Yusuke Murata Explained

Yusuke Murata
Birth Date:July 4, 1978
Birth Place:Miyagi, Japan
Nationality:Japanese
Area:Manga artist, animator
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is a Japanese manga artist and animator, best known for illustrating the American football manga Eyeshield 21 in collaboration with writer Riichiro Inagaki, serialized between July 2002 and June 2009 in Weekly Shōnen Jump; and One's One-Punch Man, serialized in the Weekly Young Jump online version. Both works are adapted into anime television series.

Biography

Murata was born in 1978 in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. At the age of twelve, he entered a contest to design Mega Man villains and won twice, having final designs adapted from his sketches. The game credits list his name as responsible for Dust Man from Mega Man 4 and Crystal Man from Mega Man 5.[1] [2] Murata debuted as a professional manga artist in 1995 by publishing a one-shot titled Partner in a special edition of Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump. For this work, he received the Hop Step Award.[3] [4] Murata published Samui Hanashi in Weekly Shōnen Jump in June 1998,[5] which won him the Akatsuka Award.[4] In February 2002, he published Kaitō Colt in the same magazine.[6]

When planning was underway to create Eyeshield 21, the editorial department asked Riichiro Inagaki if he wanted to both write and draw the series, but Inagaki felt he was "so rookie".[7] So Inagaki asked Murata to be the illustrator.[8] In 2002, they published two one-shots called and on March 5 and 12 in Weekly Shōnen Jump.[9] [10] [11] The series began regular publication on July 23 of the same year in the same magazine.[12] The series spanned 333 chapters, with the final chapter being published on June 15, 2009;[13] the series was collected in 37 volumes.[14] [15] An anime adaptation, directed by Masayoshi Nishida and co-produced by TV Tokyo, NAS, and Gallop, aired from April 2005 to March 2008.[16] [17]

From 2008 to 2010, Weekly Shōnen Jump published once a month a chapter of Hetappi Manga Kenkyūjo R (lit. "Hetappi Manga Research Lab R"), Murata's remake of Akira Toriyama's Hetappi Manga Kenkyūjo.[18] It is a story about Saitou, a Jump editor based on Murata and Inagaki's own editor on Eyeshield 21, who decides to become a manga artist and threatens Murata to teach him how to draw manga.[18] A collected volume of the series was released by Shueisha on June 3, 2011.[19] In 2012, Murata posted on Twitter a short story in the same universe in which Saitou pesters the Murata for his manuscript and it was well received for its inventive use of folded paper, cutouts and white-out to create a three-dimensional appearance for his comic.[18] [20]

Murata wrote and drew a one-shot titled Madofuki Park for the April 2008 issue (published on March 4) of Jump Square, about a futuristic window washer.[21] He also created the one-shot Blust!, centered on a boy who was experimented on and obtained extraordinary powers from eating curry, which was published in April 2009.[22] Murata created yet another one-shot featured in the Weekly Shōnen Jump on June 21, 2010; titled Minds, it was a story about a self-sacrificing soldier during a war, set in the future.[23] Murata also illustrated the Weekly Shōnen Jump 40th anniversary posters, which display the popular manga characters featured in the magazine.[24] Murata served as the artist for Donten Prism Solar Car, which was written by Yasuo Ōtagaki (author of Moonlight Mile) and was published in Jump Square between September 4, 2010 and June 4, 2011.[25] [26] The story of a young man who works at an ironworks and receives the request to build a solar car,[27] it was later published by Shueisha in two volumes.[28]

In 2012, Murata published two one-shots along with a Japanese web comic author dubbed "One"; the first one, Dotō no Yūshatachi, was released on April 1 in Weekly Young Jump, and the second, Dangan Tenshi Fan Club was released on April 17 in Miracle Jump.[29] [30] Murata started to collaborate with One on the remake of the webcomic One-Punch Man, which started to be serialized in the online version of the Weekly Young Jump on June 14, 2012.[31] Eighteen volumes have been released by Shueisha as of December 4, 2018.[32] An anime adaptation, directed by Shingo Natsume and produced by Madhouse, aired from October 2015 to December 2015.[33]

In November 2013, Murata was hired to be the character designer for the Majin Bone anime adaptation that began in April 2014.[34] [35] For Square Enix's magazine Young Gangans 10th anniversary issue published on March 20, 2015, Murata did the illustration for One's Gokiburi Buster, a story about a soldier who is specialized on killing cockroaches.[36] On June 30, 2016, Murata started to publish Mangaka Yashoku Benkyuusho (lit. "Manga Artist's Late-Night Snack Laboratory") on Kodansha magazine Morning digital edition.[37] [38] Each chapter features a fictionalized version of Murata preparing dishes, and its 33 chapters have been released into a single volume on December 12, 2016.[39]

On May 10, 2019, Murata's father passed away - this information was announced by Yusuke Murata and his brother Kensuke Murata.[40] He announced on Twitter that he has a son, born in 2007, and a daughter, born in 2010, and he uses his daughter's character to illustrate Zenko and his son to illustrate Bateman on One-Punch Man (season 2). Zenko somewhat reminds Murata of his daughter because of the fact she plays the piano like her.[41] [42]

