Usamaru Furuya

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Nationality Japanese Movies Litchi Hikari Club Education Tama Art University		Role Manga artist Name Usamaru Furuya

Born Furuya Usamaru古屋兎丸 January 25, 1968 (age 56) Tokyo, Japan ( 1968-01-25 ) Occupation Manga artist, illustrator Notable works PalepoliShort CutsLychee Light Club Books The Chronicle of the Clueless Age, The Lychee Light Club, Litchi Hikari club, Tokyo Inferno 02, Tokyo Magnitude 8

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Usamaru Furuya (古屋兎丸, Furuya Usamaru, born January 25, 1968 in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese manga artist. He graduated from Tama Art University, where he majored in oil painting and developed an interest in sculpting and Butoh dance.

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Biography

During elementary school, Furuya enrolled in the Osamu Tezuka Manga Correspondence Course and by the time he reached high school he had discovered a darker, more underground style. During college his work evolved from figurative to eventually dealing more with abstract shapes. In 1994 Furuya published his debut series Palepoli in Garo. After graduating from college, he initially planned to work as a full-time artist while doing illustrations on the side, but his manga became successful and his career blossomed.

Manga

Palepoli (パレポリ): Excerpted in Viz's defunct Pulp magazine and in Secret Comics Japan, also from Viz.

Short Cuts (ショートカッツ): Licensed in English by Viz.

Garden

Plastic Girl

Wsamarus 2001

Marie no Kanaderu Ongaku (Marieの奏でる音楽): Licensed in French by Casterman as La Musique de Marie.

Suicide Circle (自殺サークル): