App Try out our new iPhone application! |
Manga Poll
|
Manga is the Japanese equivalent of comics
with a unique style and following. Join the revolution! Read some manga today!
Coded in ConTEXT
Join #baka-updates @irc.irchighway.net
RSS Feed
|
|
 |
Mangaka |
 |
|
|
|
|
| FURUYA Usamaru [Edit] |
| |
|
|
| Image |
 |
| |
| Associated Names |
| N/A |
| |
| Name (in native language) |
| 古屋兎丸 |
| |
| Birth Place |
| N/A |
| |
| Birth Date |
| January 25, 1968 |
| |
| Zodiac |
| Aquarius |
| |
| Last Updated |
| June 22nd, 12:14pm PST |
| |
|
|
| Comments |
Usamaru Furuya was born January 25, 1968. His 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 Usamaru Furuya: "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". |
| |
| Blood Type |
| N/A |
| |
| Gender |
| Male |
| |
| Genres |
| Drama(13) Psychological(12) Seinen(10) Mature(8) Adult(6) Comedy(6) Horror(6) Romance(6) School Life(6) Tragedy(6) Slice of Life(4) Supernatural(4) Mystery(3) Adventure(2) Fantasy(2) Historical(2) Sci-fi(2) Shounen(2) Action(1) Ecchi(1) Josei(1) |
| |
| Official Website |
| Click Here |
| |
| Twitter |
| N/A |
| |
| Facebook |
| N/A |
| |
|
|
| Series Title (Click for series info) |
|
Genre |
|
Year |
| π |
|
Adult, Comedy, Ecchi, Romance, Seinen |
|
2002 |
| At Na-chan's |
|
Slice of Life, Tragedy |
|
-- |
| Bokura no Hikari Club |
|
Adult, Drama, Horror, Mature, Psychological, Seinen, Tragedy |
|
2011 |
| Donki Kourin |
|
Josei, Mystery, School Life |
|
2004 |
| Garden (FURUYA Usamaru) |
|
Adult, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror |
|
2000 |
| Genkaku Picasso |
|
Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Psychological, School Life, Shounen, Supernatural |
|
2008 |
| Happiness |
|
Adult, Drama, Psychological, Romance, Seinen, Slice of Life |
|
2006 |
| Innocents Shounen Juujigun |
|
Adventure, Drama, Historical, Mature, Psychological, Supernatural, Tragedy |
|
2007 |
| Jisatsu Circle |
|
Drama, Horror, Mature, Mystery, Psychological, School Life |
|
2002 |
| Kanojo o Mamoru 51 no Houhou |
|
Action, Drama, Mature, Romance, Seinen, Tragedy |
|
2006 |
| Litchi Hikari Club |
|
Adult, Comedy, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Psychological, Romance, Tragedy |
|
2006 |
| Marie no Kanaderu Ongaku |
|
Drama, Fantasy, Mature, Romance, Sci-fi, Seinen |
|
2001 |
| Ningen Shikkaku |
|
Drama, Historical, Psychological, Seinen, Slice of Life, Tragedy |
|
2009 |
| Palepoli |
|
Comedy, Mature, Psychological, Seinen, Supernatural |
|
1996 |
| Plastic Girl (FURUYA Usamaru) |
|
Drama, Mature, Psychological |
|
2000 |
| Secret Comics Japan |
|
Adult, Horror, Sci-fi, Seinen, Supernatural |
|
2000 |
| Short Cuts |
|
Comedy, Mature, School Life, Seinen |
|
1996 |
| Shounenshoujo Ryouryuuki |
|
Drama, Psychological, Seinen, Slice of Life |
|
2006 |
| Teiichi no Kuni |
|
Drama, Psychological, School Life, Shounen |
|
2010 |
| Wsamarus 2001 |
|
Drama, Horror, Psychological, Romance, School Life |
|
2000 |
|
| Note: You must be logged in to update information on this page. |
|
|
|
|
|
