●DESIGN SUPERVISION● NHK SPECIAL TOKYO REBORN

Katsuhiro Otomo has been involved as design supervisor of the title image of the upcoming NHK documentary series about the evolution of Tokyo titled NHK SPECIALl TOKYO REBORN (ＮＨＫスペシャル シリーズ「東京リボーン」). To be broadcasted over the course of two years from December this year, the series is a large-scale program that depicts the evolution and reproduction of Tokyo under the view of the world of "AKIRA". Shoji Yamashiro the original composer of AKIRA soundtrack  is in charge of the theme music of the program.

The first episode titled "Challenge to the Bay Area Futuristic City" will be broadcasted on December 23rd at 9 pm in Japan. In the official announce website a 2-minute video was published as well as some comments by Katsuhiro Otomo and Shoji Yamashiro.

Official site: http://www6.nhk.or.jp/nhkpr/post/original.html?i=17044

NHK posted the opening in their YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/8ttEulEkYbE

●ILLUSTRATION● FLYINGDOG 10th Anniversary

Katsuhiro Otomo has created one of the images that will be sold as a t-shirt to celebrate the FLYINGDOG 10th Anniversary LIVE - DOG FESTIVAL (FlyingDog：10周年記念‐犬フェス‐). This event held by FlyingDog, an animation video/music label will take place on February 2, 2019 at the main arena of MUSASHINO NO MORI GENERAL SPORTS PLAZA  (武蔵野の森総合スポーツプラザ) in Tokyo, Japan. Other manga artists such as Shōji Kawamori (河森正治), CLAMP and Range Murata (村田蓮爾)  have collaborated with their respective designs.

The T-shirt retails for  ¥3.500 and is on sale online on SevenNet in various sizes ExtraLarge, Large  and Medium. Designed by the longtime Otomo collaborator Toshiaki Uesugi.