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●BOOK● OTOMO THE COMPLETE WORKS 32: Animation STEAMBOY Storyboards 2

  


The 32nd volume of OTOMO THE COMPLE WORKS  published by Kodansha features the second out of two volumes that collect the entirety of the enormous number of storyboards created by Katsuhiro Otomo for his 2004 feature-length animation film STEAMBOY, a work conceived, written, and directed by himself, whose production, from planning to release took a full ten years and marked Otomo's first such work since AKIRA.

At the time of the film’s release, STEAMBOY: THE STORYBOARD BOOK was published by Kodansha as a single, massive hardcover volume of 780 pages. This new edition divides the material into two separate volumes and enlarges the page size from A5 to the larger format used in THE COMPLETE WORKS collection.

This second volume contains the entirety of parts D, E1 and E2 (out of the six total parts: A, B, C, D, E, and E2) and it also includes storyboards from alternate versions and the pilot film. Additionally, approximately 60 pages of previously unreleased and never-before-published storyboard sketches have been added as well as Otomo's latest commentary at the end of the book. This two-volume set offers readers both a guide to unraveling the film’s structure and a new way to experience it through the medium of print.

BOOK DETAILS
Publisher: Kodansha (講談社)
Publication date: 2025-XI-26
Release date: 2025-XI-28
Language: Japanese
Number of pages: 480
Size: 248 x 172mm 
Retail price: ¥4,950
ISBN-10: 4065416590
ISBN-13: 978-4065416594

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●BOOK● OTOMO THE COMPLETE WORKS 31: Animation STEAMBOY Storyboards 1

 


The 31st volume of OTOMO THE COMPLE WORKS  published by Kodansha features the first out of two volumes that collect the entirety of the enormous number of storyboards created by Katsuhiro Otomo for his 2004 feature-length animation film STEAMBOY, a work conceived, written, and directed by himself, whose production, from planning to release took a full ten years and marked Otomo's first such work since AKIRA.

At the time of the film’s release, STEAMBOY: THE STORYBOARD BOOK was published by Kodansha as a single, massive hardcover volume of 780 pages. This new edition divides the material into two separate volumes and enlarges the page size from A5 to the larger format used in THE COMPLETE WORKS collection.

This first volume contains the entirety of parts A, B, and C (out of the six total parts: A, B, C, D, E, and E2) and it also includes nearly 100 pages of “rough draft storyboards” published here for the very first time.  This two-volume set offers readers both a guide to unraveling the film’s structure and a new way to experience it through the medium of print.


BOOK DETAILS
Publisher: Kodansha (講談社)
Publication date: 2025-VIII-29
Release date: 2025-IX-2
Language: Japanese
Number of pages: 480
Size: 248 x 172mm 
Retail price: ¥4,950
ISBN-10: 4065408466
ISBN-13: 978-4065408469

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●BOOK● OTOMO THE COMPLETE WORKS 22: Animation AKIRA Storyboards 2



This book is the second volume out of two, of a huge amount of storyboards drawn by Otomo himself during the production process of the anime version of AKIRA. Originally published also as two separate volumes by the editorial department of Young Magazine in 1988, both volumes AKIRA E-KONTE 1 (アキラ 絵コンテ集 1) and AKIRA E-KONTE 2 (アキラ 絵コンテ集 2) have been out of print for a long time and are difficult to obtain these days.

Divided in four parts A, B C and D, This volume 22 of OTOMO THE COMPLETE WORKS collects the parts C and D of the storyboards of the animation film AKIRA as well as new elements such as previously unpublished cuts and commentary pages by Otomo himself.

BOOK DETAILS
Publisher: Kodansha (講談社)
Publication date: 2022-III-16
Release date: 2022-III-18
Language: Japanese
Number of pages: 408
Size: 248 x 172mm 
Retail price: ¥4,400
ISBN-10: ‎ 4065273102
ISBN-13: ‎ 978-4065273104

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●BOOK● OTOMO THE COMPLETE WORKS 21: Animation AKIRA Storyboards 1



Kodansha has published today the first two volumes of Katsuhiro Otomo's Complete works collection. One of the two titles selected to inaugurate OTOMO THE COMPLE WORKS is Animation AKIRA Storyboards 1 with the number 21 in the collection. 

