Cyberpunk Horrors: Neoliberal Capitalism and Global Sprawl in Otomo’s Manga
Andréa Gilroy Katsuhiro Otomo produced work in the cyberpunk mode long before the 1988 animated adaptation of Akira made him a global icon of the sf genre. He began the Akira manga in 1982 and wrote and directed the segment “Construction Cancellation Order” in the 1987 anthology Neo-Tokyo. Shortly after Akira, he also wrote…