Naoki Yamamoto (manga artist)
Appearance
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Naoki Yamamoto (山本 直樹, Yamamoto Naoki) is a Japanese manga artist. In his early years, he also used pen names Tō Moriyama (森山 塔, Moriyama Tō) and Mori Tōyama (塔山 森, Tōyama Mori) for his earlier adult-oriented works.[1] He was born in Matsumae District, Fukushima, Hokkaido and graduated from Waseda University's Department of Literature.
Bibliography
[edit](Manga works as Tou Moriyama not listed)
- (1984) Hora Konna ni Akaku Natteru
- (1986) Makasensasei!
- (1986) Happa 64 (はっぱ64)
- (1987) Kiwamete Kamoshida
- (1988) Gomen ne B-Boy
- (1989) Asatte Dance (あさってDance); English translation: Dance till Tomorrow (1999)
- (1990) Blue
- (1992) Bokura wa minna ikite iru
- (1992) Young & Fine
- (1992) Flakes (フレイクス)
- (1993) Yume de aimashou
- (1993) Kamoshida-kun Fight!
- (1994) Kimi to itsu made mo
- (1994) Koke Dish
- (1994) Summer Memories
- (1994) Arigatō (ありがとう, lit. "Thank You") is a four volume manga by Yamamoto appearing in Weekly Big Comic Spirits and published by Shogakukan. It was adapted into a live-action film directed by Masaaki Odagiri in 1996.[2] Arigatō is a story about how a Japanese family's life goes wrong.[3]
- (1997) Fragments
- (1999) Believers (ビリーバーズ)
- (2000) Terebi Bakari Miteruto Baka ni Naru (テレビばかり見てると馬鹿になる, Watching Fuckin' TV All Time Makes a Fool)
- (2002) Anju no Chi
- (2005) Aozora
- (2007) Red, won the Japanese government's Japan Media Arts Festival manga award for 2010
Contributed works
[edit]- Angelium (OVA): Color Checking
- Dark (OVA): Finishing Supervision
- Hooligan (OVA) : Finishing
- Sousei no Aquarion (TV) : Digital Paint (ep 6)
Under the name Tō Moriyama
[edit]- Cream Lemon (くりいむレモン) (OVA)
- "Tō Moriyama Special I: Five Hour Venus"
- "Tō Moriyama Special II: Afterschool XXX"
- "Tō Moriyama Best Hit: It May Be So"
- Body Jack Tanoshii Yūtai Ridatsu (ボディジャック 楽しい幽体離脱) (OVA)
References
[edit]- ^ [1] [dead link]
- ^ "フジテレビ(禁)MOVIES ありがとう [VHS]" [Fuji TV (prohibited) Movies - Arigato [VHS]]. Amazon Japan (in Japanese). 7 November 1996. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
- ^ Minamida, Katsuya; Tsuji, Izumi (2012). Pop Culture and the Everyday in Japan: Sociological Perspectives. Apollo Books. p. 226. ISBN 978-1-920901-45-5.
External links
[edit]- Naoki Yamamoto at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Naoki Yamamoto at IMDb