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42-584: Takeshi Obata ( 小畑 健 , Obata Takeshi , born February 11, 1969) is a Japanese manga artist that usually works as the illustrator in collaboration with a writer. He first gained international attention for Hikaru no Go (1999–2003) with Yumi Hotta , but is better known for Death Note (2003–2006) and Bakuman (2008–2012) with Tsugumi Ohba . Obata has mentored several well-known manga artists, including Nobuhiro Watsuki of Rurouni Kenshin fame, Black Cat creator Kentaro Yabuki , and Eyeshield 21 artist Yusuke Murata . Takeshi Obata chose to be

84-583: A manga artist because he always loved drawing. As a child he re-read Shotaro Ishinomori 's Cyborg 009 over and over. His first published manga was in Higashi-Yamanoshita Elementary's school newspaper when he was in the third grade. It was about a hero who turned into a disposable pocket warmer when in trouble. Obata originally became noticed in 1985 when he took a prize in the Tezuka Award for his one-shot 500 Kōnen no Shinwa . Joining

126-400: A manga artist breaks into the industry directly, without previously being an assistant. For example, Naoko Takeuchi , author of Sailor Moon , won a Kodansha Manga Award contest and manga pioneer Osamu Tezuka was first published while studying an unrelated degree, without working as an assistant. A manga artist will rise to prominence through recognition of their ability when they spark

168-502: A manga artist. Nowadays there are many self-published manga artists on the internet posting their work on websites. It is possible for these manga artists' works to be officially picked up by a publishing company, such as Shueisha . For example, One-Punch Man started off as a webcomic before Shueisha began publishing a manga remake on Tonari No Young Jump. While Japan does have a thriving independent comic market for amateur and semi-professional artists, creating manga professionally

210-490: A writer creating a story which is then handed over to a manga artist for drawing. The Japanese term for such a writer of comics is gensakusha ( 原作者 ) . In 2009, 5,300 mangaka were honored with a title published in bound volume in Japan. In a 2010 message Japan Cartoonists Association chairman, Takashi Yanase says: "[w]hile Japan is often said to be world's cartoon kingdom, not a few people will surely be wondering what exactly

252-508: A writer, as any conversation must fit within the physical constraints imposed by the art. Takeshi Obata of Death Note , Tetsuo Hara of Fist of the North Star , and Ryoichi Ikegami of Sanctuary are all successful manga artists who have worked with writers through the majority of their careers. Most manga artists have assistants who help them complete their work in a clean and timely manner. The duties of assistants vary widely, as

294-476: Is Mirai. To make matters worse, not only is Mirai forced to take part in the contest to decide the next God, but some of the other candidates will do anything to win, including killing all of the other candidates as soon as possible. To combat these ruthless killers, Mirai forms an alliance with several candidates who share his goal: to win the contest without killing any other competitors. Following Death Note (2003–2006) and Bakuman (2008–2012), Platinum End

336-489: Is a Japanese manga series written by Tsugumi Ohba and illustrated by Takeshi Obata . It was serialized in Shueisha 's Jump Square monthly magazine from November 2015 to January 2021, with its chapters collected in 14 tankōbon volumes. The series follows Mirai Kakehashi, a student who attempts suicide but is rescued by his guardian angel , Nasse, who not only has vowed to protect him, but bestows him special powers as he

378-403: Is a teenage boy fed up with life, who is guided by a supernatural force and given great power. Both leads seemingly find themselves on the path to becoming a deity. However, while Light Yagami uses his powers for diabolic ends, killing anyone he suspects of doing anything wrong while being observed by a shinigami , Mirai Kakehashi is guided by an apparently more benevolent force." He also called

420-559: Is also one of 13 candidates chosen by different angels to take the role of God, who is to retire in 999 days. Platinum End is licensed by Viz Media in North America. A 24-episode anime television series adaptation by Signal.MD aired from October 2021 to March 2022. Mirai Kakehashi is a young orphaned high school student who lives with his abusive aunt and uncle after the death of his parents and brother. One day, Mirai decides he cannot take it anymore and attempts to commit suicide, but

