Hajime Kanzaka

Hajime Kanzaka ( Japanese 神 坂 一 , Kanzaka Hajime ; born July 17, 1964 in Asago ) is a Japanese light novel writer.

In 1989 he won a young talent award from the Fujimi Shobō publishing house. Kanzaka has been working for this publisher and its parent company Kadokawa Shoten ever since. The author published his first publication in 1989 in Gekkan Dragon Magazine . He began with Slayers , his most successful work, that same year. He expanded Slayers into a series of novels that appeared in 50 volumes by 2011, including spin-offs. The series had sold more than 20 million book copies by the end of 2011. The numerous manga and anime , however, achieved international fame .

Works (selection)

• Slayers (ス レ イ ヤ ー ズ , Sureiyāzu ), 1989–2000, 15 volumes
  • Slayers Special ( ス レ イ ヤ ー ズ す ぺ し ゃ る , Sureiyāzu Supesharu ), 1991–2008, 30 volumes
    • Slayers Delicious ( ス レ イ ヤ ー ズ で り し ゃ す , Sureiyāzu Derishasu ), 1997–1999, 4 volumes (later republished in Slayers Special )
    • Slayers Select ( ス レ イ ヤ ー ズ せ れ く と , Sureiyāzu Serekuto ), 2008–2010, 5 volumes (selected chapters from Slayers Special )
  • Slayers Smash. ( ス レ イ ヤ ー ズ す ま っ し ゅ。 , Sureiyāzu Sumasshu. ), 2008–2011, 5 volumes
• Higaeri Quest ( 日 帰 り ク エ ス ト , Higaeri Kuesuto ), 1993–1995, 4 volumes
• Yami no Sadame o Seu-mono ( 闇 の 運 命 を 背負 う 者 ), 1996–1999, 3 volumes
• OPHunter ( O ・ P ・ ハ ン タ ー , OP Hantā ), 1998, 1 volume
• Lost Universe ( ロ ス ト ・ ユ ニ バ ー ス , Rosuto Yunibāsu ), 1998–1999, 5 volumes
• Troubleshooter Sheriff Stars ( ト ラ ブ ル シ ュ ー タ ー シ ェ リ フ ス タ ー ズ , Toraburushūtā Sheriffu Sutāzu ), 1999-2004, 9 volumes
• Cross Cadia ( ク ロ ス カ デ ィ ア , Kurosu Kadia ), 2001–2005, 6 volumes
• Totsugeki Anthology Shōsetsu Tsukuru ze! ( 突 撃 ア ン ソ ロ ジ ー 小説 創 る ぜ! ), 2004, 1 volume
• DOORS , 2007–2008, 2 volumes
• Abyss Gate ( ア ビ ス ゲ ー ト , Abisu Gēto ), since 2007, so far 3 volumes

Web links

• Literature by and about Hajime Kanzaka in the catalog of the German National Library
• Hajime Kanzaka in the KanzakaDex wiki
• Detailed list of his works ( Memento of January 17, 2003 in the Internet Archive ) (English, Japanese)
• Hajime Kanzaka in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 朝 来 市 自治 基本 条例 逐条 解説 . Asago, p. 15 , accessed August 14, 2012 (Japanese). 
2. ↑ Yusuke Takatsu, Shigeyori Miyamoto: Publishing heavyweights see light in growing 'light novel' market. (No longer available online.) November 30, 2011, archived from the original on December 15, 2013 ; accessed on August 31, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.