Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Use American English Template:Infobox comics creator Template:Nihongo is a Japanese manga artist, known for his work Your Lie in April.
Early life
Naoshi Arakawa grew up in the countryside of Japan with an older brother.[1] They used to get manga magazines like Weekly Shōnen Jump and Monthly Shōnen Magazine often, so he was exposed to manga from a young age.[1] That, along with his love for Fist of the North Star and Kinnikuman was what ultimately made him decide to become a manga author.[2] However, he elected not to tell anyone due to the conservative nature of his hometown and his shy personality.[1]
Career
After getting advice from a friend at college, Naoshi Arakawa decided to enter for the Monthly Shōnen Magazine Grand Challenge. The one-shot he submitted would become the basis for Your Lie in April.[2] Afterwards, he then worked as an assistant before making his serial debut with the manga adaptation of A School Frozen in Time.[2] It ran in Monthly Shōnen Magazine from December 2007 to April 2009, and was published in four volumes.[3] At the time, he was also working on a one-shot manga prototype, which would eventually become his second serial, Sayonara, Football.[2] It ran in Magazine E-no from June 20, 2009, to August 20, 2010,[4][5] and was published in two volumes.[6][7]
After finishing Sayonara, Football, he wanted to try something new.[1] He eventually decided on doing a music-focused anime, however, his first attempt was turned down.[8] To find inspiration, he decided to go back to the original one-shot he entered in the contest.[2] He eventually created Your Lie in April. It ran in Monthly Shōnen Magazine from April 6, 2011, to February 6, 2015,[9][10] and was published in eleven volumes.[11] It won the award for Best [[Shōnen manga|Template:Transl manga]] at the 37th Kodansha Manga Awards.[12] He also made a spinoff manga for the Japanese blu-ray release of the anime adaptation and was later published in Template:Transl format.[13] He also did the illustrations for the light novel spinoff.[14] Around this time, he also did an illustration for the endcard (the drawing at the end of the episode) for the fifth episode of Occultic;Nine.[15]
For his next series, he decided to make a sequel to Sayonara, Football in the form of Farewell, My Dear Cramer. It ran in Monthly Shōnen Magazine from May 6, 2016, to December 4, 2020,[16][17] and is being published in volumes, with fourteen having been released as of August 2022 (last release April 2021).[18] A volume zero to Farewell, My Dear Cramer was also given out to people who saw the movie adaptation of Sayonara, Football in theaters.[19]
On September 21, 2022, Arakawa released a preview for his new manga series, titled Atwight Game, in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine.[20] It was serialized from September 28, 2022,[21] to April 12, 2023.[22]
Arakawa's next series, Orion's Board, began serialization in Weekly Shōnen Magazine on January 10, 2024.[23]
Works
Manga
- Template:Nihongo (2007–2009) (serialized in Monthly Shōnen Magazine)
- Template:Nihongo (2009–2010) (serialized in Magazine E-no)
- Template:Nihongo (2011–2015) (serialized in Monthly Shōnen Magazine)
- Template:Nihongo (2016) (included with the Japanese Blu-ray release of the main series' anime adaptation)
- Template:Nihongo (2016–2020) (serialized in Monthly Shōnen Magazine)
- Template:Nihongo (2022–2023) (serialized in Weekly Shōnen Magazine)
- Template:Nihongo (2024–present) (serialized in Weekly Shōnen Magazine)
Other
- Template:Nihongo (2014) (illustrations)
- Template:Nihongo (2016) (episode 5 endcard)
References
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