462-453: Is considered exceptional. Assistants are commonly used for inking , lettering , and shading , though the predominance of black and white art in manga means that unlike in the western comic industry, a studio rarely employs a colorist . Some manga artists only do the sketchwork for their art, and have their numerous assistants fill in all of the details, but it is more common for assistants to deal with background and cameo art, leaving

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504-453: Is directing the "second series", with series composition by Shin'ichi Inozume, and character designs by Kōji Ōdate. Masahiro Tokuda is composing the series' music. The series ran for 24 episodes, and aired on TBS , BS11 , and other channels from October 8, 2021, to March 25, 2022. Band-Maid performed the opening theme " Sense ", while Yuu Miyashita performed the first ending theme "Kōfuku-Ron" (Theory of Surrender). Kuhaku Gokko performed

546-456: Is rarely a solo effort. Manga artists must work with an assortment of others to get their work completed, published, and into the hands of readers. Most professionally published manga artists work with an editor, who is considered the boss of the manga artist and supervises series production. The editor gives advice on the layout and art of the manga, vets the story direction and pace, ensures that deadlines are met, and generally makes sure that

588-504: Is saved by a Guardian Angel called Nasse, who also gives Mirai special powers. Upon learning from Nasse that his aunt and uncle were responsible for the deaths of his father and mother due to their jealousy and hatred toward to them, Mirai uses the powers that she bestowed to him in order to enact justice upon them. This is only the beginning of Mirai’s story, however, as Nasse soon after informs him that God will retire in 999 days and thirteen candidates to replace him were selected, one of which

630-473: Is the third collaboration between author Tsugumi Ohba and illustrator Takeshi Obata . Koji Yoshida, the duo's editor for the entirety of Death Note , said he had told the two that he would like for the three of them to work together again. According to him, Ohba had the vague idea for Platinum End towards the end of Bakuman ; one of the ideas for the many manga featured in the story was about angels, and words such as "wings" and "arrows" were thrown around at

672-592: The Aoi Bungaku series. He drew manga manuscripts seen in the 2015 live-action film adaptation of Bakuman that were later published in the Eiga Bakuman. Takeshi Obata Illustration Works book. He also designed a new CGI character for the 2016 Death Note: Light Up the New World live-action film. On May 3, 2016, Viz Media published Obata's 2006 art book Blanc et Noir in North America. On September 6, 2006, Obata

714-551: The Weekly Shōnen Jump staff, he mentored under Makoto Niwano before starting his first major series, writing and drawing Cyborg Jii-chan G in 1989. After this series, Obata began collaborating with other writers. Sakon, the Ventriloquist , with author Sharakumaro, became his first work to be adapted into an anime . He then created Hikaru no Go with Yumi Hotta , which received the 1999 Shogakukan Manga Award and

756-471: The owarai -themed manga series Show-ha Shoten! in the November issue of Jump Square . In addition to his manga work, Obata has also done character design work for the video game Castlevania Judgment , as well as illustrating several light novels . He provided character designs for Madhouse 's anime adaptations of Osamu Dazai 's No Longer Human and Natsume Sōseki 's Kokoro , which are parts of

798-421: The 2003 Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize . With 25 million collected volumes in circulation, it was adapted into an anime and became his first work to be released in North America. In 2003 he teamed up with Tsugumi Ohba to create Death Note . It became his biggest hit to date, with 30 million copies in circulation, an anime adaptation, five live-action films, two live-action TV drama and a musical. Obata served as

840-501: The December 2014 issue of Jump Square . Obata followed this by working with Nobuaki Enoki to relaunch Enoki's School Judgment: Gakkyu Hotei digital one-shot as a serial in the first issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump for 2015. However, the magazine stopped publishing it after the year's 24th issue and the series finished in the digital Shōnen Jump+ on May 27. It was serialized in English in

882-497: The Japanese mean by the term ' cartoon '. Unfortunately, there is no hard-and-fast definition that can be offered, since the members of this association lay claim to an extensive variety of works." Traditionally in order to become a manga artist, one would need to send their work into a competition held by various publishing companies. If they won their work would be published and they would be assigned an editor and officially "debut" as

