Yutaka Nanten

Yutaka Nanten ( Japanese 南 天 佑 , Nanten Yutaka ) is a Japanese manga artist .

At the beginning he mainly drew for the manga magazine Asuka, which is aimed at teenage girls, and its sister magazines. He created his longest work from 1995 to 1998 with the eight-volume series Higaeri Quest based on the series of novels by Hajime Kanzaka of the same name .

His internationally best-known work is his comic adaptation of the anime television series Cowboy Bebop , which he published from 1999 to 2000 as a sequel in Asuka Fantasy DX and then in three edited volumes by Kadokawa Shoten . The manga about bounty hunters in space has been translated into English, German, Italian, Spanish and French.

He has specialized in boys love manga since 2003 and works for magazines such as June .

Works

• Higaeri Quest ( 日 帰 り ク エ ス ト ), 1995–1998, after Hajime Kanzaka
• Ōjisama no Kikan ( 王子 さ ま の 帰 還 ), 1995
• Higaeri Quest Special ( 日 帰 り ク エ ス ト す ぺ し ゃ る ), 1996–1997
• Junk A , 1998
• Cowboy Bebop (カ ウ ボ ー イ ビ バ ッ プ , kaubōi biboppu ), 1999–2000
• Mon² Tenshi ( MON² 天使 ), 2000
• Ashita wa ashita no hi ga noboru ( あ し た は あ し た の 陽 が の ぼ る ), 2001
• Kumo to arukō ( 雲 と あ る こ う ), 2001
• Ran to idaten - Meitantei Miko Yumihiko ( 蘭 と 韋 駄 天 - 名 探 偵 ・ 巫 弓 彦 ), 2001, after Kaoru Kitamura
• Fuyu no Opera ( 冬 の オ ペ ラ ), 2002, based on Kaoru Kitamura
• Sara Yashiki no Wakagimi ( 沙羅 屋 敷 の 若 君 ), 2005
• Tennen no Otoko ( 天然 の オ ト コ ), 2005
• Jun'ai Returns ( 純愛 リ タ ー ン ズ ), 2006
• Ren'ai keiken chi ( 恋愛 経 験 値 ), 2007
• Yoru yori fukaku ore ni oborero ( 夜 よ り 深 く 俺 に 溺 れ ろ ), 2007

Web links

• Entry at lambiek.net (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Jason Thompson: Manga. The Complete Guide . P. 60.