Jin Kobayashi
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is a Japanese manga artist
. His most famous work so far is School Rumble
, which ran in Weekly Shōnen Magazine
from 2002 to 2008. His second serial manga, Natsu no Arashi!
, began running at Square Enix
's Gangan Wing in 2006.
He began drawing manga seriously during his college years, and won the Weekly Shōnen Magazine
's Rookie Award in 2001, allowing him to serialize School Rumble.
He has made some cameo appearance
s in the anime adaptation School Rumble, supplying the voice of Sailor F in two episodes of the first season, and being the narrator of the prehistoric segment in the first OVA, School Rumble - First Term Extra.
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...
. His most famous work so far is School Rumble
School Rumble
is a Japanese Shōnen manga series written and illustrated by Jin Kobayashi. First serialized in Weekly Shōnen Magazine from October 22, 2002 to July 23, 2008, all 345 chapters were later collected in 22 tankōbon volumes by Kodansha. Shōnen Magazine Special published a sequel, School Rumble Z,...
, which ran in Weekly Shōnen Magazine
Weekly Shonen Magazine
, also known as Shōnen Magazine, is a shōnen manga magazine published by Kodansha, first published on 17 March 1959. Despite some unusual censorship policies , it's mainly read by an older audience, with a large portion of its readership falling under the male high school or college...
from 2002 to 2008. His second serial manga, Natsu no Arashi!
Natsu no Arashi!
is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Jin Kobayashi, who is known for his previous work School Rumble. The manga started serialization in Square Enix's Gangan Wing shōnen manga magazine on August 25, 2006, and seven bound volumes have been released in Japan as of March 2010...
, began running at Square Enix
Square Enix
is a Japanese video game and publishing company best known for its console role-playing game franchises, which include the Final Fantasy series, the Dragon Quest series, and the action-RPG Kingdom Hearts series...
's Gangan Wing in 2006.
He began drawing manga seriously during his college years, and won the Weekly Shōnen Magazine
Weekly Shonen Magazine
, also known as Shōnen Magazine, is a shōnen manga magazine published by Kodansha, first published on 17 March 1959. Despite some unusual censorship policies , it's mainly read by an older audience, with a large portion of its readership falling under the male high school or college...
's Rookie Award in 2001, allowing him to serialize School Rumble.
He has made some cameo appearance
Cameo appearance
A cameo role or cameo appearance is a brief appearance of a known person in a work of the performing arts, such as plays, films, video games and television...
s in the anime adaptation School Rumble, supplying the voice of Sailor F in two episodes of the first season, and being the narrator of the prehistoric segment in the first OVA, School Rumble - First Term Extra.
Serials
- School RumbleSchool Rumbleis a Japanese Shōnen manga series written and illustrated by Jin Kobayashi. First serialized in Weekly Shōnen Magazine from October 22, 2002 to July 23, 2008, all 345 chapters were later collected in 22 tankōbon volumes by Kodansha. Shōnen Magazine Special published a sequel, School Rumble Z,...
(スクールランブル, 2002–2008) - School Rumble Z (スクールランブルZ, 2008–2009)
- Natsu no Arashi!Natsu no Arashi!is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Jin Kobayashi, who is known for his previous work School Rumble. The manga started serialization in Square Enix's Gangan Wing shōnen manga magazine on August 25, 2006, and seven bound volumes have been released in Japan as of March 2010...
(夏のあらし!, 2006–2010) - Ichiro Heian! (一路平安!, 2011 - )
Short stories
- Koiuta (恋歌, 2007, art by Yoshibe Tsuyama)
- Kaettekita Hentai KamenKyukyoku!! Hentai Kamenis a comedy manga series written and illustrated by Keishuu Ando. It was originally serialized in the Shueisha shōnen anthology magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump between 1992 and 1993. Running for 52 chapters, it tells the tale of a young martial artist who transforms into a bizarre hero of justice by...
(帰ってきた変態仮面, 2008, originally created by Keishū Ando), a manga about a young martial artist and crime fighter named Kyōsuke who gains strength and power from wearing one of his love interest's panties as a mask.