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924-666: The artist of Blue Dragon Ral Grad , a manga adaptation of the fantasy video game Blue Dragon , from December 2006 to July 2007. In the fall of 2007, he drew the short story "Hello Baby" with writer Masanori Morita , which appeared in Jump Square . This was followed a year later by "Urōboe Uroboros!" with Nisio Isin , who authored the Death Note Another Note: The Los Angeles BB Murder Cases novel. He then reunited with Tsugumi Ohba for Bakuman. , which ran from August 2008 to April 2012. It

966-414: The designs for anime adaptations, and similar products, though this duty may also fall to the manga artist or an agent. An example of a manga artist and their editor is Akira Toriyama and Kazuhiko Torishima . A manga artist may both write and illustrate a series of their own creation, or may work together with an author. The manga artist typically has a strong influence on dialog even when paired with

1008-492: The digital Weekly Shonen Jump . From 2015 to 2021, Obata created another series with Ohba called Platinum End . Starting in the December 2015 issue of Jump Square on November 4, 2015, the manga ended on January 4, 2021. The series had over 4.5 million copies in circulation by December 2020, and an anime adaptation began airing on television in October 2021. In October 2021, Obata teamed up with novelist Akinari Asakura to start

1050-513: The first volume released in October 2016. The manga is licensed by Kazé in France. On December 2, 2020, Pony Canyon registered the "Anime-PlatinumEnd.com" domain name, and on December 19, 2020, at the Jump Festa '21 online event, it was announced that the series would receive an anime television series adaptation by Signal.MD . Hideya Takahashi directed the "first series", while Kazuchika Kise

1092-418: The interest of institutions, individuals or a demographic of manga consumers. For example, there are contests which prospective manga artist may enter, sponsored by manga editors and publishers. This can also be accomplished through producing a one-shot . While sometimes a stand-alone manga, with enough positive reception it can be serialized in a weekly, monthly, or quarterly format. They are also recognized for

1134-857: The lead-in to the next week's chapter, for Platinum End the editor said he can focus more on a single chapter's story. But at the same time, he acknowledged that the longer interval between chapters requires they make them more compelling for readers to want to see what happens next. Written by Tsugumi Ohba and illustrated by Takeshi Obata, Platinum End was serialized in Shueisha 's monthly shōnen manga magazine Jump Square from November 4, 2015, to January 4, 2021. The series' 58 individual chapters were collected into fourteen tankōbon volumes, released from February 4, 2016, to February 4, 2021. On October 5, 2015, Viz Media announced that they had licensed Platinum End for an English release in North America. In March 2016, Viz confirmed that they would start releasing print editions of Platinum End , with

1176-539: The manga artist to focus on drawing and inking the characters. Assistants may also be employed to perform specialized artistic tasks. Go Nagai , for instance, at one time employed a specialist to draw helicopters and other military vehicles, Kaoru Mori employed a historical consultant for Emma , and series that incorporates photorealistic architecture , animals, computer-rendered imagery , or other technically demanding effects may employ or contract separate artists trained in those techniques. Assistants almost never help

1218-586: The manga artist with the plot of their manga, beyond being a sounding board for ideas. A manga artist's assistants might be listed in the credits for a manga tankōbon , and short interviews with or illustrations by assistant artists are a common form of bonus material in these collections, but they typically do not receive individual credits. Most manga artists started out as assistants, such as Miwa Ueda to Naoko Takeuchi, Leiji Matsumoto to Osamu Tezuka, Kaoru Shintani to Leiji Matsumoto, and Eiichiro Oda , Hiroyuki Takei and Mikio Itō to Nobuhiro Watsuki , who

1260-425: The manga stays up to company standards. Naoki Urasawa compared the relationship between a manga artist and their editor to that of the one between a music producer and a recording artist, specifically citing George Martin 's relationship with The Beatles . The editor may also function as a brand manager and publicist for a series. When a manga is the basis for a media franchise , the editor may also supervise

1302-437: The number of manga they run at any given moment. The original Japanese word can be broken down into two parts: manga ( 漫画 ) and ka ( 家 ) . The manga corresponds to the medium of art the artist uses: comics , or Japanese comics, depending on how the term is used inside or outside Japan . The - ka (家) suffix implies a degree of expertise and traditional authorship. For example, this term would not be applied to