Influences and style

Murata is a fan of Kinu Nishimura, the character designer of many Capcom video games[4] and Akira Toriyama's Dragon Ball, with Goku's battles against Piccolo and Frieza being his favorite moments from the latter.[8] Murata has been highly praised for his art and character designs, including comparisons to Toriyama by June Shimonishi of School Library Journal, as "every inch [is] filled with details and no gag left unseen."[43] Deb Aoki of About.com praised how Murata's art gives Eyeshield 21 dynamism, while "he adds a lot of clever, hilarious details." Aoki also said Murata knows "his art is not just there to look pretty – it's there to tell a story."[44] Mania.com's Jarred Pine commended the character's features details and how "strong realistic designs are balanced with some exaggerated ones that add a nice comedic effect."[45] Murata's ability to draw from different perspectives and angles was praised by Aoki, Pine,[44] [46] as well as Zac Bertschy and Carlo Santos of Anime News Network.[47] [48] Saying that "it's difficult to capture the kind of frantic motion every panel exudes in animation," Bertschy asserted the manga may be better than the anime because of Murata's art uniqueness.[47] Santos said his capacity of creating imaginative features is not limited to action, praising the singularity of each of the main characters of Eyeshield 21.[48]

Works

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mega Man 4 Game Credits . . . December 12, 2013.
  2. Web site: Mega Man 5 Game Credits . CBS Interactive . GameFAQs . December 12, 2013.
  3. Web site: http://j-books.shueisha.co.jp/db/illlist.html . https://web.archive.org/web/20070217144547/http://j-books.shueisha.co.jp/db/illlist.html . February 17, 2007 . Jump J Books . December 12, 2013 . ja:作家データベース/イラスト. ja .
  4. Web site: http://dic.nicovideo.jp/a/%E6%9D%91%E7%94%B0%E9%9B%84%E4%BB%8B . ja:村田雄介 . Niconico Pedia . December 12, 2013 . ja.
  5. Weekly Shōnen Jump . ja:さむいはなし . June 1998 . 29 . Shueisha . ja.
  6. Weekly Shōnen Jump . 怪盗COLT . February 2002 . 12 . Shueisha . ja.
  7. Web site: http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~reach/notelog/200704/note-20070417.htm . https://web.archive.org/web/20090408084921/http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~reach/notelog/200704/note-20070417.htm . April 8, 2009 . ja:モネ展(下) . April 17, 2007 . Inagaki, Riichiro . Kome Studio. June 8, 2013. ja.
  8. Web site: Interview: Riichiro Inagaki & Yusuke Murata, Creators of Eyeshield 21 . Chang, Chih-Chieh . August 20, 2009 . . June 8, 2013. ja.
  9. Web site: http://j-books.shueisha.co.jp/db/gensakulist.html . ja:作家データベース/原作者リスト . Author's Database/Original Work's List . https://web.archive.org/web/20101001033922/http://j-books.shueisha.co.jp/db/gensakulist.html . October 1, 2010 . Jump J Books . ja.
  10. . . ja:アイシールド21 前編 . Eyeshield 21 Part 1 . Inagaki, Riichiro . Murata, Yusuke . March 5, 2002 . 14 . ja . 143–178.
  11. Weekly Shōnen Jump . Shueisha . ja:アイシールド21 後編 . Eyeshield 21 Part 2 . Inagaki, Riichiro . Murata, Yusuke . March 12, 2002 . 15 . ja . 113–142.
  12. Weekly Shōnen Jump . . ja:黄金の脚を持つ男 . The Boy With the Golden Legs . Eyeshield 21 . Inagaki, Riichiro . Murata, Yusuke . July 23, 2002 . 34 . ja . 9–74.
  13. Web site: http://natalie.mu/comic/news/17592 . ja:アイシールド21完結＆ジャガーの題字をアッキーナ書く . June 15, 2009 . Natasha Inc . . February 23, 2014 . ja.
  14. Web site: Eyeshield 21 Football Manga Ends in Japan After 7 Years . June 17, 2009 . Anime News Network . June 8, 2013.
  15. Web site: http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-874735-4&mode=1 . ja:アイシールド21 37 . Eyeshield 21 37 . Shueisha . September 8, 2012 . ja.
  16. Web site: List of Eyeshield 21 episode titles (1-13) . . October 22, 2012 . ja.
  17. Web site: List of Eyeshield 21 episode titles (134-145) . TV Tokyo . October 22, 2012 . ja.
  18. Web site: "Eyeshield 21" Artist Posts Fun, Inventive Manga to Twitter . Luster, Joseph . February 29, 2012 . . October 20, 2016.
  19. Web site: ヘタッピマンガ研究所R . https://web.archive.org/web/20130412084930/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-874859-7 . April 12, 2013 . Shueisha . October 20, 2016 . ja.
  20. Web site: Manga Artist Yusuke Murata Creates the Most Innovative Comic You'll See This Week . Slims, Chris . March 1, 2012 . . Townsquare Media . October 20, 2016.
