Mangaka Hiroya Oku, the creator of Gantz, took to Twitter to share really important information: the name of the man who allegedly debuted the now-infamous anime breast bounce. Oku wrote in this tweet, “The first anime animator to include a breast bounce was Yoshiyuki Sadamoto. …Read more »
Gantz creator Hiroya Oku is about to bring another series to a close. According to this year’s 19th issue of publisher Shogakukan’s Big Comic Superior magazine, the author’s GIGANT manga will end later this month. The final chapter will be published in the magazine’s 20th …Read more »
Over at Crunchyroll, Daryl Harding and Kaho Shibuya interviewed GANTZ creator Hiroya Oku about adaptations of his work, Hollywood, and what he thinks about overseas fans. Asked about the possibility of a GANTZ reboot, Oku said, “I wonder if a reboot anime is possible for …Read more »
All Gigant things must come to an end. Gigant, the latest manga from Gantz creator Hiroya Oku, will end with its 10th volume. That’s the word from the creator himself, who posted the news on Twitter. Here’s how Seven Seas describes Gigant: Rei Yokoyamada, a …Read more »
Hiroya Oku’s manga, including the enormously popular Gantz and the fascinatingly bizarre Inuyashiki, are page-turners that begin grounded in reality before moving into increasingly fantastical territory. Gigant is no different, but whereas those series were obsessed with violence and gore, Gigant adds sex to the …Read more »
Hiroya Oku, the creator behind series like Gantz and Inuyashiki, just debuted new series GIGANT in the pages of Big Comic Superior magazine. The January issue hit stands in Japan today with the first installment, so publisher Shogakukan shared a video preview. GIGANT follows high-schooler …Read more »
Based on the dark sci-fi manga by Gantz author Hiroya Oku, the Inuyashiki anime is gearing up for an October debut. Ahead of that we have a new promo for the adaptation, which follows a middle-aged man who accidentally finds himself turning into a cyborg …Read more »
This is your brain on used manga. There are two things I found particularly striking about bookstores when I first came to Japan: one, the sheer amount of places to buy manga used, and two, how many folks just stand there reading without buying anything. …Read more »
Hiroya Oku, writer and illustrator of sci-fi manga Gantz , took to Twitter yesterday to vent his frustrations about recent live-action adaptations of manga and anime. Here's what Oku had to say: Why do these live-action manga movies continue to get made? Even if you …Read more »
Today must be Movie Theater Monday, because a lot of the news popping up has to do with a handful of exciting upcoming US theatrical showings. The latest concerns the live-action take on Gantz . Shinsuke Sato's adaptation of Hiroya Oku's manga—which stars Death Note …Read more »
Coming at the end of a three-month hiatus of preparation, Gantz mangaka Hiroya Oku has put the gears in motion to close the series with a final arc. Gantz first began serialization in Young Jump in 2000, and will end there as well, in this …Read more »
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