Taiyō Matsumoto (Redirected from Taiyo Matsumoto)

Taiyō Matsumoto
Taiyō Matsumoto - Lucca 2017 02.jpg
Born (1967-10-25) October 25, 1967 (age 54)
Area(s)Manga artist
Notable works
Tekkonkinkreet, Ping Pong, Sunny
AwardsJapan Cartoonists Association Award, 2001 for GoGo Monster

Japan Media Arts Festival, 2007 for Takemitsuzamurai

Eisner Awards, 2008 for Tekkon Kinkreet

Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize, 2011 for Takemitsuzamurai with Issei Eifuku

Cartoonist Studio Prize, 2014 for Sunny

Japan Media Arts Festival, 2016 for Sunny

Shogakukan Manga Award, 2016 for Sunny

Eisner Awards, 2020 for Cats of the Louvre

Taiyō Matsumoto (Japanese: 松本 大洋, Hepburn: Matsumoto Taiyō, born October 25, 1967) is a Japanese manga artist from Tokyo. He has won several awards, including the Shogakukan Manga Award, the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize and Eisner Award. Ping Pong and Blue Spring have been adapted into live-action feature films. Animation studio Studio 4°C adapted Tekkonkinkreet into an animated feature film, it was released in Japan in late 2006, and both the anime and manga have been published in English. He is the cousin of Santa Inoue, another manga artist.

Career

Matsumoto originally wanted to be a soccer player, but changed to artist as an occupation instead. After his initial success in the Comic Open contest, he began touring France in 1986, an event that became a significant point in his career. The manga he produced covers a variety of topics, from sports to family comedies to science fiction epics.

In 1993, he began work on the Tekkonkinkreet manga, which became a success in the Big Spirits magazine, and published a series of short stories in a collection called Nihon no Kyodai that was publicized at the time by Comic Aré magazine. Ping Pong appeared in Big Spirits in 1996, soon followed by the series No. 5 in Shogakukan's Monthly Ikki magazine in 2000.

The Tekkonkinkreet anime was released in Japan in late 2006, and both the anime and manga have been published in English.

Influences

Matsumoto has cited Moebius, Enki Bilal, Katsuhiro Otomo, Shotaro Ishinomori and Tsuchida Seiki as influences on his work.

Works

Title Year Notes Refs
Straight (ストレート) 1989 Morning, Kodansha Comics, 2 volumes
Zero 1990–91 Big Comic Spirits, 2 volumes
Chaoanfanteriburu (チャオアンファンテリブル, Chao Anne fan Terrible)
Taiyo Matsumoto / Katsuki Tanaka / Hiro Sugiyama
1992 Tokyo Comic Insider, 1 volume
Hanaotoko (花男, A Boy Meet a Papa and Baseball) 1992 Big Comics, Big Spirits Comics Special, 3 volumes
Blue Spring 1993 Anthology collection of short stories
Published by Shogakukan, 1 volume
Tekkonkinkreet (鉄コン筋クリート, Tekkonkinkurīto)/Black & White 1993–94 Serialized in Big Comic Spirits
Published by Shogakukan, 3 volumes
Nihon no Kyōdai (日本の兄弟, Brothers of Japan) 1995 Mag Comics, 1 volume
100 1995 Big spirits comic special, 2 volumes
Ping Pong 1996–97 Serialized in Big Comic Spirits
Published by Shogakukan, 5 volumes
GoGo Monster 2000 Published by Shogakukan, 1 volume
No. 5 2000–05 Serialized in Monthly Ikki magazine
Published by Shogakukan in 8 volumes
Hana (, Flower) 2002 stage play adapted to manga novella, 1 volume
Takemitsuzamurai (竹光侍)
with Issei Eifuku (writer)
2006–10 Serialized in Big Comic Spirits
Published by Shogakukan, 8 volumes
Sunny 2010–15 Serialized in Monthly Ikki and Monthly Big Comic Spirits
Published by Shogakukan, 6 volumes
Cats of the Louvre (ルーヴルの猫, Rūvuru no Neko) 2016–17 Issued by the Louvre museum, 2 volumes
Tokyo Higoro (東京ヒゴロ) 2019–present Serialized in Big Comic Original Zōkan
Mukashi no Hanashi (むかしのはなし)
with Issei Eifuku (writer)
2020–present Serialized in Big Comic Superior magazine



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