  21. Web site: Eyeshield 21's Murata to Do 1-Shot Window Washer Manga . February 20, 2013 . January 29, 2008 . Anime News Network.
  22. Weekly Shōnen Jump . BLUST! . April 2009 . 22–23 . Shueisha . ja.
  23. Web site: http://natalie.mu/comic/news/33574 . ja:アイシールド21村田雄介の新作掲載、次号は稲垣理一郎 . June 21, 2010 . Natasha Inc . Natalie.mu . December 19, 2013 . ja.
  24. Web site: A Great Request- 40th Anniversary Poster . . December 12, 2013.
  25. Web site: 曇天・プリズム・ソーラーカー ： 「アイシールド21」村田雄介さんの新作 ジャンプSQ.で連載 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101107050304/http://mantan-web.jp/2010/09/04/20100904dog00m200028000c.html . November 7, 2010 . Mainichi Shimbun Digital . December 19, 2013 . ja.
  26. Jump SQ . ja:曇天・プリズム・ソーラーカー . 4 June 2011 . Shueisha . ja.
  27. Web site: Moonlight Mile, Eyeshield 21, Kurumi Creators Draw New Manga . September 4, 2010 . Anime News Network . October 20, 2016.
  28. Web site: http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/zen_list.cgi?siries_isbn=X78-4-08-870249-0&siries_kanren_isbn=&mode=2 . ja:曇天・プリズム・ソーラーカー／ 全2巻 . Shueisha . December 19, 2013 . ja.
  29. Web site: 村田雄介×「ワンパンマン」ONEの異色コラボ読切がYJに . April 1, 2012 . Natasha Inc . Natalie.mu . December 19, 2013 . ja.
  30. Web site: ONE×村田雄介、再び!バトル少女とファンクラブ描く読切 . April 17, 2012 . Natasha Inc . Natalie.mu . December 19, 2013 . ja.
  31. Web site: YJ新WEBマンガサイトで村田雄介が「ワンパンマン」を描く . June 14, 2012 . Natasha Inc . Natalie.mu . December 19, 2013 . ja.
  32. Web site: http://books.shueisha.co.jp/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-881556-5 . ja:ワンパンマン 17 . Shueisha . October 7, 2018 . ja.
  33. Web site: One-Punch Man to Premiere on Adult Swim's Toonami on July 16 . July 2, 2016 . Anime News Network . December 20, 2016.
  34. Web site: Toei, Eyeshield 21's Yuusuke Murata Create Majin Bone Anime Project . November 29, 2013 . Anime News Network . July 23, 2014.
  35. Web site: Crunchyroll Streams Bandai & Toei's Majin Bone Anime . April 1, 2014 . Anime News Network . July 23, 2014.
  36. Web site: ONE×村田雄介、ヤングガンガンに登場! 害虫と戦う戦士を描く読切 . March 20, 2015 . Natalie.mu . Natasha Inc . October 20, 2016 . ja.
  37. Web site: Surprise! Yusuke Murata's Latest Project is a Cooking Manga . Chapman, Paul . June 21, 2016 . Crunchyroll . October 20, 2016.
  38. Web site: 【1食目】 ギョーザの皮で作る一口ピザ . June 30, 2016 . Moae.jp . Kodansha . October 20, 2016 . ja.
  39. Web site: マンガ家 夜食研究所 . Kodansha . July 22, 2017 . ja.
  40. Web site: One-Punch Man Artist Yusuke Murata Mourns Father's Passing. Anime. en. 2019-08-17.
  41. Web site: Yusuke Murata (One-Punch Man) partage les SU-BLIMES dessins de sa fille de 10 ans . 2022-04-26 . www.nautiljon.com . fr-FR.
  42. Web site: La fille de Yûsuke Murata révèle ses talents d'artiste à dix ans à peine . 2022-04-26 . Anime News Network . fr.
  43. Web site: Xpress Reviews-First Look at New Books - Week of November 27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110313070528/http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6504464.html . March 13, 2011 . November 27, 2007 . . September 27, 2012.
  44. Web site: Eyeshield 21 Volume 17 . Aoki, Deb . . August 4, 2014 . March 12, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080312094416/http://manga.about.com/od/vizmedia/gr/Eyeshield21-17.htm . dead .
  45. Web site: Eyeshield 21 Vol. #04 . Pine, Jarred . October 23, 2005 . Mania Entertainment . September 20, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140227091824/http://www.mania.com/eyeshield-21-vol-04_article_82299.html . February 27, 2014 . live.
  46. Web site: Eyeshield 21 Vol. #05 . Pine, Jarred . December 18, 2005 . Mania Entertainment . September 27, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140227082522/http://www.mania.com/eyeshield-21-vol-05_article_82365.html . February 27, 2014 . live.
  47. Web site: Eyeshield 21 G.novel 3 . Bertschy, Zac . September 28, 2005 . Anime News Network . September 27, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140405045749/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/eyeshield-21-gn-3 . April 5, 2014 . live.
  48. Web site: Eyeshield 21 G.novel 1 . Santos, Carlo . May 23, 2005 . Anime News Network . September 20, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140410004524/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/eyeshield-21-gn-1 . April 10, 2014 . live.

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