検隊) was released theatricaly today.Otomo's story was originally published  in Manga Shonen Magazine(マンガ少年) in 1980-IV and collected in the book SOS TAITOKYO TANKENTAI / OTOMO KATSUHIRO ANTHOLOGY 2. Katsuhiro Otomo re-designed the characters for the occasion. The drawing are collected in the page 148 of his art book KABA 2.

FILM CREDITS:

Director: 

Shinji Takagi (高木 真司)

Screenplay:

Sadayuki Murai (村井 さだゆき)

Original creator & Original Character Design: 

Katsuhiro Otomo (大友 克洋)

Character Design & Animation Director :

Hidekazu Ohara (小原 秀一)

Art Director: 

Junichi Taniguchi (谷口 淳一)

Music: 

Yoshihiro Ike (池 頼広)

Sound Director: 

Keiichi Momose (百瀬 慶一)

CGI Director: 

Masashi Kokubo (小久保 将志)

Animation Assistant: 

Mitsunori Murata (村田 充範)

Chief animator: 

Tomonari Nakajima

Chief Compositor: 

Mitsuhiro Sato (佐藤 充宏)

Color design: 

Nagisa Abe (安部 なぎさ)

Editing: 

Takeshi Seyama (瀬山 武司)

Modeling: 

Hiroki Yamada (山田 裕城)

Special Effects Animation Director: 

Takashi Hashimoto (橋本 敬史)

Production: 

Bandai Visual (バンダイビジュアル) / Sunrise (株式会社サンライズ)

Animation Production: 

Sunrise (株式会社サンライズ)

Distributor: 

Shochiku Co., Ltd. (松竹株式会社)

Production Assistance: 

Autodesk, Inc. / Production I.G (プロダクションIG)

Key Animation: 

Pierrot (ぴえろ) / Studio KIN

3D CGI: 

Gonzo (ゴンゾ) / IKIF+ / Transistor Studios / Trick Block

Digital Paint: 
Buyu / Studio Elle (スタジオエル) / T2 Studio / Wish

In-Between Animation:

Nakamura Production (中村プロダクション)

Pierrot (ぴえろ)

Studio Kuma (スタジオ九魔)

Studio Takuranke (スタジオたくらんけ)

SynergySP (シナジーSP)

Wish