Takashi Nagasaki is a Japanese author, manga writer and former editor of manga.
25 Facts About Takashi Nagasaki
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Takashi Nagasaki started his professional career at Shogakukan in 1980 and worked as an editor on the publisher's various manga magazines, including as editor-in-chief of Big Comic Spirits from July 1999 to 2001.
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Since becoming freelance, Nagasaki has worked as an author under various pen names, such as Keishi Edogawa, Garaku Toshusai, Big O and Richard Woo.
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Takashi Nagasaki is best known for his collaborations with Naoki Urasawa, such as Pluto and Billy Bat.
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Takashi Nagasaki worked on their manga magazines Big Comic, Weekly Shonen Sunday, Big Comic Original and Big Comic Superior.
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Takashi Nagasaki first met Naoki Urasawa when he was assigned to be the editor of the newly debuting manga artist.
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Takashi Nagasaki was a co-author of Urasawa and Hokusei Katsushika's adventure series Master Keaton.
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From 1994 to 2001, Takashi Nagasaki collaborated with Urasawa on the story for the thriller Monster.
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Takashi Nagasaki was one of the scriptwriters of the three live-action film adaptations of 20th Century Boys, released between 2008 and 2009.
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Takashi Nagasaki explained that he never intended to become famous as an author, and so felt that anything would be fine for a pen name.
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That same year, Takashi Nagasaki teamed up with Seimu Yoshizaki for the female detective manga Deka Girl, which ran in Kodansha's Kiss Plus until August 2011.
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Takashi Nagasaki wrote the historical novel Arutantaha Toho Kenmonroku Kitan for Kodansha's Pandora Vol.
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Takashi Nagasaki teamed up with Junji Ito and former diplomat Masaru Sato to create Yukoku no Rasputin, based on Sato's personal experiences in Russia, for Big Comic.
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Takashi Nagasaki reunited with Yoshizaki to create the science fiction detective series Usagi Tantei Monogatari for Kodansha's Kiss.
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Takashi Nagasaki has served on the award's final selection committee every year since.
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Takashi Nagasaki wrote ZIG, illustrated by Tetsuya Saruwatari, for Shueisha's Grand Jump in 2017.
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Takashi Nagasaki was one of the writers of the June 2021 film Character.
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Takashi Nagasaki has been involved in every aspect of manga creation except drawing, this includes planning, scenario writing, and advertising.
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Takashi Nagasaki said his level of involvement depends on what the editor and manga artist want.
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Takashi Nagasaki reads and watches a lot of novels and movies, which he analyzes as practice.
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Takashi Nagasaki will watch half a film, try to predict the rest of the story, and then watch the remaining half to see if he was correct.
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In 2018, Takashi Nagasaki said he believed that the manga industry was shifting from "character-oriented" works to "story-oriented" ones.
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Takashi Nagasaki believes that the illustrating artist determines whether or not a manga will be a hit.
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Takashi Nagasaki described the artist as taking the lead role, while the author is the supporting role.
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Similarly, Takashi Nagasaki has said that if the artist can not compose or divide frames well, it will create a boring work even if the scenario is good.