Help
Add this page to your book
Show book (0 pages)
Suggest pagesTakashi Okazaki
| Takashi Okazaki 岡崎 能士 |
|
|---|---|
| Born | 1974 Kanagawa Prefecture |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Area(s) | Manga artist and author, visual designer, graphic designer |
| Notable works | Afro Samurai |
| Awards | Primetime Emmy Award (nominated) |
Takashi Okazaki (岡崎 能士 Okazaki Takashi) is a Japanese manga artist, visual designer, and graphic designer most notable for writing and illustrating the manga series Afro Samurai.
Contents |
[edit] Biography
Takashi Okazaki was born in the Kanagawa Prefecture in 1974 and graduated from the Tama University of the Arts.[1]
[edit] Works
Takashi Okazaki was one of four people to debut in the self-published Nou Nou Hau manga magazine on November 1998. Takashi Okazaki's first series Afro Samurai was first published as a dōjinshi in the preparatory issue zero of the magazine, which was also featured as the cover.[2] Afro Samurai was serialized till the magazine's end on September 2002.[3] Since then, the Afro Samurai manga has been adapted into a five-episode anime series and a made-for-TV feature film named Afro Samurai: Resurrection.[4][5] After the release of the anime series, Takashi Okazaki went back and recreated the original dōjinshi into a two-volume manga series which has only been released in the United States by Tor Books and Seven Seas Entertainment.[6] Also, the first volume has been released in Germany, the second to be released in August 2011.[dated info] On November 23, 2004, Takashi Okazaki wrote and illustrated a 9-panel manga published in the pamphlet of the Blade: Trinity soundtrack.[7] Takashi Okazaki also illustrated the ending of the Cho-Kōryu-Gōjin Danke Choen (超交流合神ダンケシェーン) series serialized in a flyer handed out at the Japanese club "UNIT". Cho-Kōryu-Gōjin Danke Choen was created by Kugelblitz—a collaborative effort between Nou Nou Hau and the German comic magazine Moga Mobo.[8][9]
[edit] Publications
- Afro Samurai! (amateur comic, 1998–2002)
- 9-panel Blade: Trinity comic (2004)
- Cho-Kōryu-Gōjin Danke Choen (超交流合神ダンケシェーン) (2005)
- Afro Samurai Maniaxxx!!! (2007)
- Afro Samurai (recreation, 2008–2009)
[edit] References
- ^ "木﨑文智監督、岡崎能士（原作者）インタビュー [Interview with director Kantoku Santoshi and Takashi Okazaki (the original author)]" (in Japanese). Cinema Factory. October 28, 2007. http://www.cinema-factory.net/contents/317_afrosamurai/interview.html. Retrieved November 6, 2007.
- ^ "NOU NOU HAU vol.0" (PHP). Kugelblitz. 2005-2006. http://www.kugel-blitz.com/en/nounouhau/history_1998.php. Retrieved November 4, 2009.
- ^ "NOU NOU HAU vol.6" (PHP). Kugelblitz. 2005-2006. http://www.kugel-blitz.com/en/nounouhau/history_2002_9.php. Retrieved August 18, 2009.
- ^ "Funimation Acquires Afro Samurai". Anime News Network. February 27, 2006. http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2006-02-27/funimation-acquires-afro-samurai. Retrieved September 2, 2009.
- ^ "Afro Samurai: Resurrection Movie Debuts Sunday Night". Anime News Network. July 25, 2009. http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-01-25/afro-samurai/resurrection-movie-debuts-sunday-night. Retrieved September 14, 2009.
- ^ "Tor Books Partners with Seven Seas to Form New Manga Imprint and Announces Publication of Afro Samurai". ComiPress. December 8, 2007. http://www.comipress.com/press-release/2007/12/07/2970. Retrieved September 18, 2009.
- ^ "Blade 3 OST to Include Anime". Anime News Network. November 1, 2004. http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2004-11-01/blade-3-ost-to-include-anime. Retrieved November 6, 2007.
- ^ "Cho-Kouryu-Goujin Danke Choen" (PHP). Kugelblitz. 2005-2006. http://www.kugel-blitz.com/en/kugelblitz/dankeschon.php. Retrieved November 7, 2009.
- ^ "KUGELBLITZ:DANK-SCHON unit magazine" (PHP). Kugelblitz. 2005-2006. http://www.kugel-blitz.com/en/kugelblitz/dank_10.php. Retrieved November 7, 2009.
[edit] External links
- Takashi Okazaki at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
 |
This biographical article about a manga artist is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
