Fujino Ōmori is a Japanese author, popularly known for writing the , also known as

Danmachi , also known as for short, and with English subtitle ''Familia Myth'', is a Japanese light novel series written by Fujino Ōmori and illustrated by Suzuhito Yasuda. SB Creative has published eighteen volumes since January 2013 under the ...

(ダンまち)

light novel A light novel (, Hepburn: ''raito noberu'') is a style of young adult novel primarily targeting high school and middle school students. The term "light novel" is a ''wasei-eigo'', or a Japanese term formed from words in the English languag ...

''series''. His age is unknown, but he mentions in the afterword of the 14th volume of ''

Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? , also known as for short, and with English subtitle ''Familia Myth'', is a Japanese light novel series written by Fujino Ōmori and illustrated by Suzuhito Yasuda. SB Creative has published eighteen volumes since January 2013 under the ...

'' from 2018 that he is under 30 years old.

Career

In early 2013, Fujino Ōmori published his first novel in the ''

'' light novel series. It was submitted with the title ''Familia Myth'' to the 4th

GA Bunko is a publishing label affiliated with the Japanese publishing company SB Creative, a subsidiary of Softbank. It was established in January 2006 and is a light novel A light novel (, Hepburn: ''raito noberu'') is a style of young adult nov ...

Award, where it won and received an offer to have it published by Bunko. The series is on going with 17 volumes till the date. Several spin-off series have been made. Ōmori's light novel series have been adapted into

manga Manga (Japanese: 漫画 ) are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long prehistory in earlier Japanese art. The term ''manga'' is u ...

, going up to 89 chapters in its adaptation of the first 5 books, and currently 13 chapters for its 7th book adaptation, skipping the 6th. It also got a television

anime is Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, in Japan and in Japane ...

series, which began airing in 2015, and is currently in its 3rd season which goes up to the 11th book. A mobile video game, '' Danmachi: Memoria Freese'', was released in 2017. In December 2020, Ōmori launched a manga series, titled '' Wistoria: Wand and Sword'', with illustrations by Toshi Aoi in

Kodansha is a Japanese privately-held publishing company headquartered in Bunkyō, Tokyo. Kodansha is the largest Japanese publishing company, and it produces the manga magazines ''Nakayoshi'', ''Afternoon'', ''Evening'', ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' an ...

's ''

Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine is a Japanese monthly manga magazine published by Kōdansha. The magazine was started in September 2009 as a spin-off of another Kōdansha magazine, ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine''. Currently running manga series Past series * '' ×××Holi ...

''.

Bibliography

* ''

'' (ダンジョンに出会いを求めるのは間違っているだろうか) (Illustrated by

Suzuhito Yasuda is a Japanese manga artist and illustrator. He is known as the creator of ''Yozakura Quartet'' and for illustrating the light novel series ''Durarara!!'' and ''Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?'', all of which have been adapted i ...

, published by

, 17 volumes, 2013 -) ** '' Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? On the Side: Sword Oratoria'' (ダンジョンに出会いを求めるのは間違っているだろうか外伝ソード・オラトリア) (Illustrated by

Kiyotaka Haimura is a Japanese game character designer and manga style artist best known for his work on the ''A Certain Magical Index'' series. Works Illustration *''A Certain Magical Index'' *'' Sprite Spiegel'' *''Maid Deka'' *'' Is It Wrong to Try to Pic ...

, published by GA Bunko, 12 volumes, 2014 -) ** ''Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Familia Chronicle'' (Illustrated by Niritsu, published by GA Bunko, 2 volumes, 2017 -) * '' Wistoria: Wand and Sword'' (杖と剣のウィストリア) (Illustrated by Toshi Aoi, published by

, serialized in ''

'', 2020 –)

References

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