Nobuteru Yûki - Japan Expo 2011 - P1190805

is a Japanese manga artist, illustrator, animator and

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artist. He has designed characters for manga,

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and

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s, and has frequently collaborated with director

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, including on his most famous work, ''

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''. After working at Artland and D.A.S.T. (

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's animation studio, which he ran after becoming independent from Artland), he is currently working as a freelancer.

Career

Yūki graduated from Saitama Prefectural Toda Shoyo High School and has been active in the school's "Manga and Anime Research Interest Club" (now Manga and Anime Research Club). He found business in the National Health Insurance but couldn't give up on being an animator, so he left and became an animator instead. He is good friends with

Mamoru Nagano is a Japanese manga artist, animator, and mecha and character designer. Born in Maizuru, Kyoto Prefecture, he is noted for his work with anime studio Sunrise. He is married to voice actress Maria Kawamura. Career Mamoru Nagano made his profe ...

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and Fumio Iida (SUEZEN), and they used to go to

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on Christmas Eve, which is also Yūki's birthday. He works on doujinshi under the circles and , both references to the works of American science fiction author Philip K. Dick. The published doujinshi include key animation from his body of work and specially drawn manga. On the other hand, since he worked on ''Ralphilia Saga'' by Akara Arisato (

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), he has been involved in several works as a guest member of the doujin circle La Moon. Yūki has also attended several international animation festivals as a guest of honor, including

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, Animazement, and Otakon.

Works

Anime series

* ''

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'' (character designer) * '' Heat Guy J'' (character designer, animation director) * ''

Kids on the Slope is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yuki Kodama. It was serialized in the manga magazine '' Monthly Flowers'' from 2007 to 2012, and was published as ten ''tankōbon'' volumes (collected editions) by Shogakukan. The serie ...

'' (character designer, assistant animation director, ep. 12) * ''

Maken-ki! is a Japanese manga series by Hiromitsu Takeda. It was published by Fujimi Shobo's magazine ''Dragon Age Pure'', and later ''Monthly Dragon Age'', after the former magazine ceased publishing. It has been adapted into an anime series by AIC ...

'' (character designer) * ''

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'' (character designer) * ''

Paradise Kiss ''Paradise Kiss'', also abbreviated to ''ParaKiss'', is a josei manga series written and illustrated by Ai Yazawa. It appeared as a serial in the Japanese fashion magazine ''Zipper''. Shodensha collected the chapters into five volumes. Th ...

'' (character designer, chief animation director) * ''

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'' (character designer) * '' Space Pirate Captain Herlock: The Endless Odyssey'' (character designer, animation director) * ''

Toward the Terra is a Japanese science fiction manga series by Keiko Takemiya. It was originally serialized in Asahi Sonorama's ''Gekkan Manga Shōnen'' magazine, between January 1977 and May 1980. In 1978, it won the first Seiun Award for manga, and ...

'' (character designer) * ''

'' (character designer) * '' Under Ninja'' (character designer) * '' Xenosaga: The Animation'' (character designer)

Movies

*'' Escaflowne'' (character designer, animation director) *''

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'' (character designer, animation director) *'' The Weathering Continent'' (character designer) *'' X'' (character designer, animation director)

OVA

*''

Angel Cop is a six-part original video animation created and directed by Ichirō Itano. A manga adaptation written and illustrated by Taku Kitazaki was serialized in '' Newtype'' in 1989 and collected into a ''Newtype 100%'' collection released in Apri ...

'' (character designer) *''

Battle Angel Alita ''Gunnm '' ( ja, 銃夢, Ganmu, ), also known as ''Battle Angel Alita'' in English, is a Japanese cyberpunk manga series created by Yukito Kishiro and originally published in Shueisha's '' Business Jump'' magazine from 1990 to 1995. The ...

'' (character designer) *''

Battle Royal High School , originally known as is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Shinichi Kuruma. It was serialized in the Tokuma Shoten magazine ''Monthly Shōnen Captain'' infrequently between the May 1986 and August 1989 issues. Originally released i ...

'' (character designer, animation director, key animator) *''

Cleopatra DC is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kaoru Shintani about a fictional United States corporation, led by the beautiful and spirited Cleopatra Corns. Plot Cleopatra, or Cleo as she is known to her friends, would much rather ...

'' (character designer, animation director) *''

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'' (character designer, animation director) *''

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'' (character designer, animation director) *'' Sukeban Deka'' (character designer)

Video games

* ''

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'' (promotional artwork, Japanese cover) * '' Blade Arts: Tasogare no Miyako R'lyeh'' (character designer) * ''

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'' (character designer) * '' Dragon Force II'' (character designer) * ''

Kaiser Knuckle , which is known outside of Japan as ''Global Champion'', is a 1994 fighting game released for the arcades by Taito. ''Kaiser Knuckle'' was released during the fighting game trend of the 1990s that began with Capcom's ''Street Fighter II''. It i ...

'' (known outside Japan as ''Global Champion''; image illustrator) * ''

Ragnarok Online ''Ragnarok Online'' ( ko, 라그나로크 온라인, marketed as ''Ragnarök'', and alternatively subtitled ''The Final Destiny of the Gods'') is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) created by Gravity based on the manhwa '' ...

'' Opening Movie (character designer, animation director) * ''

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'' (character designer) * '' Solatorobo: Red the Hunter'' (character designer) * ''

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'' (character designer) * ''Trinity Trigger'' (world designer)

Written works

Manga

*''Vaelber Saga'' (1990-2003)

Art books

*''1999 a WORK of CLOVER'' *''Anvil Rough-Drawings'' *''Anvil II Rough-Drawings'' *''Anvil III Rough-Drawing Works'' *''Chrono Cross - Missing Piece'' *''Escaflowne Fan Book'' (for the feature film) *''Escaflowne Fan Book'' (for the TV series) *''The Five Star Stories'' *''Heat Guy J'' *''Heat Guy J Rough-Drawing Works'' *''Heat Guy J Second II'' *''Phantasien'' *''The revise pictures of XX'' *''Seikendensetsu III Illustration Book'' *''Senshi Bankō: Phantasien II'' *''Solatorobo LITTLE TAIL BRONX ARCHIVES VOL 1–3'' *''Toward the Terra Pilot Film'' *''Xenosaga: The Animation—Character Design''

References

External links

Nobuteru Yūki's blog
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