Taiyo Matsumoto

Taiyo Matsumoto

Nascimento : 1967-10-25, Tokyo, Japan

História

Taiyo Matsumoto (born 1967) is an influential manga artist. He made his debut in Afternoon, Kodansha's monthly seinen manga magazine, but is probably best known for his works with Kodansha's rival publisher Shogakukan, including Tekkonkinkreet, Ping Pong and Number Five. He has received critical praise for his unconventional and often surrealist art style. Ping Pong and Aoi Haru (Blue Spring) have been adapted into live-action feature films, much more famous than the original manga in the west, and acclaimed animation studio Studio 4°C adapted Tekkonkinkreet into an animated feature film. In 2007 he received an Excellence Award for manga at the Japan Media Arts Festival for the art of Takemitsu Zamurai. He is the cousin of Santa Inoue, another critically acclaimed manga artist.

Perfil

Taiyo Matsumoto

Filmes

Inu-Oh
Inu-Oh
Character Designer
Inu-Oh era uma figura da vida real, um dramaturgo de Sarugaku Noh que foi extremamente popular no século XIV. No entanto, ele é praticamente desconhecido para as pessoas hoje em dia, pois poucos documentos sobre sua vida sobreviveram. Agora, cerca de 600 anos depois, este projeto de Inu-Oh retrata a irmandade entre o lendário Inu-Oh, que desapareceu da história, e um certo tocador de Biwa. Além de tudo, o filme é cheio de cenas de música e dança.
Tekkonkinkreet
Tekkonkinkreet
Comic Book
Na cidade do Tesouro a vida pode ser doce ou brutal. Isto é a pura verdade para nossos heróis Black e White, dois meninos rebeldes de rua que tomam conta da cidade, lutando constantemente contra o vilão do velho mundo Yakuza e criaturas alienígenas assassinas que pretendem destruir a metrópole.
Ping Pong
Ping Pong
Comic Book
As children, the introverted Smile was being bullied by a gang of kids until the brash Peco comes by and chases all of them them away. Peco then takes Smile under his wings and teaches him how to play the game of ping pong. From there a life long best friend relationship comes into existence between these two polar opposite kids.
Blue Spring
Blue Spring
Comic Book
Soon after being named the new leader of his high school's gang system, Kujo grows bored with the violence and hatred that surround him. He wants desperately to abandon his post… but his once-enviable position of power has a strange way of making him feel powerless.