Tsutomu Nihei
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Tsutomu Nihei
Tsutomu Nihei (弐瓶・勉 Nihei Tsutomu, born 1971) is a Japanese manga artist. He is relatively unknown outside Japan, though his cyberpunk-influenced artwork has gained a strong cult following. He has a relatively large community of fans in Germany where his manga BLAME! and NOiSE were published by Ehapa. BLAME! was also published in France by Glénat.
[edit] Works
- Abara (アバラ) - series finished, published in Ultra Jump.
- Abba - a short one-shot about a man looking for his brother.
- Biomega (バイオメガ) - This manga seems to take place in the same world as BLAME!; originally appeared in Young Magazine; 1 volume published 2004 by Kodansha. Beginning April 2006 it will continue to be published in Ultra Jump
- Bitch's Life — erotic illustration's book, it's a collaboration with many others authors (Akira Toriyama, Kenji Yamamoto, Nao, Yukie)
- BLAME! (ブラム!) - series complete; originally appeared in Afternoon; 10 volumes published 1998–2003 by Kodansha English license held by Tokyopop.
- BLAME! Academy (ブラム学園) - comedic story, featuring Killy and characters from BLAME!, as students in a school.
- BLAME! And So On - Artbook. Published in 2003 Contains artwork and sketches for BLAME!, NOiSE, Wolverine: Snikt! amongst others.
- Dead Heads - A one-shot contained within the BLAME! And So On artbook.
- Digimortal - a two part one-shot that originally appeared in Ultra Jump.
- Halo Graphic Novel - Breaking Quarantine - The untold story of Sergeant Avery J. Johnson and his escape from the bowels of Halo and the Flood.
- Net Sphere Engineer - series ongoing, sequel of BLAME!.
- NOiSE (ノイズ) - series complete; originally appeared in Afternoon; This manga is a prequel or prototype of sorts to BLAME!. One volume published 2001 by Kodansha.
- Wolverine: Snikt! - series complete; 1 volume published 2003 by Marvel Comics
- Zeb-Noid - a short one-shot about a hostile encounter between two different species.
[edit] External links
- Website hosting some (unofficially translated) Nihei Manga
- Forum to discuss Blame! and other Nihei works
- Tsutomu Nihei's biography and list of works.
- Tsutomu Nihei fansite listing
| Tsutomu Nihei |
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| Works |
| Blame! | NOiSE | Biomega | Net Sphere Engineer | Abara | Digimortal |
| BLAME! characters and structures |
| Killy| Cibo | Sanakan | Graviton Beam Emitter | Net Terminal Genes | |
| Persondata | |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tsutomu Nihei |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 弐瓶 勉, Nihei Tsutomu |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1971 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Japan |
| DATE OF DEATH | |
| PLACE OF DEATH | |