This book is the first volume out of two, of a huge amount of storyboards drawn by Otomo himself during the production process of the anime version of AKIRA. Originally published also as two separate volumes by the editorial department of Young Magazine in 1988, both volumes AKIRA E-KONTE 1 (アキラ 絵コンテ集 1) and AKIRA E-KONTE 2 (アキラ 絵コンテ集 2) have been out of print for a long time and are difficult to obtain these days.

Storyboards are often thought of as rough blueprints, but the precision of the AKIRA storyboards is something else. Otomo drew them around 1987 when he was in the middle of the serialization of the fifth volume of the manga AKIRA. Work that he had to interrupt for 17 months to fully focus on the production of the movie version.

AKIRA storyboards are drawn with the tension of the serialization period and the dynamic feeling of the characters are at a level comparable to the main story of the manga. This book collects the first half, parts A and B out of the four parts, A, B, C, and D that the movie is formed of. This large volume of nearly 500 pages is like reading the movie, the animation will be reproduced in the readers brain just by looking at it providing a unique insight to Otomo's animation production techniques.

BOOK DETAILS
Publisher: Kodansha (講談社)
Publication date: 2022-I-19
Release date: 2022-I-21
Language: Japanese
Number of pages: 488
Size: 248 x 172mm
Retail price: ¥4,400
ISBN-10: ‎406526264X
ISBN-13: ‎978-4065262641

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●DVD● MUSHISHI katsuhiro Otomo Kanzen Kanshu DVD BOX (蟲師 大友克洋完全監修 蟲箱)





The last live action film directed by Katsuhiro Otomo MUSHISHI (蟲師) was released in a Special Edition DVD BOX that includes a bonus DVD with interviews and behind the scenes features, A booklet with the complete screenplay and a second booklet with the storyboard drawn by Otomo himself. This is the first live action movie directed by Katsuhiro Otomo since WORLD APARTMENT HORROR (ワールド・アパートメント・ホラー) in 1991. Mushishi is based on a manga with the same name by Yuki Urushibara (漆原 友紀) that was published in Kodansha's Afternoon magazine from 1999 to August 2008.


DVD BOX DETAILS
Publisher: Studio Video Maker
Release date: 2007-X-26
Format: NTSC | Region 2 | 2 DVD9 | 1.78:1
Audio: Japanese Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles:-
Duration: 131 min (movie only)
Script Booklet: 56 pages. Japanese.
Storyboard Booklet: 124 pages. Japanese.
Retail Price: ￥10,290
Catalogue number: TBD-1146

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SINGLE DISC JAPANESE EDITION
DVD DETAILS
Publisher: Studio Video Maker
Release date: 2007-X-26
Format: NTSC | Region 2 | DVD9 | 1.78:1
Audio: Japanese Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles:-
Duration: 131 min
Retail Price: ￥4,179
Catalogue number: TBD-1147

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2009 CHEAPER JAPANESE EDITION
DVD DETAILS
Publisher: Studio Video Maker
Release date: 2009-II-20
Format: NTSC | Region 2 | DVD9 | 1.78:1
Audio: Japanese Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles:-
Duration: 145 min
Retail Price: ¥2,500
Catalogue number: TBD-1147

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●BOOK● STEAMBOY The Storyboard Book ( スチームボーイ 絵コンテ集)




All the Storyboards drawn by Katsuhiro Otomo for his latest film STEAMBOY are included in this gorgeous book of over 700 pages.

BOOK DETAILS
Publisher: Kadansha (講談社)
Release date: 2004-VIII-20
Language: Japanese
Number of pages: 780
Size: 21.2 x 15 x 5.2 cm
Retail Price: ¥3,990
ISBN-10: 4063645916
ISBN-13: 978-4063645910

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●DVD● AKIRA DVD SPECIAL EDITION





Bandai Visual has released this Special Edition DVD BOX set of Katsuhiro Otomo's epic animation film AKIRA, The box includes a remastered version of the main film on DVD a bonus DVD discs with production material of the film, a 16 pages booklet and and a pocket edition Book that includes the full storyboards drawn by Otomo, previously published by Kodansha in 1988 in two volumes (1 & 2). Katsuhiro Otomo's Tetsuo illustration drawn for the occasion and used in the promotion and in the package design is collected in the pages 9-10 of the book KABA 2.