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1344-582: The overall theme. Hopefully, it'll be able to differentiate itself from Future Diary more going forward, but for now the idea of Ohba and Obata taking a crack at their own version of it seems pretty good to me". Nick Creamer of Anime News Network also compared the manga to Death Note and described the series as a battle royale that mixes "rule-based thriller shenanigans and misanthropic theology". He praised Obata's art for combining "wondrously complex" background details and almost off-puttingly precise character designs "to arrive at something as cold as it

1386-584: The same year, that contained the second half of the series. Crunchyroll also released the series in 2 parts in the United Kingdom and Australia. The first volume of Platinum End debuted at number two on Oricon 's weekly list of the best-selling manga, with 105,213 copies sold. In December 2020, the manga had 4.5 million copies in circulation. When reviewing the opening chapter, Ian Wolf of Anime UK News compared Platinum End to Ohba and Obata's earlier series Death Note , saying: "the central character

1428-406: The same year. The series was released in Japan on DVD and Blu-ray across four volumes, each containing six episodes. The first volume was released on January 19, 2022; and each volume was released bi-monthly until July 20 of the same year. In North America, Crunchyroll released the first 12 episodes of the series on Blu-Ray on January 10, 2023, followed by a second Blu-ray release on June 6 of

1470-451: The second ending theme "Last Straw". Both Crunchyroll and Funimation streamed the series outside of Asia. Medialink licensed the series in South and Southeast Asia. Disney+ Hotstar started streaming the anime weekly in select Southeast Asian regions from January 5, 2022. On October 28, 2021, Crunchyroll announced the series would receive an English dub, which premiered on November 18 of

1512-426: The series an example of a death game. Writing for The Fandom Post , Jarius Taylor gave Platinum End a B+ rating and compared it to Future Diary writing: "while I don't have too much doubt it'll be stronger overall, the overt edginess here isn't something I was quite expecting from Ohba. Still, it's a pretty interesting read from beginning to end, and there's a lot of potential in terms of both thriller aspects and

1554-472: The term incorporates all people working for a manga artist's art studio , but is most commonly used to refer to secondary artists. The number of assistant artists also varies widely between manga artists, but is typically at least three. Other manga artists instead form work groups known as "circles" but do not use additional assistants, such as the creative team CLAMP . A few manga artists have no assistants at all, and prefer to do everything themselves, but this

1596-421: The theme of Death Note was "evil" or "death", the theme for the new series is "happiness". Unlike their previous works which were weekly serials, Platinum End is Ohba and Obata's first manga published with a monthly schedule. Yoshida said, with more than twice the amount of pages per chapter, the process is completely different in his opinion. Whereas with Death Note he was thinking first and foremost about

1638-512: The time. After many discussions, Yoshida said things for the new series started to come together when they decided to incorporate geometric motifs. Because angels are essentially the opposite of shinigami , if Obata drew them in a traditional Gothic style, they would be too similar to Death Note . As such, although it is set in the present day, Yoshida wanted to incorporate geometric or futuristic imagery in Platinum End . He also said that, if

1680-416: Was Shueisha's first manga to be released online in multiple languages before becoming available in print outside Japan and had over 15 million copies in publication as of May 2014. In 2014, he drew a manga adaptation of All You Need Is Kill with Ryōsuke Takeuchi, basing the character designs on Yoshitoshi ABe 's original cover to the novel. He reunited with Nisio Isin for the one-shot "RKD-EK9", that ran in

1722-480: Was arrested for illegal possession of an 8.6 cm knife when he was pulled over in Musashino, Tokyo for driving with his car's headlights off at 12:30am. The artist claimed he kept the knife in his car for when he goes camping. Manga artist Most manga artists study at an art college or manga school or take on an apprenticeship with another artist before entering the industry as a primary creator. More rarely

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1764-445: Was himself an assistant to Takeshi Obata . It is also possible for an assistant to have an entire career as such without becoming an independent manga artist. Assistants, particularly specialists, may work with several different manga artists at the same time, and many assistants also self-publish works of their own in the dōjinshi scene. Platinum End Platinum End ( Japanese : プラチナエンド , Hepburn : Purachina Endo )

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