Editing Katsuhiro Otomo (section)

==Early life==
Katsuhiro Otomo was born in [[Tome, Miyagi|Tome]], [[Miyagi Prefecture]] and grew up in [[Tome District, Miyagi|Tome District]]. He said that living in the very rural [[Tōhoku region]] left him with nothing to do as a child, so he read a lot of [[manga]].<ref name="Forbes">{{cite web |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/olliebarder/2017/05/26/katsuhiro-otomo-on-creating-akira-and-designing-the-coolest-bike-in-all-of-manga-and-anime/?sh=5befbed66d25 |title=Katsuhiro Otomo On Creating 'Akira' And Designing The Coolest Bike In All Of Manga And Anime |work=[[Forbes]] |date=2017-05-26 |access-date=2021-09-04}}</ref> As the only boy in a family with older and younger sisters, he enjoyed reading and drawing manga on his own and thought about becoming a manga artist. Limited by his parents to buying one manga book a month, Otomo typically chose [[Kobunsha]]'s ''Shōnen'' magazine, which included ''[[Astro Boy]]'' by [[Osamu Tezuka]] and ''[[Tetsujin 28-go]]'' by [[Mitsuteru Yokoyama]], series which he would copy drawing in elementary school. However, he said it was after reading [[Shotaro Ishinomori]]'s ''How to Draw Manga'' that he understood how to draw manga properly and started doing so more seriously.<ref name="Forbes"/>

In high school, Otomo developed an interest in movies, that led to his ambition to become an illustrator or film director. At this time, one of his friends introduced him to an editor at [[Futabasha]], who, after seeing Otomo's manga, told the high school student to contact him if he moved to Tokyo after graduating. Otomo did exactly that, and began his career in Tokyo as a 19-year old professional manga artist.<ref name="Forbes"/>