is a Japanese

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and manga writer, best known for authoring the

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series ''

To Love Ru is a Japanese manga series written by Saki Hasemi and illustrated by Kentaro Yabuki. The manga was serialized in Shueisha's ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' magazine from April 2006 to August 2009, and the chapters collected into 18 ''tank� ...

'' (2006–2009) and '' To Love Ru Darkness'' (2010–2017) alongside illustrator

Kentaro Yabuki is a Japanese manga artist, best known for his series ''Black Cat'' (2000–2004) and for illustrating ''To Love Ru'' (2006–2009) and '' To Love Ru Darkness'' (2010–2017) alongside author Saki Hasemi. Currently, Yabuki writes and illustrat ...

. Together the two manga series have over 16 million copies in circulation.

Career

In the 1980s and 1990s, Hasemi worked in the

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industry. Hasemi first met manga artist

at preliminary meetings for the 2005 anime adaptation of Yabuki's ''

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''. When Hasemi told Yabuki that he was interested in writing an original manga, the artist told Hasemi he could contact him if he had any questions. But it was Yabuki who reached out to him to work on what would become ''

''. ''To Love Ru'' was serialized in ''

Weekly Shōnen Jump is a weekly ''shōnen'' manga anthology published in Japan by Shueisha under the ''Jump'' line of magazines. The manga series within the magazine consist of many action scenes and a fair amount of comedy. The chapters of the series that run ...

'' from April 24, 2006, to August 31, 2009, and its sequel '' To Love Ru Darkness'' was serialized in ''

Jump Square , also written as , is a Japanese monthly '' shōnen'' manga magazine. Published by Shueisha, the magazine premiered on November 2, 2007 as a replacement for '' Monthly Shōnen Jump'', another manga anthology that Shueisha discontinued in June of ...

'' from October 4, 2010, to March 4, 2017. Both series received multiple anime adaptations and have been released in North America. In the December 2020 issue of

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' ''

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'' manga magazine, it was announced that Hasemi and artist Wise Speak would launch a new manga series titled ''GT-giRl'' on November 27, 2020.

Works

Video games

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'' – vehicle illustration *''Zero4 Champ II'' – vehicle illustration *''The Great Battle Pocket'' – character design *''Mini 4 Boy'' – character design, planning *''Mini 4 Boy II'' – character design, scenario writer *''Little Busters Q'' – screenplay, planning *''Ojamajo Adventure: Naisho no Mahou'' – screenplay, planning *''Nuga-Cel!'' *''Motto Nuga-Cel! '' *''Tengi Sosei Strike Girls / Gorgeous Maiden Girls Striker'' – scenario supervision *''Honey x Blade / Honey x Blade 2'' – scenario supervision *''Detariki Z Tokubetsu Bōei-kyoku Taiin no Nichijō'' – scenario supervision

Anime

*''

Sugar Sugar Rune or Sugar² Rune is a Japanese magical girl manga series written and illustrated by Moyoco Anno and serialized in the ''shōjo'' manga magazine ''Nakayoshi'' from September 2003 to May 2007. The series was collected into eight volumes publis ...

'' – Script (episodes 5, 12, 21, and 36) *''

'' – Script (episodes 3, 4, 5, 9, 13, 14, 18, and 19) *''

Powerpuff Girls Z is a 2006 Japanese magical girl anime series directed by Megumu Ishiguro, based on the American animated television series ''The Powerpuff Girls''. The anime was co-produced by Cartoon Network Japan and Aniplex and was animated by Toei Animat ...

'' – Script (episodes 2, 12, 23, 25, 41, and 48) *'' Pinky:St'' – Series Composition *''

Moetan is a series of English language study aids published by SansaiBooks in Japan. Targeted at otaku, it attempted to teach English words using examples drawn from computer games and anime. In the reprint of the first ''Moetan'' book and the bath ...

'' – Series Composition *''

'' (TV) – Original creator *''

'' (OVA) – Original creator *''

Motto To Love Ru ''To Love Ru'' is an anime series based on the manga of the same name written by Saki Hasemi and illustrated by Kentaro Yabuki. The second season of the anime series, titled , was produced by Xebec and directed by Atsushi Ōtsuki. It aired for 1 ...

'' – Original creator *'' To Love Ru Darkness'' (TV) – Original creator *'' To Love Ru Darkness'' (OVA) – Original creator *''

To Love Ru Darkness 2nd ''To Love Ru'' is an anime series based on the manga of the same name written by Saki Hasemi and illustrated by Kentaro Yabuki. A fourth and final season of the anime series titled, ''To Love Ru Darkness 2nd'', aired in Japan between July 7 and ...

'' (TV) – Original creator *''

'' (OVA) – Original creator

Manga

* (with

; 2006–2009

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) – Story * (with Kentaro Yabuki; 2010–2017 Shueisha) – Story * (with Kotarō Shōno; 2013–2014 Gakken Plus) – Story * ''GT-giRl'' (with Wise Speak; 2020–ongoing

) – Story

References

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