Hideo Yamamoto
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Hideo Yamamoto | |
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| Born | June 23, 1968 |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Occupation | Manga artist |
| Known for | Ichi the Killer Homunculus |
Hideo Yamamoto (山本英夫, Yamamoto Hideo) is a Japanese manga artist. He is best known as the creator of the manga series Ichi the Killer, which was adapted into a live-action film by Takashi Miike in 2001, and Homunculus.
Recurring themes in his manga are crime, sexual deviations, and the human mind.
Biography[edit]
Hideo Yamamoto received the "Tetsuya Chiba Award", given to promising young manga creators in 1988. After resigning from the post of assistant of a popular seinen manga artist, Kenshi Hirokane, he made his professional debut by drawing SHEEP (written by Masahiko Takasho) for Weekly Young Sunday in 1989.
Works[edit]
- Sheep, 1989
- Okama Report, 1989–1991
- Voyeur (Nozokiya), 1992
- Another One Bites The Dust (illustrated by Koshiba Tetsuya)
- Voyeurs, Inc. (Shin Nozokiya), 1993–1997
- Ichi the Killer, 1998–2001[1]
- Homunculus, 2003–2011[1]
- Yume Onna, 2013 (illustrated by Hiroya Oku)
- Hikari-Man, 2014–2020
- Adam and Eve, 2015–2016 (illustrated by Ryoichi Ikegami)
References[edit]
- ^ a b Lin, Maria (May 2005). "Dark Plots in Manga Land". Animefringe. 6 (5). ISSN 1705-3692. Retrieved February 26, 2011.
If it's serial killers and unconscious monsters that you want, the following dark manga will leave your head in a satisfying knot.
External links[edit]
- Hideo Yamamoto in Media Arts Database (in Japanese)
- Hideo Yamamoto at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
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