Ken Akamatsu
Ken Akamatsu ( Japanese 赤松 健 , Akamatsu Ken ; born July 5, 1968 in Higashikurume , Tokyo Prefecture ) is a Japanese manga artist who became internationally known mainly through Love Hina . Many of his works contain elements of the so-called fan service , which are not absolutely necessary depictions of scantily clad girls for the plot. A recurring motif is that of a boy who is surrounded by numerous attractive girls ( harem genre ).
Life
As a teenager, Ken Akamatsu failed the Tokyo University entrance exam and instead signed up to study film. He may have taken up this experience for the character Keitaro Urashima from Love Hina . He then attended Chūō University , studied literature and turned to drawing. He published his debut work as a professional mangaka in 1993 with Hito Natsu no Kids Game and was awarded the 50th Newcomer Prize by the Japanese manga magazine Shōnen Magazine . After his second manga AI Love You , he celebrated his greatest success in 1997 with Love Hina . Love Hina has been translated into numerous languages, awarded the Kodansha Manga Prize and implemented as an anime . In 2002 he designed the character design for the anime Mao-chan and began in 2003, after graduating from Love Hina , with Magister Negi Magi , which has already been successfully implemented in an anime series.
Up to Magister Negi Magi he led the Dōjin Circle Level-X .
Ken Akamatsu has been married to the singer Kanon Akamatsu ( 赤松 佳音 ) since July 2002 and has one daughter.
On November 26th 2010 Ken Akamatsu started the website J-Comi on the no longer published manga should be published free of charge and DRM- free. The offer, which was in beta status at that time, started with all 14 volumes of Love Hina .
In 2013 his new series UQ Holder started! as successor to Magister Negi Magi .
Works
- Hito Natsu no Kids Game , 1993
- AI Love You , 1994-1997
- Itsudatte my Santa! , 1998
- Love Hina , 1999-2002
- Magister Negi Magi , 2003–2012
- UQ Holder! , 2013–
Web links
- Ken Akamatsu's website (Japanese)
- J-Comi (Japanese)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Canon Akamatsu: 赤松 佳音 プ ロ フ ィ ー ル . (No longer available online.) In: Kanon Official Web Site. Archived from the original on December 26, 2008 ; Retrieved November 12, 2008 (Japanese). 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.
- ↑ Negima's Akamatsu Plans Free Site for Out-of-Print Manga. In: Anime News Network . November 17, 2010, accessed November 28, 2010 .
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SURNAME | Akamatsu, Ken |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 赤松 健 (Japanese) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese manga artist |
DATE OF BIRTH | 5th July 1968 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Higashikurume , Tokyo Prefecture , Japan |