Template:Short description Template:Infobox comics creator Template:Nihongo is a Japanese manga artist. He is best known for the manga Those Who Hunt Elves, which was adapted as an anime series. His works Those Who Hunt Elves, Dokkoida?!, Go West!, and Hikkatsu! Strike a Blow to Vivify have been licensed in English.
Yagami's works are predominantly comedy shōnen manga with science fiction or high fantasy settings—for example, Dokkoida?! is a superhero parody series and Go West! a western parody.[1] Many feature protagonists that use martial arts, usually some form of karate, such as Junpei in Those Who Hunt Elves and Shota in Hikkatsu! Strike a Blow to Vivify). Yagami himself is a karate aficionado, and is a member of the Kendokai Karate-do.[2] Most of his works are published by MediaWorks and serialized in their Dengeki Comic Gao! magazine.
Works
Manga
| Title | Serialized in | # Volumes | Years | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Those Who Hunt Elves Template:Nihongo2 (Erufu wo karu mono-tachi) |
Dengeki Comic Gao! | 21 | 1994–2002 | Adapted as an anime by Group TAC. Published in English by ADV Manga. |
| Concerning That Adventurer Kiken Template:Nihongo2 (Sono bōkensha Kiken ni tsuki) |
Dengeki Comic Gao! | 1 | 1997 | Short story collection |
| Yagamiland Daily Special Template:Nihongo2 (Higawari Yagami-rando) |
Dengeki Comic Gao! | 1 | 1998 | Short story collection |
| Dokkoida?! Template:Nihongo2 (Sumeba miyako no kosumosu-sō · suttoko taisen dokkoidā) |
Dengeki AniMaga (2000–2001) Dengeki Comic Gao! (2001–2004) |
4 | 2000–2004 | Written by Taro Achi, adapting the light novels. Adapted as an anime by Ufotable. Published in English by CMX.[1] |
| Go West! | Dengeki Comic Gao! | 4 | 2002–2004 | Published in English by CMX.[1] |
| Hikkatsu! Strike a Blow to Vivify Template:Nihongo2 (Hikkatsu!) |
Dengeki Comic Gao! | 3 | 2005–2006 | Published in English by Go! Comi. |
| Red Lightning Template:Nihongo2 (Akai inazuma) |
Weekly Shōnen Champion | 2007 | Short run | |
| Those Who Hunt Elves Returns Template:Nihongo2 (Erufu wo karu mono-tachi ritānzu) |
Dengeki Comic Gao! | 1 | 2007–2008 | |
| Those Who Chase the Butterfly Template:Nihongo2 (Ageha o Ou Monotachi) |
Young Ace (Kadokawa Shoten) | 4 | 2009- | |
| Sorcerous Stabber Orphen Mubō-hen Template:Nihongo2 (Majutsushi Ōfen Mubō-hen) |
2018 | Adaptation of the novels written by Yoshinobu Akita.[3] |
Illustrations
Yagami did the illustrations for Template:Nihongo, a series of six light novels by Taro Achi published by MediaWorks in the Dengeki Bunko imprint between 1999 and 2003.
Style
Yagami's work in Those Who Hunt Elves is featured prominently in Volume 2 of the popular manga drawing instructional series How to Draw Manga, “Compiling Techniques”. Several frames from the manga are held up as examples of good use of screentones.[4]
References
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