- By Keith Rhee In an industry where the drawing styles and stories of many titles have fallen into a formulaic pattern, Otomo Katsuhiro's artwork and storytelling come across as unique and oftentimes quite disturbing. Many of Otomo's stories are social commentaries, dark and tragic in tone, wrought with violence and mentally deranged characters. AKIRA itself is well known for its gory violence ...www.ex.org/1.3/23-domu.html