Lynn Okamoto

Lynn Okamoto ( Japanese 岡本 倫 , Okamoto Rin ; * 1970 ) is a Japanese mangaka .

Okamoto is from Wakayama Prefecture . During his studies he worked for the computer game developer Arc System Works . He then went to Bandai , where he was involved in the development of the Raising Sim Toki no Kuni no Elfenlied ( 時 の 国 の エ ル フ ェ ン リ ー ト , Toki no Kuni no Erufenrīto ) from 1997. In 2000 he made his debut as a manga artist in the Mankaku special edition ( 漫 革 ) of Gekkan Young Jump magazine with the short story Elfen Lied about two musicians.

Okamoto's best-known work is the manga series Elfen Lied - which is not related to the short story of the same name - which was also implemented as an anime . From 2007 to 2011, Nononono was a sports manga about a girl who wants to win Olympic gold in ski jumping. From 2012 to 2016, Brynhildr in the Darkness followed , with Okamoto returning to the SF horror genre of Elfen Lied , as well as a similar basic plot. The work is about a student who one day meets a group of girls with superhuman abilities who have fled a secret research laboratory. With 18 volumes, this is his longest work. Elfen Lied , the short story collection Lynn Okamoto: Short Story Collection and Brynhildr in the Darkness were licensed in Germany by Tokyopop . Since 2017, Parallel Paradise has been released , which mixes dark fantasy with body horror elements Elfen Lieds and Brynhildrs with eroticism, as in Kimi wa Midara na Boku no Joō .

He lives in Tokyo Prefecture .

Works

• Elfen Lied (エ ル フ ェ ン リ ー ト , Erufen Rīto ) (2002–2005, 12 volumes)
• Lynn Okamoto: Short Story Collection ( 短 編 集 Flip Flap, Tampenshū Flip Flap ) (2008 (new edition 2014), double volume), short story collection:
  • Elfen Lied ( エ ル フ ェ ン リ ー ト , Erufen Rīto ; 2000)
  • Digitopolis ( デ ジ ト ポ リ ス , Dejitoporisu ; 2000)
  • MOL (2000)
  • Memoria ( メ モ リ ア ; 2002)
  • Carriera ( カ リ エ ラ , Kariera ; 2005)
  • Registrar ( レ ジ ス ト ラ , Rejisutora ; 2006)
  • Allumage ( ア ル マ ー ジ ュ , Arumāju ; 2006)
  • Lime Yellow
  • Flip flap
• Nononono (ノ ノ ノ ノ ) (2007–2011, 13 volumes)
• Kimi to Kōkan ( き み と こ う か ん ) (2011, One Shot )
• Kimi wa Midara na Boku no Joō ( 君 は 淫 ら な 僕 の 女王 ) (2012/2013/2017, 2 volumes), text: Lynn Okamoto, drawings: Mengo Yokoyari
• Brynhildr in the Darkness (極 黒 の ブ リ ュ ン ヒ ル デ , Gokukoku no Buryunhirude ) (2012–2016, 18 volumes)
• Parallel Paradise (パ ラ レ ル パ ラ ダ イ ス , Parareru Paradaisu ) (since 2017, so far 4 volumes)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ MPC
2. ↑ Lynn Okamoto: untitled . In: Twitter. February 29, 2012, Retrieved August 20, 2018 (Japanese). 
3. ↑ ^{a b} Lynn Okamoto: -profile-. In: FOR NEXT. Retrieved May 30, 2011 (Japanese). 

Web links

• Official Site (Japanese)