Otsuichi

Otsuichi (乙一, Otsuichi) is the pen name of Hirotaka Adachi (安達 寛高, Adachi Hirotaka), born 1978. He is a Japanese writer, mostly of horror short stories, as well as a filmmaker. He is a member of the Mystery Writers of Japan and the Honkaku Mystery Writers Club of Japan.

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• Works in English translation
• Awards and nominations
• Uncollected Stories
• Manga
• Movies
• JoJos Bizarre Adventure novelization
• Drama CD
• TV Drama
• References

He made his debut with Summer, Fireworks and My Corpse while still in high school. Major works include the novel Goth, which was adapted into a comic and a feature film (Goth: Love of Death) and the Zoo short story collections which were also adapted into a feature film. Goth won the 2003 Honkaku Mystery Award.

Tokyopop has published English-language translations of his short story collection Calling You, the novel Goth and the comic adaptations of both. Another short story, F-Sensei's Pocket, appears in the English edition of the literary magazine Faust.

Works in English translation

Calling You (original title: Kimi ni shika kikoenai: Kōringu Yū), trans. Agnes Yoshida (TokyoPop, 2007)

Calling You

Kiz/Kids

Flower Song

Goth (original title: Gosu: Risutokatto jiken), trans. Andrew Cunningham (TokyoPop, 2008 / VIZ Media, 2015)

Zoo (original title: Zū), trans. Terry Gallagher (VIZ Media, 2009 / Shueisha English Edition, 2013)

Zoo

In a Falling Airplane

The White House in the Cold Forest

Find the Blood!

In a Park at Twlilight, a Long Time Ago

Wardrobe

Song of the Sunny Spot

Kazari and Yoko

SO-Far

Words of God

Seven Rooms

Summer, Fireworks, and My Corpse (original title: Natsu to hanabi to watashi no shitai), trans. Nathan Collins (VIZ Media, 2010)

Summer, Fireworks, and My Corpse

Yuko

Black Fairy Tale

Summer, Fireworks, and My Corpse (original title: Natsu to hanabi to watashi no shitai), trans. Nathan Collins (Shueisha English Edition, 2013)

Summer, Fireworks, and My Corpse

Yuko

Black Fairy Tale (original title: Ankoku dōwa), trans. Nathan Collins (Shueisha English Edition, 2013)

Short story

F-sensei's Pocket (original title: F sensei no poketto), trans. Andrew Cunningham, illustrated by Takeshi Obata (Faust 1, Del Rey, 2008)

Where the Wind Blows (original title: Mado ni fuku kaze), trans. Andrew Cunningham, illustrated by Takeshi Obata (Faust 2, Del Rey, 2009)

Firestarter Yukawa (original title: Faiasutātā Yukawa-san), trans. Matt Treyvaud, illustrated by KEI (Kindle Single, 2015) written under the name Eiichi Nakata

Awards and nominations

Japanese Awards

1996 - Weekly Shōnen Jump Novel Award: Summer, Fireworks, and My Corpse

2003 - Honkaku Mystery Award for Best Fiction: Goth

2004 - Nominee for Yamamoto Shūgorō Prize: Zoo

U.S. Award

2009 - Nominee for Shirley Jackson Award for Single-Author Collection: Zoo

Uncollected Stories

Ugoku Omocha (Shosetsu Subaru, August 2000)

Tsuma no Denwa (Shosetsu Subaru, August 2000)

Kamikakushi (Shosetsu Subaru, August 2000)

Shufuku sareta Mizu (Da Vinci, November 2002)

Kaidan (Akumu seigyo Sochi horror anthology, November 2002)

F-Sensei no Pocket (Faust vol. 2, 2004)

Kodomo ha Tōku ni Itta (Faust vol. 4, 2004)

Dare ni mo Tsuzukanai (Faust vol.4, 2004)

A relay novel written with Takekuni Kitayama, Yuya Sato, Tatsuhiko Takimoto and Nisio Isin.

Mado ni fuku Kaze (Faust vol.6 Side-A, 2005)

Kono ko no e wa Mikansei (Nanatsu no Kuroi Yume, March 2006)

Utopia (Light novel o kaku!, August 2006)

Manga

Hajime (Weekly Shonen Jump)

Script. Art by Takeshi Obata. Two part short story, appeared in Jump in 2003.

Misshitsu Kanojo (2006, gekidan, Yukiko Mototani)

Planning. Not published, but his plot in script for was distributed at performances.

Shonen Shojo Horyuki (Shosetsu Subaru)

Script. Art by Usamaru Furuya.

Movies

His movie work is often done under his real name.

Nikako no Hitomi (2002)

Directed by Keisaku Sato. Script by Keisaku Sato and Hirotaka Adachi.

Pool de Oyoda Kaerimichi (2002)

5-minute-long short film. Written and directed by Hirotaka Adachi.

Rittai Tokyo (2007)

Scheduled to be shown at the Yubari Ouen Eigasai. Directed by Hirotaka Adachi.

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure novelization

In 2000, it was announced that Otsuichi would be writing a novel set during the fourth arc of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. The novel proved difficult to complete; in Kono Mystery ga Sugoi 2004, Otsuichi claimed to have written over 2000 pages, but thrown them all out. Intent on writing a novel that lived up to the manga, it took him until 2007 to complete it.

The Book: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure 4th Another Day.

Movies

Te o nigiru Dorobo no Monogatari (2004)

Made for web, released on DVD

Zoo (2005)

Anthology film, covering five of the stories in the Zoo short story collection. Kazari to Yoko, Seven Rooms, So-far, Hidamari no Shi, and Zoo. Hidamari no Shi was animated; each film had a different director.

Kurai tokoro de Machiawase (2006)

Calling You (2007)

Kids (2008)

Goth (2008)

Manga

Goth (Monthly Shonen Ace)

-Kiz/Kids- (Asuka)

Calling You (Asuka)

These two were collected as Calling You and published in English by Tokyopop.

Kimi ni shika Kikoenai (Shonen Ace)

Shinizokonai no Ao (Mystery Bst.)

Collection from Gentosha comics, collectsion Shinisokonai no ao, Kurai tokoro de Machiawase, and Happiness is a Warm Kitty.

Zoo (Young Jump Special Mankaku)

Collection contains Kazari to Yoko, Kami no Kotoba, Youdamari no Shi, and Zoo.

Shisso Holiday (Beans Ace)

Shonen Shojo Hyonikki (Shueisha)

Collects the serial from Shosetsu Subaru. The authors name is given as Furuya x Otsuichi x Usamaru

Drama CD

Calling You (2003, Sneaker CD Collection)

TV Drama

Shisso Holiday

Broadcast from February 10, 2007, on Terebi Asahi

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