Eisaku Kubonouchi
| Eisaku Kubonouchi 窪之内英策 | |
|---|---|
| Born |
November 11, 1966 Kōchi, Japan |
| Area(s) | Manga artist |
Notable works | Chocolat |
Eisaku Kubonouchi (窪之内英策 Kubonouchi Eisaku, born November 11, 1966 in Kōchi, Japan) is a Japanese manga artist.[1][2]
Biography
Kubonouchi made his professional career debut in 1986 with the short story Okappiki Eiji published in the manga magazine Shōnen Sunday. From 1988 to 1991, he worked on his first series, Tsurumoku Dokushin Ryō, which was in 1991 made into a movie with Kōyō Maeda (ja) in the leading role. His second manga series, Watanabe, was made into a television series in 1993, directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa. After a 7-year hiatus, Kubonouchi began Chocolat, a story about a former mob boss, just having been released from the prison, who befriends a 16-year-old girl. Chocolat was published from October 1999 to September 2003 in Big Comic Spirits.[2] In 2003, the manga was made into a television drama,[3] that lasted 45 episodes.
Works
| Title | Year | Notes | Refs[4] |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tsurumoku Dokushin Ryō (ツルモク独身寮?, Tsurumoku Bachelor Dormitory) | 1988–91 | Serialized in Big Comic Spirits, 7 volumes | |
| Watanabe (ワタナベ?) | 1992 | Serialized in Big Comic Spirits, 3 volumes | |
| Chocolat | 1999–2003 | Serialized in Big Comic Spirits Published by Shogakukan, 7 volumes |
[2][3] |
| Cherī (チェリー?, Cherry) | 2006–07 | Published in Big Comic Spirits, 4 volumes | |
| Pikamon (ピカもん?) | 2008–10 | Published in Evening Kodansha Comics, 3 volumes | |
References
- ↑ Hashimoto, Kenji (2003). Class structure in contemporary Japan. Trans Pacific Press. pp. 62–. ISBN 978-1-876843-71-7. Retrieved 24 June 2011.
- 1 2 3 "ドラマ30 ショコラ インタビュー:窪之内 英策". Mainichi Broadcasting System, Inc. 2003-05-26. Archived from the original on February 4, 2009. Retrieved 2011-06-26.
- 1 2 "Chocolat Manga's Taiwanese Live-Action TV Adaptation Revealed". Anime News Network. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
- ↑ "著者：窪之内英策" [Author: Eisaku Kubonouchi]. Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Japan: Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved January 14, 2016.
External links
- Eisaku Kubonouchi on Twitter
- (Japanese) Interview with Eisaku Kubonouchi about dramatizing Chocolat (Web Archive)
- (Japanese) List of Eisaku Kubonouchi's works at Shogakukan official site
- Eisaku Kubonouchi at Anime News Network's encyclopedia