Tsutomu Nihei

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Tsutomu Nihei (弐瓶 勉 Nihei Tsutomu?, born 1971) is a Japanese manga artist. His cyberpunk-influenced artwork has gained a strong cult following. He has a relatively large community of fans in Germany where his manga Blame! and NOiSE were published by Ehapa. Blame! was also published in France and Spain by Glénat and the US by Tokyopop.

At first he studied architecture and later it is shown up in his manga works with drawing huge structures. This became one of his general theme that makes his manga unique. His works are usually in black and white. He is also an avid fan of the video game series Halo, as he mentions in his commentary section in the Halo Graphic Novel.

[edit] Works

Double page from Blame!
Double page from Blame!
  • Abara (アバラ) - series finished, published in Ultra Jump.
  • Abba - a short one-shot about a man looking for his brother.
  • Biomega (バイオメガ) - This manga seems to take place in the same world as Blame!; originally appeared in Young Magazine; 1 volume published 2004 by Kodansha. Beginning April 2006 it will continue to be published in Ultra Jump.
  • Bitch's Life - erotic illustrations book, a collaboration with many others authors (Akira Toriyama, Kenji Yamamoto, Nao, Yukie)
  • Blame! (ブラム!) - series complete; originally appeared in Afternoon; 10 volumes published 1998–2003 by Kodansha English license held by Tokyopop.
  • Blame!² - a full color, 16 page story published in Kodansha's Mandala volume 2, following up on the story of Blame! with one of Pcell's decendents.
  • Blame! Academy (ブラム学園) - comedic story, featuring Killy and characters from Blame!, as students in a school.
  • Blame! And So On - Artbook. Published in 2003 Contains artwork and sketches for Blame!, Noise, Wolverine: Snikt! amongst others.
  • Dead Heads - First issue of a canceled series; collected (in thumbnails) in Blame and So on.
  • Digimortal - a two part one-shot that originally appeared in Ultra Jump.
  • Halo Graphic Novel - Breaking Quarantine - The untold story of Sergeant Avery J. Johnson and his escape from the bowels of Halo and the Flood.
  • Net Sphere Engineer - series ongoing, sequel of Blame!.
  • NOiSE (ノイズ) - series complete; originally appeared in Afternoon; This manga is a prequel or prototype of sorts to Blame!. One volume published 2001 by Kodansha.
  • Wolverine: Snikt! - A 5 issue limited series of the X-men character Wolverine; 1 volume published 2003 by Marvel Comics
  • Winged Armor Suzumega - a short one-shot about a battle between alien beings.
  • Zeb-Noid - a short one-shot about a hostile encounter between two different species that takes an unexpected turn.

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Tsutomu Nihei
Works
BLAME! | NOiSE | Biomega | Net Sphere Engineer | BLAME! Academy | BLAME! And So On | Dead Heads
Abara • Bitch's Life • Digimortal • Wolverine: Snikt! • Zeb-Noid
BLAME! characters and structures
Killy | Cibo | Sanakan | Graviton Beam Emitter | Net Terminal Genes
Persondata
NAME Tsutomu Nihei
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 弐瓶 勉, Nihei Tsutomu
SHORT DESCRIPTION
DATE OF BIRTH 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH Japan
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH