Norihiro yagi biography of michael
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Michitaka Kikuchi (菊池 通隆, Kikuchi Michitaka, born March 9, ), best known by the pen name Kia Asamiya (麻宮 騎亜, Asamiya Kia), is a Japanese manga artist whose work spans multiple genres and appeals to diverse audiences. He is well known for using influences from American comics, television, and films in his work, and describes himself as a big fan of Batman and Star Wars. One of the most widely published Japanese manga artist, nearly all of his stories have been translated into other languages, including English. His two most successful and popular manga series to-date are Martian Successor Nadesico and Silent Möbius. Before becoming a manga artist, Asamiya graduated from the Tokyo Designer School, then worked as a character designer for a number of anime series, and even designed models for some of the later Godzilla films (s). For this career, he used his real name, and maintained the two professional identities separately for many years. Several of the anime series that he worked on
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Proto-Cynthia from Undeadman | |
Original title | Claymore |
Written by | Norihiro Yagi |
Illustrated by | Norihiro Yagi |
Genre | Shōnen, Seinen. Alternatively Sword and Sorcery, Superhero, Science Fiction, Fantasy |
Demographic | Mature |
Original publication | Monthly Shōnen Jump |
Japanese manga date | July –present |
Yagi's previous work | Undeadman (), Angel Densetsu (–) |
Premise[]
On a cross-shaped island, a mysterious Organization, seeking weapons of mass destruction for use on the mainland, experiments with monsters called Yoma, who prey on humans.[1]
To finance their activities, the Organization runs a protection scheme, where female half-Yoma warriors, called "Claymores" by the public, suppress Yoma for a fee.
Series starts when warrior No. 47, Clare, saves a young boy, Raki, from a Yoma in Doga village.[2] Series climaxes with a Claymore Rebellion at Orga
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By Hugh David.
Fans of Berserk and Fullmetal Alchemist will find a lot to like in this epic twenty-six-part myt from , which adapts the first eleven volumes of Norihiro Yagi’s manga, published from to across several magazines in the Jump family. But what sets Claymore apart from the run-of-the-mill fantasy/swords-and-sorcery manga and anime that preceded it? For starters, despite the hona warriors who bear the series title, there fryst vatten a distinct lack of comedy and overt fan-service – no sexed-up D&D sitcom this. Second fryst vatten the particular blend of European and Japanese mythological elements, pitting Japanese-style Yoma (in this series demon/human hybrids) against Western-looking characters in a European medieval-style landscape complete with Christian churches and priests. Third, and most discussed about the show, is the combat: this is one of the best action shows to come out of Japan this century.
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