25 Facts About Masami Kurumada

Masami Kurumada is a Japanese manga artist and writer, known for specializing in fighting manga featuring bishonen and magical boy.

Masami Kurumada is the founder of the manga studio Kurumada Productions or Kurumadapro for short.

Masami Kurumada has won the best success award with Saint Seiya and the best inspiration award with Ring ni Kakero.

Also, in the same manner as many manga artists today, Masami Kurumada employs the revered Osamu Tezuka's Star System manga technique, which is essentially resorting to the use of a stable cast of characters in his various works.

Besides Masami Kurumada, other renowned manga artists that resort to the master Tezuka's technique include legendary authors Leiji Matsumoto, Monkey Punch and Shotaro Ishinomori or Clamp.

Masami Kurumada agreed that his works Fuma no Kojiro, Saint Seiya, Ring ni Kakero and B't X were adapted to anime, to follow the long-time tradition of popular manga having an animated adaptation.

Masami Kurumada has stated in interviews that he obtains some creative influence from yesterday's authors considered masters of the manga medium today, such as Hiroshi Motomiya, Sanpei Shirato and Mitsuteru Yokoyama.

Masami Kurumada specially considers that Motomiya's works had a very strong impact and influence on him.

In Saint Seiyas case, Masami Kurumada was forced by Shueisha, his publisher, to finish the manga after the Hades Arc, in 1991.

Masami Kurumada put his manga in hiatus after he finished the mentioned arc, and resumed it in 2006 with Saint Seiya Next Dimension.

In 2004, Masami Kurumada celebrated 30 years as a professional manga artist, and that same year two of his older and best known works experienced a resurfacing.

Masami Kurumada's works have had influence on manga authors and related media.

In 2010, Masami Kurumada was contacted by Warner Brothers to collaborate in a project for Leterrier's mythologically themed motion picture Clash of the Titans, remake of the original 1981 film.

Masami Kurumada authored promotional illustrations depicting pivotal scenes from the film.

Countless are the products of merchandise relative the works of Masami Kurumada, sold all over the worlds with great success.

Currently, Masami Kurumada working on Saint Seiya Next Dimension.

Masami Kurumada recently finished Ring ni Kakero 2, in 2009, after a successful run of 9 years.

Masami Kurumada recently started working on a new manga series Raimei-ni Kike.

Masami Kurumada has authorized two manga authors to write and draw sidestories for his manga Saint Seiya, specifically Saint Seiya Episode G, written and drawn by Megumu Okada, and Saint Seiya Lost Canvas, written and drawn by Shiori Teshirogi.

Masami Kurumada had most of his works published by Shueisha, in the prestigious Shukan Shonen Jump manga magazine.

Masami Kurumada began publishing his works with Kadokawa Shoten, in their magazine Gekkan Shonen Ace.

In 2012, Masami Kurumada revealed the upcoming anime television series, Saint Seiya Omega.

In 2014 Masami Kurumada was the executive producer of a CGI remake of the Sanctuary chapter called Saint Seiya: Legend of Sanctuary.

Masami Kurumada wrote the lyrics to many of the songs used in the anime adaptations of his manga series.

Also, Masami Kurumada had a short role as a voice actor in the anime adaptation of his manga Ring ni Kakero.