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Akira Hiramoto
BornNovember 14 1976
Okinawa Prefecture, Japan
NationalityJapanese
OccupationManga artist
Known forPrison School

Akira Hiramoto (平本（ひらもと）アキラ, Hiramoto Akira) is a Japanese professional mangaka serialised in seinen publication Weekly Young Magazine, owned by Kodansha Comics. He was born in Okinawa Prefecture in Japan on 14th November, 1976, and is currently aged 38.[1] He has produced multiple works while signed to Kodansha Comics, of which the magnum opus was the long-running gag manga "Agonashi Gen to Ore Monogatari". He is currently working on one manga series as the author & artist of Prison School,[2] which won the General Manga Category award at the 37th Kodansha Awards Ceremony in 2013.[3]

His Work

Manga Series

  • Agonashi Gen to Ore Monogatari (アゴなしゲンとオレ物語, lit. The Jawless Gen' Story and Mine) - a completed long-running gag manga about low-earning middle-aged shipping company manager Gen and his employees, that ran from Merger Issue No. 5-6 of 1998 to Issue No. 27 in 2009.[4]
  • Me and the Devil Blues (俺と悪魔のブルーズ, Ore to Akuma no Burūzu) - a popular manga about the black blues legend selling his soul to the devil and losing his family in order to become a musical legend and roam America, titled after the musician's most famous song.[5] It ran in Kodansha's Monthly Afternoon Magazine from November 25, 2003 to February 25, 2008 before an indefinite haitus.[6] This was the first manga of Hiramoto's to be published in the Northern American market, by Del Rey Manga,[7] and has begun re-release after haitus in Young Magazine the Third starting in February 6, 2015.[8]
  • Yarisugi Companion to Atashi Monogatari (やりすぎコンパニオンとアタシ物語, lit. Overdo Companions and My Story) - a mature fanservice manga about an assistant at a Japanese hot spring in Tokyo. Having begun as a oneshot, it ran from Issue No. 46 in 2007 to Issue No. 8 in 2008.[9]
  • Prison School (監獄学園, Purizun Sukūru) - a mature comedy manga about the enrollment and internal imprisonment of five boys at a girls school recently turned co-ed, and their struggle to stay enrolled despite resistance from its schoolgirls.[10] The manga is currently serialised starting from Issue No. 10 in 2011 as the author's only series, having won a publisher award from Kodansha and an anime adaptation by JC Staff.[2]

Oneshots and Crossovers

  • Chōzetsu Dodomeiro Pinup NEMESISTERS (超絶ドドメ色ピンナップ NEMESISTERS, lit. Transcendent Maroon-Colored Various Pinup NEMESISTERS) - an illustration published in Issue No. 2 2010 in the Kodansha bimonthly magazine Nemesis.[11][12]
  • Yōkei Seijuku Onna Hilda (幼形成熟女ヒルダ, lit. Juvenile Form Mature Woman Hilda) - a oneshot published in 2011 Issue No. 6 of Nemesis.[11][13]
  • Neo Parasyte (ネオ寄生獣, Neo Kiseijū) - the first short-story single chapter oneshot based on manga series Kiseijuu. The series is a collaboration with other mangaka to promote the upcoming Parasyte: A Maxim anime.[14] It ran in 2014 Issue No. 9 of Monthly Afternoon Magazine, [15] with other authors such as Fairy Tail's Hiro Mashima and Peacemaker's Ryoji Minagawa producing other chapters.[16]
  • Prison School vs. School of Supreme Evil ([監獄学園] vs. [巨悪学園]) - a single-chapter crossover oneshot between Akira Hiramoto and Katsuhito Nagasawa featuring characters from both universes.

Trivia

  • The Young Magazine editor of Prison School has confirmed that there are spoof Twitter accounts associated with the author.[17]
  • However, the official author account is not for contact according to its biography.[18]
  • Akira Hiramoto has never appeared in photos or public events and is somewhat more reclusive than other mangaka.
  • A characterised Akira Hiramoto makes a guest appearance in a three-chapter special promoting the anime adaptation of the Prison School manga.

References

  1. ^ ハーレム×監獄。壁をぶち壊していく快感と、“女性の強さ”を描きたい | Da Vinci News. (Japanese) Retrieved 08-08-2015.
  2. ^ a b "Prison School" Hiramoto Akira: The Published List | Kodansha Comics. (Japanese) Retrieved 08-08-2015.
  3. ^ " Winners at 37th Kodansha Manga Awards" | Anime News Network. Retrieved 06-08-2015.
  4. ^ "The Jawless Gen' Story and Mine" Hiramoto Akira: The Published List | Kodansha Comics. (Japanese) Retrieved 08-08-2015.
  5. ^ Young Magazine "Me and the Devil Blues" website. (Japanese) Retrieved 08-08-2015.
  6. ^ "Me and the Devil Blues" Hiramoto Akira: The Published List | Kodansha Comics. (Japanese) Retrieved 08-08-2015.
  7. ^ "Media Blasters, Del Rey Announce New Manga Licenses" | Anime News Network. Retrieved 09-08-2015.
  8. ^ "Young Magazine the 3rd Magazine's Line-Up Detailed" | Anime News Network. Retrieved 11-09-2015.
  9. ^ "Overdo Companions and My Story" Hiramoto Akira: Yanmaga KC | Kodansha Comics. (Japanese) Retrieved 08-08-2015.
  10. ^ Young Magazine "Prison School" website. (Japanese) Retrieved 08-08-2015.
  11. ^ a b NEMESIS Monthly Shonen Sirius | Kodansha Comics. (Japanese) Retrieved 09-08-2015.
  12. ^ NEMESIS Issue No.2 2010: KC Deluxe | Kodansha Comics. (Japanese) Retrieved 09-08-2015.
  13. ^ NEMESIS Issue No.6 2011: KC Deluxe | Kodansha Comics. (Japanese) Retrieved 08-08-2015.
  14. ^ "Me and the Devil Blues' Hiramoto to Draw Parasyte Oneshot" | Anime News Network. Retrieved 08-08-2015.
  15. ^ Neo Kiseijuu | MyAnimeList. Retrieved 08-08-2015.
  16. ^ "Fairy Tail's Mashima to Draw Parasyte One-Shot Manga" | Anime News Network. Retrieved 08-08-2015.
  17. ^ 『監獄学園』担当: "kangoku_tantou" Tweet | Twitter. (Japanese) Retrieved 08-08-2015.
  18. ^ 平 本 ア キ ラ (akira_hiramoto) | Twitter Bio
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