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| FURUYA Usamaru [Edit] |
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| Name (in native language) |
| 古屋兎丸 |
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| Birth Date |
| January 25, 1968 |
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| Zodiac |
| Aquarius |
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| Last Updated |
| January 27th, 12:06am PST |
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| Comments |
Furuya Usamaru's path to manga was unusual. He studied sculpture and abstract three-dimensional figures in art school, and afterwards even became involved with butoh dance. For a while he worked as a high-school art teacher. He made his debut as a manga artist with the ground-breaking four-panel "gag" strip Palepoli, which was serialized in the legendary avant-garde comics magazine Garo in 1994.
Since then he has gone on to publish in major weekly magazines in Japan, such as Young Sunday (where Short Cuts was first serialized). In English, his work has appeared in PULP: The Manga Magazine and Secret Comics Japan.
A message to American readers from Furuya Usamaru: "I've heard that 80% of America is made up of anthropocentric and passionate Christians who deny the theory of evolution. Could this be a misconception on my part? I think it probably is. I think there are a great many misconceptions between Americans and Japanese. If only we could overcome these through manga."
His self portrait is of a crabby (?) rabbit, which is a gag on the first kanji of his given name "兎", which means "rabbit". |
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| Psychological(16) Mature(12) Seinen(12) Drama(11) School Life(9) Comedy(8) Romance(8) Horror(6) Tragedy(6) Adult(4) Sci-fi(4) Slice of Life(4) Supernatural(4) Fantasy(3) Action(2) Adventure(2) Historical(2) Mystery(2) Shounen(2) Ecchi(1) Josei(1) Lolicon(1) Shounen Ai(1) |
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Year |
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Comedy, Ecchi, Mature, Romance, School Life, Seinen |
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2002 |
| At Na-chan's |
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Slice of Life, Tragedy |
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| Bokura no Hikari Club |
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Adult, Drama, Horror, Mature, Psychological, Seinen |
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2011 |
| Donki Kourin |
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Josei, Mystery, School Life |
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2004 |
| Garden (FURUYA Usamaru) |
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Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Lolicon, Mature, Psychological, Sci-fi, Tragedy |
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2000 |
| Genkaku Picasso |
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Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Psychological, School Life, Shounen, Supernatural |
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2008 |
| Happiness (FURUYA Usamaru) |
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Adult, Drama, Psychological, Romance, Seinen, Slice of Life |
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2006 |
| Innocents Shounen Juujigun |
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Action, Adventure, Historical, Mature, Psychological, Supernatural, Tragedy |
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2007 |
| Jisatsu Circle |
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Drama, Horror, Mature, Psychological, School Life, Tragedy |
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2002 |
| Joshikousei ni Korosaretai |
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Drama, Mature, Psychological, Romance, School Life, Seinen |
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2013 |
| Kanojo o Mamoru 51 no Houhou |
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Action, Drama, Mature, Psychological, Romance, Seinen |
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2006 |
| Kinjirareta Asobi (FURUYA Usamaru) |
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2014 |
| Litchi Hikari Club |
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Adult, Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Psychological, Romance, Sci-fi, Shounen Ai, Tragedy |
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2006 |
| Mangaka-san Irasshai! R's Bar - Mangaka no Atsumaru Mise |
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Comedy, Seinen |
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2013 |
| Marie no Kanaderu Ongaku |
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Drama, Fantasy, Mature, Psychological, Romance, Sci-fi, Seinen |
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2001 |
| Ningen Shikkaku |
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Historical, Mature, Psychological, Seinen, Slice of Life, Tragedy |
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2009 |
| Palepoli |
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Comedy, Mature, Psychological, Seinen, Supernatural |
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1996 |
| Plastic Girl (FURUYA Usamaru) |
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Drama, Mature, Psychological |
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2000 |
| Secret Comics Japan |
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Adult, Horror, Sci-fi, Seinen, Supernatural |
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2000 |
| Short Cuts |
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Comedy, Mature, School Life, Seinen |
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1996 |
| Shounenshoujo Ryouryuuki |
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Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Psychological, School Life, Seinen, Slice of Life |
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2006 |
| Teiichi no Kuni |
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Drama, Psychological, Romance, School Life, Shounen |
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2010 |
| Wsamarus 2001 |
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Drama, Horror, Psychological, Romance, School Life |
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2000 |
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