is a Japanese
manga artist
A is a comic artist who writes and/or illustrates manga. As of 2006, about 3,000 professional manga artists were working in Japan.
Most manga artists study at an art college or manga school or take on an apprenticeship with another artist be ...
best known for creating ''
Tokyo Underground''. Uraku won one of two grand prizes (the other winner being
Diachiken Ise) at the 4th Enix 21st Century Manga Awards in 1997 for his work ''Yojō Mahō Shoriban''.
This story was later published in the February 1997 issue of ''
Monthly G Fantasy''.
In 2002, ''Tokyo Underground'' was adapted into an
anime
is hand-drawn and computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, in Japan and in Japanese, (a term derived from a shortening of ...
television series aired on
TV Tokyo
JOTX-DTV (channel 7), branded as and known colloquially as , is a television station headquartered in the Sumitomo Fudosan Roppongi Grand Tower in Roppongi, Minato, Tokyo, Japan, owned and operated by the subsidiary of listed certif ...
. Uraku made a cameo appearance as a student in the first episode of that series.
Works
* (1997, ''Monthly G Fantasy'')
*''
Tokyo Underground'' (14
volumes, January 1998 – March 2005, ''
Monthly Shōnen Gangan'')
*''
Onikirisama no Hakoirimusume'' (irregularly since July 2006 issue of ''Monthly Shōnen Gangan'' till November 2010 issue, all 4 volumes Tankōbon)
References
External links
Profile of Tokyo Underground on absoluteanime.comGangan Square Enix
1977 births
Living people
Manga artists from Hyōgo Prefecture
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