
Also it didn’t feel like any of the villainous characters ever really faced any consequences for their actions and the only people hurt were the innocents they stepped on throughout the story. The story has lofty goals but by the time the movie ends, I found myself confused about what actually happened and what the purpose of the whole thing was. grandfather he soon finds himself chased by villains who want it for themselves. After he receives a mysterious package from his The story centers around the boy Ray Steam, who is an inventor from a family of inventors. If you've seen any adventure stories before then the overall premise is going to feel very familiar to you. The plot of Steamboy is really nothing all that original. But in the end it fails to really deliver those ambitious goals. It certainly has high production values and some incredible CGI effects and action. Otomo became the fourth manga artist ever inducted into the American Eisner Award Hall of Fame in 2012, and was awarded the Purple Medal of Honor from the Japanese government in 2013.Steamboy is intended to be one of those grand adventure stories set in fantastical world with pure hearted heroes and nefarious villains. In 1988, the animated film Akira was released. While the serialization of Akira was taking place, Otomo decided to animate it into a feature film, although the manga was yet to be finished.

It took eight years to complete and would eventually culminate in 2000 pages of artwork. The next year, Otomo began work on a manga which would become his most acclaimed and famous work: Akira. In 1982, Otomo made his anime debut, working as character designer for the animated film Harmagedon.

Although the manga was never completed, it is regarded as a milestone in Otomo's career as it contained many of the same themes he would explore in his later. In 1979, after writing multiple short-stories for the magazine Action, Otomo created his first science-fiction work, titled Fireball.

He is best known as the creator of the manga Akira and its animated film adaptation. Katsuhiro Ôtomo is a Japanese manga artist, screenwriter and film director.
