Tsutomu Nihei
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is a Japanese manga
artist. His cyberpunk
-influenced artwork has gained a strong cult following. He has a relatively large community of fans in Germany
where his manga Blame!
, NOiSE
and Biomega were published by Ehapa
. Blame!
was also published in France
and Spain
by Glénat
, in the US by Tokyopop
and in Italy
by Panini Comics
. In 2009 Abara
was released in Brazil
also by Panini Comics
.
At first he studied architecture and later it is shown up in his manga works with drawing huge structures. This became one of his general theme that makes his manga unique. His works are usually in black and white. He is also an avid fan of the western video games (Metro 2033, Elder Scrolls: Morrowind, Halo
etc.) over Japanese or asian video games.
Manga
Manga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th...
artist. His cyberpunk
Cyberpunk
Cyberpunk is a postmodern and science fiction genre noted for its focus on "high tech and low life." The name is a portmanteau of cybernetics and punk, and was originally coined by Bruce Bethke as the title of his short story "Cyberpunk," published in 1983...
-influenced artwork has gained a strong cult following. He has a relatively large community of fans in Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
where his manga Blame!
Blame!
, pronounced "blam", is a ten-volume 1998 cyberpunk manga by Tsutomu Nihei published by Kodansha. A six part original net animation was produced in 2003, with a seventh episode included on the DVD release.- Plot :...
, NOiSE
NOiSE
This article is about NOiSE the manga. For other uses, see Noise . is a one volume manga created by Tsutomu Nihei as a prequel to his ten-volume work, Blame!. Noise offers some information concerning the Megastructure's origins and initial size, as well as the origins of Silicon life...
and Biomega were published by Ehapa
Egmont Manga & Anime
Egmont Manga & Anime is one of the largest publishers of manga in Germany. It was founded in the year 2000 as a daughter company of Egmont Ehapa, after the manga boom in Germany became apparent around the turn of the millennium. Since 2003, EMA has been part of Egmont vgs in Cologne.- History :In...
. Blame!
Blame!
, pronounced "blam", is a ten-volume 1998 cyberpunk manga by Tsutomu Nihei published by Kodansha. A six part original net animation was produced in 2003, with a seventh episode included on the DVD release.- Plot :...
was also published in France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
and Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
by Glénat
Glénat (publisher)
Glénat Editions SA is a French publisher with its head office in Grenoble. The company publishes many things, including comic books and manga in France, Benelux, and Spain; it was founded by Jacques Glénat. The Spanish subsidiary has its head office in Barcelona. The Benelux subsidiary, Glénat...
, in the US by Tokyopop
Tokyopop
Tokyopop, styled TOKYOPOP, and formerly known as Mixx, is a distributor, licensor, and publisher of anime, manga, manhwa, and Western manga-style works. The existing German publishing division produces German translations of licensed Japanese properties and original English-language manga, as well...
and in Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
by Panini Comics
Panini Comics
Panini Comics is an Italian comic book publisher. A division of Panini Group, best known for their collectible stickers, it is headquartered in Modena, Italy...
. In 2009 Abara
Abara
is a manga series by Tsutomu Nihei. It was serialized in Shueisha's Ultra Jump seinen manga magazine. Abara means "ribs" in Japanese. It is licensed for French release by Glénat.-Premise:Abara is set in a dystopian world, filled with large structures...
was released in Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
also by Panini Comics
Panini Comics
Panini Comics is an Italian comic book publisher. A division of Panini Group, best known for their collectible stickers, it is headquartered in Modena, Italy...
.
At first he studied architecture and later it is shown up in his manga works with drawing huge structures. This became one of his general theme that makes his manga unique. His works are usually in black and white. He is also an avid fan of the western video games (Metro 2033, Elder Scrolls: Morrowind, Halo
Halo (series)
Halo is a multi-million dollar science fiction video game franchise created by Bungie and now managed by 343 Industries and owned by Microsoft Studios. The series centers on an interstellar war between humanity and a theocratic alliance of aliens known as the Covenant...
etc.) over Japanese or asian video games.
Serialized works
- Blame!Blame!, pronounced "blam", is a ten-volume 1998 cyberpunk manga by Tsutomu Nihei published by Kodansha. A six part original net animation was produced in 2003, with a seventh episode included on the DVD release.- Plot :...
- Nihei's most popular work, detailing the adventures of Killy as he searches for a human with compatible genes to save the world. Originally published in AfternoonAfternoon (magazine)is a Japanese seinen manga magazine published by Kodansha. It is a monthly anthology, and each issue typically has around thirty ongoing stories by various authors and runs about 800 pages...
. - NOiSENOiSEThis article is about NOiSE the manga. For other uses, see Noise . is a one volume manga created by Tsutomu Nihei as a prequel to his ten-volume work, Blame!. Noise offers some information concerning the Megastructure's origins and initial size, as well as the origins of Silicon life...
- A prequel to Blame!, in which a police officer investigates the murder of a gang. Originally publishing in Afternoon. - AbaraAbarais a manga series by Tsutomu Nihei. It was serialized in Shueisha's Ultra Jump seinen manga magazine. Abara means "ribs" in Japanese. It is licensed for French release by Glénat.-Premise:Abara is set in a dystopian world, filled with large structures...
- Published in Ultra JumpUltra Jumpis a Japanese monthly seinen manga magazine published by Shueisha under the Jump line of magazines. Originally, the magazine was a special issue of Weekly Young Jump which first issued in 1995. On October 19 of 1999, the special issue became the new monthly publication Ultra Jump...
