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Hideo Yamamoto (山本英夫, Yamamoto Hideo) is a Japanese manga artist. He is best known as the creator of the manga series Ichi the Killer, which was adapted into a live-action film by Takashi Miike in 2001, and Homunculus.
Hideo Yamamoto | |
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Born | |
Nationality | Japanese |
Occupation | Manga artist |
Known for | Ichi the Killer Homunculus |
Recurring themes in his manga are crime, sexual deviations, and the human mind.
Biography
editHideo Yamamoto received the "Tetsuya Chiba Award", given to promising young manga creators in 1988. After resigning from the post of assistant of a popular seinen manga artist, Kenshi Hirokane, he made his professional debut by drawing SHEEP (written by Masahiko Takasho) for Weekly Young Sunday in 1989.
Works
edit- Sheep, 1989
- Okama Report, 1989–1991
- Voyeur (Nozokiya), 1992
- Another One Bites The Dust (illustrated by Koshiba Tetsuya)
- Voyeurs, Inc. (Shin Nozokiya), 1993–1997
- Ichi the Killer, 1998–2001[1]
- Homunculus, 2003–2011[1]
- Yume Onna, 2013 (illustrated by Hiroya Oku)
- Hikari-Man, 2014–2020
- Adam and Eve, 2015–2016 (illustrated by Ryoichi Ikegami)
References
edit- ^ a b Lin, Maria (May 2005). "Dark Plots in Manga Land". Animefringe. 6 (5). ISSN 1705-3692. Retrieved February 26, 2011.
If it's serial killers and unconscious monsters that you want, the following dark manga will leave your head in a satisfying knot.
External links
edit- Hideo Yamamoto in Media Arts Database (in Japanese)
- Hideo Yamamoto at Anime News Network's encyclopedia