OTOMO Katsuhiro is one of the most respected and influential Japanese artists/storytellers in the history of modern comics. He has also worked extensively in animations; from his own, hugely successful adaptation of his epic manga, Akira, which is widely considered to be a pinnacle of the form - a work of astonishing power and visionary scope, with unsurpassed artistry.This book, as the second title published by PIE International, exclusively features more than 150 Posters all of which use Otomo s great illustration works. In addition, all posters are finely finished by professional graphic designers, so that this title presents a variety of great hybrid works of Otomo s illustrations and professional graphic design works. Roughly half of inclusive works are the posters of his movies such as Akira , STEAM BOY , SHORT PEACE and so on, while the rest of the works are consist of various advertisements: atre Kichijoji (Department Store) , Geopolice (indoor amusement park in Tokyo) or BRUTUS (Japanese Magazine).