Hiroshi Sakurazaka

Hiroshi Sakurazaka ( Japanese 桜 坂 洋 , Sakurazaka Hiroshi ; * 1970 ) is a Japanese light novel author.

life and career

Sakurazaka submitted the work Mahō Tsukai no Netto ( 魔法 使 い の ネ ッ ト ) for the competition of Shūeisha's light novel young talent Super Dash Shōsetsu Shinjinshō in 2002 . Although he did not win this, he was offered to publish the work, with which in December 2003 under the changed title Yoku Wakaru Gendai Maho had its debut. This work was adapted as a manga and an anime series. In 2004 he received the SF Magazine Readers Award for Saitama Chainsaw Shōjo ( さ い た ま チ ェ ー ン ソ ー 少女 ) in the “Best Short Story” category. His novel All You Need Is Kill received high praise from other authors in Japan and was published in German by Tokyopop . The novel was also made into a film by Doug Liman and premiered in June 2014 with the title Edge of Tomorrow .

He worked with the cultural critic Hiroki Azuma on the books Geet State ( ギ ー ト ス テ イ ト , Gīto Suteito ) and Characters .

Works

• All You Need Is Kill . 2004, ISBN 978-4-08-630219-7
  • German translation: All You Need Is Kill , 2014; ISBN 978-3-8420-1057-4
• Slum Online ( ス ラ ム オ ン ラ イ ン , Suramu Onrain ), 2005; revised: Slum Online EX (ス ラ ム オ ン ラ イ ン), 2014
• with Hiroki Azuma : Characters ( キ ャ ラ ク タ ー ズ , Kyarakutāzu ), 2008
• Yoku Wakaru Gendai Maho
  • Yoku Wakaru Gendai Mahō ( よ く わ か る 現代 魔法 ), 2003, ISBN 4-08-630163-6
  • Yoku Wakaru Gendai Mahō 2: Garbage Collector ( よ く わ か る 現代 魔法 2 ガ ー ベ ー ジ コ レ ク タ ー , ~: Gābēji Korekutā ), 2004, ISBN 4-08-630184-9
  • Yoku Wakaru Gendai Maho 3: Ghostscript for Wizards ( よくわかる現代魔法3ゴーストスクリプト·フォー·ウィザーズ , ~: Gōsutosukuriputo FO Uizāzu ), 2004, ISBN 4-08-630204-7
  • Yoku Wakaru Gendai Mahō 4: jini Tsukai ( よ く わ か る 現代 魔法 4 jini 使 い ), 2005, ISBN 4-08-630221-7
  • Yoku Wakaru Gendai Mahō 5: TMTOWTDI Tatta Hitotsu Janai Saeta Yarikata ( よ く わ か る 現代 魔法 5 TMTOWTDI た っ た ひ と つ じ ゃ な い 冴 え た や や り か た-5 ), 2005, ISBN 4-08-6302-36-5)
  • Yoku Wakaru Gendai Mahō 6: Firefox! ( よ く わ か る 現代 魔法 6 Firefox!), 2009, ISBN 978-4-08-630475-7
  • Yoku Wakaru Gendai Mahō ga 256-bai Yoku Wakaru Hon ( よ く わ か る 現代 魔法 が 256 倍 よ く わ か る 本 ), 2009, ISBN 978-4-08-630499-3