is a Japanese

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. He is best known as the creator of the

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series ''

Golden Kamuy is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Satoru Noda (artist), Satoru Noda. It was serialized in Shueisha's Seinen manga, manga magazine ''Weekly Young Jump'' from August 2014 to April 2022, with its chapters collected in thirt ...

'', for which he won the 2016

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and the 2018

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Biography

Noda was born in Kitahiroshima,

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, Japan. His great-grandfather was a military settler in Hokkaido and veteran of the

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; Noda named the protagonist of his manga series ''Golden Kamuy'' after him. After moving to Tokyo at the age of 23, he entered the manga industry as an artist assistant. Noda was an assistant to Mitsurou Kubo for two years, and later worked under . He made his debut as a manga artist in 2003, with the

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published in '. His second one-shot story, 2006's , won a in the Young Artist division. After working as an artist assistant for nearly a decade, Noda made his serialized manga debut in 2011 with '' Supinamarada!'', serialized in ''

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''. After ''Supinamarada!'' was a commercial failure, Noda took a year before developing his next series, 2014's ''

''. The series would become a widespread critical and commercial success, and won the

in 2016 and the

in 2018. Following the conclusion of ''Golden Kamuy'' in 2022, Noda announced that he would relaunch ''Supinamarada!''. Little is known about Noda's personal life. Though he maintains an online presence and is interviewed by the press about his work, he does not make public appearances; upon winning the Manga Taishō in 2016, the award was accepted by his editor, with Noda delivering an audio-only acceptance speech.

Style

Noda draws using

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exclusively. While Noda is noted for conducting in-depth research on subject material that appears in his manga, he has stated that he is not interested in maintaining strict historical accuracy in his work, citing historically inaccurate elements in ''Golden Kamuy'' such as

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and certain firearms that were added for dramatic effect. Noda cites ''

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'' creator

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and the manga '' Keiji'', ''

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'', and ' as among his influences. Hallmarks of his work include visual references to

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, and narratives that juxtapose gag comedy against violent or dramatic moments. Handsome and muscular men are a recurring element of Noda's work; he has voiced his distaste for -styled manga, and has stated that he "draw without compromise the beautiful bodies of men."

Works

Serials

*'' Supinamarada!'', serialized in ''

'' (2011–2012) *''

'', serialized in ''Weekly Young Jump'' (2014–2022)

One-shots

* , published in ' (2003) * , published in ''Monthly Young Magazine'' (2006)

Awards

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'' , Grand Prize ,

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, , English-language translation by

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Notes

References

External links

Official blog

Satoru Noda
on

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Noda, Satoru Living people Manga artists from Hokkaido Manga Taishō Winner of Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize (Grand Prize) Year of birth missing (living people)