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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1960-01-02 (65 years old)

Place of Birth

Naoki Urasawa

Biography:

Naoki Urasawa is a Japanese manga artist and musician. He has been drawing manga since he was four years old, and for most of his professional career has created two series simultaneously. The stories to many of these were co-written in collaboration with his former editor, Takashi Nagasaki. Urasawa has been called one of the artists that changed the history of manga and has won numerous awards, including the Shogakukan Manga Award three times, the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize twice, and the Kodansha Manga Award once. By December 2021, his various works had over 140 million copies in circulation worldwide.

Known For

Art

2021

Boy as Art Direction

Directing

2021

Boy as Director

Writing

2023

PLUTO as Original Story

2006

Happy! as Writer
Happy! as Comic Book
Happy! as Original Story

2004

Monster as Comic Book
Monster as Original Story

1998

Master Keaton as Comic Book
Master Keaton as Original Story

1996

1989

Yawara! as Comic Book
Yawara! as Writer

Visual Effects

2011

Tibetan Dog as Character Designer

Crew

2023

PLUTO as Creative Consultant