Official BANDAI VISUAL website:
http://www.bandaivisual.co.jp/akira

DVD BONUS FEATURES
■AKIRA Production Report「アキラ・プロダクション・レポート」
■TV commercials, trailers and more.
■Katsuhiro Otomo interview with Shoji Yamashiro「大友克洋・山城祥二新インタビュー」
■Quick Action Recorder library「クイックアクションレコーダー・ライブラリー」

DVD BOX DETAILS
Publisher: Bandai Visual
Release date: 2001-X-25
Format: NTSC | Region 2 | 2xDVD9 | 16:9 Vista Size
Audio: Japanese | English Dolby Digital 5.1 & Stereo
Subtitles: Japanese | English
Duration: 129 + 138 min
Retail price: ¥10,290
Catalogue number: BCBA-1025

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●BOOK● AKIRA E-KONTE 2 (アキラ 絵コンテ集 2)





This second volume of AKIRA storyboards covers the continuity of the animation film directed by Katsuhiro Otomo. The film was divided in four parts during the production; A-B-C-D. Here the relation between cuts and parts contained in this book.

 ●B Part 2: Cut1383 ～ Cut1517 -- 40pages
●C Part: Cut1518 ～ Cut1889 -- 124pages
●D Part: Cut1890 ～ Cut2212 -- 118pages
●Collection of missing numbers, unused and rough -- 40pages

BOOK DETAILS
Publisher: Kodansha (講談社)
Release date: 1988-VIII-12
Language: Japanese
Number of pages: 384
Size: 26.2 x 18.4 x 3 cm (B5)
ISBN-10: 4063008126
ISBN-13: 978-4063008128

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Both volumes were merged in one single smaller sized book that came in the box of AKIRA DVD Special Edition released by BANDAI in 2001.

●BOOK● AKIRA E-KONTE 1 (アキラ 絵コンテ集 1)






This first volume of AKIRA storyboards covers the continuity of the animation film directed by Katsuhiro Otomo. The film was divided in four parts during the production, A-B-C-D. Here the relation between cuts and parts contained in this book.

●A Part: Cut1 ～ Cut953 -- 296 pages
●B Part 1: Cut954 ～ Cut1382 -- 140 pages


BOOK DETAILS
Publisher: Kodansha (講談社)
Release date: 1988-VII-16
Language: Japanese
Number of pages: 448
Size: 26 x 18.6 x 3.4 cm (B5)
ISBN-10: 4063008118
ISBN-13: 978-4063008111


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OTHER EDITIONS
●Both volumes were merged in one single smaller sized book that came in the box of AKIRA DVD Special Edition released by BANDAI in 2001.

●BOOK● ROBOT CARNIVAL (ロボット・カーニバル)







Katsuhiro Otomo directed the Opening and the ending sequences of ROBOT CARNIVAL an Original Video Animation relased on July 21, 1987. The film consisted in nine short stories with robots as central theme directed by nine japanese animators. The book includes storyboards, interviews and production notes of each of the animation pieces. Here the list of the shorts and their respective director.

■OPENING & ENDING by Katsuhiro Otomo (大友克洋) & Atsuko Fukushima (福島敦子)
■FRANKEN NO HAGURUMA (フランケンの歯車) by Koji Morimoto (森本晃司
■DEPRIVE by Hidetoshi oomori (大森英敏)
■PRESENCE (プレゼンス) by Yasuomi Umetsu (梅津泰臣)
■STARLIGHT ANGEL by Hiroyuki Kitazume (北爪宏幸)
■CLOUD by Mao Lamdo -Manabu Oohashi- (大橋学)
■MEIJI KARAKURI BUNMEI KITAN〜 KOUMOUJIN SHURAI NO MAKI〜 (明治からくり文明奇譚〜紅毛人襲来之巻〜) by Hiroyuki Kitakubo (北久保弘之) 
■NIWA - TORI OTOKO TO AKAI KUBI (ニワトリ男と赤い首) by Takashi Nakamura (なかむらたかし) 

BOOK DEATILS
Publishing House: Kodansha (講談社) 
Release date: 1987-IV-3
Language: Japanese
Number of pages: 176 
Size: 11.7 x 8.2 x 0.4 inches (A4)
Retail price: ￥1,500
ISBN-10: 406177705X
ISBN-13: 978-4061777057

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