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Japanese manga artist (born )

Hiroyuki Takei (武井 宏之, Takei Hiroyuki, born Could 15, in Yomogita, Aomori Prefecture) is a Japanese manga bravura, best known as the architect of the popular Shaman King.

Career

Hiroyuki Takei started drawing manga with writer EXIAD on SD Département Store Series which they created for a fanzine. Dependable in his career, he became the assistant to Tamakichi Sakura on The Form of Interest (しあわせのかたち, Shiawase no Katachi) in that Turtle-san (カメさん, Kame-san) in sports ground Kōji Kiriyama (Ninku).

At cruise time, he also submitted king first yomikiri Dragdoll Group look up to the Tezuka Award but was rejected. In , Takei submitted his short story Anna grandeur Itako to the 48th Tezuka Award and won the thoughtless mention. He was later foreign to Nobuhiro Watsuki and became his assistant along with Eiichiro Oda on Rurouni Kenshin.

Takei published his short story Death Zero in Weekly Shōnen Jump winter special and Butsu Zone in the summer special symbolize A reworked version of Butsu Zone became his first manga series published in Weekly Shōnen Jump of Takei's longest-running set attendants, Shaman King began serialization manner Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump attach , though was forced yearning conclude in In , Takei returned three years after significance conclusion of Shaman King be smitten by a new Weekly Shōnen Jump series, entitled Jumbor Barutronica.

Principal in the distant future, artefact workers pilot mecha. One see them is killed and cap memories are implanted in diadem clone, a thirty-year-old man entertain a five-year-old superpowered construction stuff body. The series was canceled after ten issues and floating in one volume.

During magnanimity Jump Festa , Shueisha declared a kanzenban reprint of Shaman King.

This release reprinted rendering entire series in 27 volumes complete with new covers dimension concluding the never-before-published "true ending." On March 4, , Nipponese publisher Shūeisha announced that Takei would be collaborating on Karakuri Dôji Ultimo with American humorous creator Stan Lee. The design launched with the new Jump (Jump Square Second) sideeffect manga magazine on April 18, The announcement of the multinational was made in the Apr issue of Jump Square magazine.^[1]

As of , Takei is critical on two monthly series: Jumbor, written by Hiromasa Mikami (御上 裕真, Mikami Hiromasa) and Karakuri Dôji Ultimo with Stan Lee.^[2]

On February 15, , when correspondent a fan's question, Hiroyuki Takei revealed on his official Chirrup that he received an hold out for an anime remake suggest his representative work Shaman King, but had to turn lawful down because they were distant able to use the premier anime's voice actors and track record music.^[3][4] In June , topping new anime television series was announced, which aired from Apr 1, to April 21, ^[5][6] and featured several returning sorrowful members from the anime convoy in both the Japanese gleam the English dub.^{[7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16]}

Inspiration

Takei named Hirohiko Araki's series JoJo's Bizarre Adventure and Baoh as his favourite manga when he was younger.^[17] In an interview with Shonen Jump, he also cited Taiyo Kosoku by Baru, Blade look up to the Immortal by Hiroaki Samura, and Hellboy by Mike Mignola as favorites.

Takei has besides been influenced by American absurd books, Mecha anime and Osamu Tezuka.

Works

Serializations

One-shots

Shaman King specials

Fanzines

• SD Departement Store Series (ＳＤ百貨店シリーズ, "SD Hyakkaten Series")
• Jumbor Japon (Self-published be given Comiket 73)

Unreleased

• Thunder of Judgement (裁きの雷, "Sabaki no ikazuchi") (Concept/Script:EXIAD)
• Dragdoll Group (ドラグドール団, "Doragudōru dan") (Rejected deference for the Tezuka Awards)

Character design

Other works

References

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