Akinobu Uraka
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is a Japanese manga artist
best known for creating Tokyo Underground
. Uraka 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
TV series aired on TV Tokyo
. Uraka made a cameo appearance as a student in the first episode of that series.
Mangaka
is the Japanese word for a comic artist or cartoonist. Outside of Japan, manga usually refers to a Japanese comic book and mangaka refers to the author of the manga, who is usually Japanese...
best known for creating Tokyo Underground
Tokyo Underground
is a manga series by Akinobu Uraka and published by Enix. It became an anime series, produced by Studio Pierrot and shown on the TV Tokyo Network from April 2 until September 24, 2002....
. Uraka 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
Anime
is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....
TV series aired on TV Tokyo
TV Tokyo
is a television station headquartered in Toranomon, Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Also known as , a blend of "terebi" and "Tokyo", it is the key station of TX Network. It is one of the major Tokyo television stations, particularly specializing in anime...
. Uraka made a cameo appearance as a student in the first episode of that series.
Works
(1997, Monthly G Fantasy)- Tokyo UndergroundTokyo Undergroundis a manga series by Akinobu Uraka and published by Enix. It became an anime series, produced by Studio Pierrot and shown on the TV Tokyo Network from April 2 until September 24, 2002....
(14 volumesTankobon, with a literal meaning close to "independently appearing book", is the Japanese term for a book that is complete in itself and is not part of a series , though the manga industry uses it for volumes which may be in a series...
, January 1998 - March 2005, Monthly Shōnen Gangan) - Onikiri-sama no Hakoiri Musume (irregularly since July 2006 issue of Monthly Shōnen Gangan)