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Akira Hiramoto
Born (1976-11-14) 14 November 1976 (age 48)
Okinawa Prefecture, Japan
NationalityJapanese
OccupationManga artist
Known forPrison School

Akira Hiramoto (平本 アキラ, Hiramoto Akira) is a Japanese professional manga artist serialised in Weekly Young Magazine, owned by Kodansha Comics. He was born in Okinawa Prefecture on 14 November 1976.[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 works as the author and artist of Prison School,[2] which won the General Manga Category award at the 37th Kodansha Awards Ceremony in 2013.[3]

Works

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 hiatus.[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 hiatus 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 - 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 was 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]

One-shots 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 one-shot 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 one-shot 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, with other authors such as Fairy Tail's Hiro Mashima and Peacemaker's Ryoji Minagawa producing other chapters.[15]
  • Prison School vs. School of Supreme Evil ([監獄学園] vs. [巨悪学園]) - a single-chapter crossover one-shot between Akira Hiramoto and Katsuhito Nagasawa featuring characters from both universes.

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. ^ "Fairy Tail's Mashima to Draw Parasyte One-Shot Manga" | Anime News Network. Retrieved 08-08-2015.
Attribution

This article incorporates material derived from the "Akira Hiramoto" article on the prison-school wiki at Fandom (formerly Wikia) and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 License (October 2015).

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