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{{Infobox person
| name        = Range Murata
| image       = Range Murata 20080601 Epitanime 7.jpg
| alt         = 
| caption     = Autograph session with Range Murata at Epitanime 2008 (Paris, France).
| birth_name  = <!-- only use if different from name -->
| birth_date  = {{Birth date and age|1968|10|2}}
| birth_place = [[Osaka]], Japan
| nationality = Japanese
| other_names = 
| occupation  = Artist, designer
| known_for   = ''[[Last Exile]]''<br>''[[Blue Submarine No. 6]]''
}}
{{nihongo|'''Range Murata'''|村田 蓮爾|Murata Renji|born October 2, 1968 in [[Osaka]]}} is a Japanese artist and designer, known for his unique style combining Art Deco and Japanese anime elements. He is best known for his conceptual design work on anime series ''[[Last Exile]]'' and ''[[Blue Submarine No. 6]]''.

He began his career in the early 1990s doing design work for video games. He still continues to do some work in this area today, having done the character designs for the [[PlayStation 2]] game ''[[Spy Fiction]]''.

He has published more than a dozen books of his work, some of the most notable being ''[[rule (Range Murata)|rule]]'', and ''[[futurhythm]]''. He is also voted "Best Artist of the Year" 2006 in the [[Seiun Award]].

==Works==
[[File:rangemurata01b.jpg|thumb|right|Illustration by Range Murata]]

===Anime===
*''[[The Animatrix]]'' (''[[The_Animatrix#The_Second_Renaissance|The Second Renaissance]]'')
*''[[Blue Submarine No. 6]]''<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/2005-10-09/interview-range-murata|title= Interview: Range Murata|author= Jonathan Mays|date= October 9, 2005|accessdate= August 10, 2014|work= [[Anime News Network]]}}</ref>
*''[[Last Exile]]''
*''[[Mardock Scramble]]'' (OVA version, cancelled)
*''[[SoltyRei]]'' (Rose Anderson's bike design only)
*''[[Digital Juice (anime)#Table_and_Fisherman|Table and Fisherman]]''
*''[[Shangri-La (novel)|Shangri-La]]''
*''Last Exile -Fam, The Silver Wing-''

===Video games===
*The ''[[Power Instinct]]'' series (''Goketsuji Ichizoku'' in Japan)
*''[[Spy Fiction]]''
*''[[Wachenröder]]''
*''[[Taisen Hot Gimmick]]''

===Printed works===
*Artbooks
**''Like a Balance Life''
**''futurhythm''
**''Form|Code''
**''[[robot (manga)|robot]]''

*Doujinshi
**''Racten''
**''Throw Line''

===Other works===
Murata has been designing figures based on his printed art since at least 2007.  These figures appear to be substantial (although small, that is less than 6x6x6 inches) works of art.  
*Figures and sculpture
**''PSE Pro series figures 1/10 scale''
**''PSE Solid series small figures in sets of 6 (usually)''
**''Pinky street collaborations 

*Wall hangings
**"Silk screen on silk 28x44 inches"

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons|Range Murata}}
* [http://www.pseweb.com/ PSE Web] – Official site of Range Murata
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* [http://liheliso.com/buzz/archive/00000401.htm Range Murata July 2005 Interview at J LHLS]
* [http://www.cosplaylab.com/articulation/rangemurata/ Cosplay Lab interview with Range Murata at Anime Expo 2004]

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| NAME              = Murata, Range
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION = Japanese manga artist
| DATE OF BIRTH     = October 2, 1968
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[[Category:1968 births]]
[[Category:Anime character designers]]
[[Category:Japanese illustrators]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Manga artists]]
[[Category:People from Osaka Prefecture]]
[[Category:Osaka University of Arts alumni]]


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