is an award winning Japanese author of science fiction and fantasy. The film Yomigaeri is based on a novel by him and he also co-wrote the manga

Manga

Manga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th...

 series with Kenji Tsuruta

Kenji Tsuruta

is a Japanese manga artist. Among his most famous works is the science fiction series Spirit of Wonder, which has been adapted into an anime series and brought him much acclaim.-Profile:...

 (who illustrated the series), which was serialized in Monthly Comic Ryu

Monthly Comic Ryu

is a Japanese monthly seinen manga and anime magazine published by Tokuma Shoten. The magazine was originally a quarterly special issue of Animage, beginning in 1979 before switching to a monthly schedule and finally suspending publication...

. The manga is based on his short story of the same title, which became the beginning of his long-running series of "Emanon" short stories. He won the 1991 Nihon SF Taisho Award

Nihon SF Taisho Award

Nihon SF Taishō Award is a Japanese science fiction award. It has been compared to the Nebula Award as it is given by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of Japan or SFWJ...

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