Shimoku Kio

Shimoku Kio (Japanese木 尾 士 目, Kio Shimoku; * 1974 ) is a Japanese manga artist.

Biography

Shimoku Kio studied literature at the University of Tsukuba. In 1994 he participated in the talent competition of the manga magazine Afternoon in part to the Shiki Award and was runner-up in this. This award meant that he. Submitted the short story, Ten no Ryōiki, then was able to publish in the Afternoon

For afternoon he works ever since. The manga series Kagero Nikki, Yonensei and Gonensei he drew of 1995 to 2001. Nensei Go comprises 900 pages in five anthologies. The breakthrough came with the series Genshiken, which then appeared from 2002 to 2006 in 1500 pages in Afternoon in nine anthologies in the Kodansha publishing house. The comedic manga about the lives of the members of an otaku student clubs has been translated into several languages ​​and implemented in 2004 and 2007 as a anime television series. The continuation Geshiken Nidaime has been published since 2010 also in Afternoon.

The characters in Genshiken are fans of the fictional anime series Kujibiki imbalance. As an original video animation they produced in 2004 actually three episodes of this series. A twelve- episode anime television series followed in 2006 on a manga to Kujibiki imbalance Kio worked from 2006 to 2007, however, he shows only the plot and did not draw himself, as his earlier works. ; the drawings were designed by Keito Koume.

Works

  • Ten no Ryōiki (点 の 領域), 1994
  • Kagero Nikki (阳 炎 日记), 1995-1996
  • Yonensei (四年 生), 1997-1998
  • Gonensei (五年 生), 1998-2001
  • Kurachikatto no Machi (クラチカット の 街), 2002
  • Genshiken (げんしけん), 2002-2006
  • Kujibiki imbalance (くじびき ♥ アン バランス), 2006-2007
  • Digopuri (ぢごぷり), 2008-2010
  • Spotted Flower, 2009
  • Geshiken Nidaime (げんしけん:二代 目), since 2010, continuation of Genshiken
  • Mangaka
  • Graphic Design ( Japan)
  • Japanese
  • Born in 1974
  • Man
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