, Abara follows Kudou Denji, a man able to transform into a Gauna – a creature with bone-like armor and weaponry. - Biomega - Zouichi Kanoe and the AI in his motorbike set out to find humans resistant to N5S, a virus that turns people into zombie-like "Drones". Originally appeared in Young MagazineYoung Magazineis a Japanese manga magazine published weekly by Kodansha. The magazine was started on June 23, 1980 and is targeted at adult males . It is also known as Young or YM. It goes on sale Monday every week...
. - Knights of SidoniaKnights of Sidoniais the title of a 2009 manga published by Kodansha and created by Tsutomu Nihei, the author of Blame!-Series Plot:The story follows humans as they struggle to survive against the threat of the shapeshifting gigantic alien monsters called Gauna...
- Nihei's latest series about mecha and the Gauna, published in Afternoon. It is currently ongoing.
One-shots and additional works
- Abba - A short one-shot about a man looking for his brother.
- Blame - A one-shot prototype for Blame!, collected in NOiSE.
- Blame!²Blame!², subtitled , is a full-color, 16-page one-shot manga by Tsutomu Nihei. Like NSE: Net Sphere Engineer, Blame!² is a sequel to the original Blame!, taking place at a point in the distant future...
- A full color, 16 page one-shot published in KodanshaKodansha, the largest Japanese publisher, produces the manga magazines Nakayoshi, Afternoon, Evening, and Weekly Shonen Magazine, as well as more literary magazines such as Gunzō, Shūkan Gendai, and the Japanese dictionary Nihongo Daijiten. The company has its headquarters in Bunkyō, Tokyo...
's Mandala Vol.2, following up on the story of Blame! with one of Pcell's future incarnations. - Blame! AcademyBLAME! AcademyBlame! Academy is a spin-off series of Blame! by Tsutomu Nihei. Set in the same “City” as Blame!, it is a parody and comedy about various characters in the main Blame! story in a traditional Japanese school setting. Various elements in the main Blame! story are being parodied, including the...
- A comedy featuring the characters from Blame! as students in a school. Published infrequently. - Dead Heads - First issue of a canceled series; collected, as thumbnails, in Blame! and So on.
- DigimortalDigimortal (manga)Digimortal is a one-shot postcyberpunk manga written and illustrated by Tsutomu Nihei. Digimortal, a mysterious armored mercenary on salary to a secret organization, contracts to kill one of the leaders of a new technocratic Inquisition that is terrorizing the masses.- Plot :A megaconglomerate...
- A two part one-shot about a mercernary hired to assassinate a leader of a new InquisitionInquisitionThe Inquisition, Inquisitio Haereticae Pravitatis , was the "fight against heretics" by several institutions within the justice-system of the Roman Catholic Church. It started in the 12th century, with the introduction of torture in the persecution of heresy...
. Originally appeared in Ultra JumpUltra Jumpis a Japanese monthly seinen manga magazine published by Shueisha under the Jump line of magazines. Originally, the magazine was a special issue of Weekly Young Jump which first issued in 1995. On October 19 of 1999, the special issue became the new monthly publication Ultra Jump...
, published in Vol.2 of Abara. - Halo: Breaking Quarantine - Set in the Halo series, the untold story of Sergeant Avery J. Johnson and his escape from the bowels of Halo and the Flood.
- Negative Corridor - A short one-shot, collected in NOiSE.
- NSE: Net Sphere Engineer - A sequel to Blame!, about the Net Sphere. Series ongoing, though only one chapter has been published to date.
- Sabrina - A short one-shot about a man coming across a girl whose arm is stuck in a hole.
- Wolverine: Snikt!Wolverine: Snikt!Wolverine: Snikt! is a five-issue comic book limited series written and drawn by manga artist Tsutomu Nihei, published by Marvel Comics and starring Wolverine....
- A 5 issue limited series of the X-MenX-MenThe X-Men are a superhero team in the . They were created by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby, and first appeared in The X-Men #1...
character WolverineWolverine (comics)Wolverine is a fictional character, a superhero that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. Born as James Howlett and commonly known as Logan, Wolverine is a mutant, possessing animal-keen senses, enhanced physical capabilities, three retracting bone claws on each hand and a healing...
. Originally published by Marvel ComicsMarvel ComicsMarvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...
. - Winged Armor Suzumega - A short one-shot about a battle between alien beings.
- Zeb-Noid - A short one-shot about a hostile encounter between two different species that takes an unexpected turn.
Artbooks
- Bitch's LifeBitch's Lifeis a hard cover art book edited by Yasushi Nirasawa. It collects erotica by various Japanese manga artists and commercial artists.- List of artists :* Masakazu Katsura* Sho-u Tajima* Jun Tsukasa* Magaki Zanzo* Yukie* Hajime Satou* Katsuya Terada...
- An erotic illustrations book, featuring contributions from over twenty manga artistsMangakais the Japanese word for a comic artist or cartoonist. Outside of Japan, manga usually refers to a Japanese comic book and mangaka refers to the author of the manga, who is usually Japanese...
; four of which come from Nihei. - Blame! and So OnBlame! And So OnBlame! and So On is an art book published in 2003 that contains artwork from Tsutomu Nihei's works of Blame!, NOiSE, Wolverine: Snikt!, MegaloMania, and Dead Heads ...
- Published in 2003, Blame! and So On contains artwork and sketches for Blame!, Noise, and Wolverine: Snikt!, amongst others; it also contains the illustrations Nihei provided for Bitch's Life and the aborted Dead Heads as thumbnails.