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The Tatami Galaxy
is a 2004 Japanese varsity novel written by Tomihiko Morimi and published by Ohta Publishing. Its first-person narrator is an unnamed upperclassman at Kyoto University reminiscing on the misadventures of his previous years of campus life, with each of the four chapters taking place in parallel universes in which he is enrolled in a different student society. A sequel, , was published in 2020, which combines the characters of ''The Tatami Galaxy'' with the plot of Makoto Ueda's play and film ''Summer Time Machine Blues''. English translations of both novels by Emily Balistrieri are planned for publication by HarperCollins in December 2022 and September 2023, respectively. ''The Tatami Galaxy'' was adapted into an 11-episode anime television series produced by Madhouse and directed by Masaaki Yuasa, which aired on Fuji TV's late-night Noitamina programming block in 2010. The adaptation was critically acclaimed, winning the 2010 Japan Media Arts Festival Grand Prize in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masaaki Yuasa
is a Japanese director, screenwriter, and animator affiliated with Science SARU, a Japanese animation studio which he co-founded with producer Eunyoung Choi in 2013. Yuasa previously served as president of Science SARU, but stepped down from this role in 2020. Recognized for his idiosyncratic art style and directorial voice, Yuasa began his career as an animator on the landmark television series ''Chibi Maruko-chan'' (1990–1992) and '' Crayon Shin-chan'' (1992–present), before moving into directing with the feature film ''Mind Game'' (2004) and developing a cult appeal following. Yuasa spent much of the 2000s and early 2010s working in television directing, helming a trio of series, ''Kemonozume'' (2006), ''Kaiba'' (2008), and ''The Tatami Galaxy'' (2010), before releasing the crowdfunded short film ''Kick-Heart'' (2013). During the production of ''Kick-Heart'', Choi proposed the establishment of Science SARU, and the resultant works created at the studio, combined with in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |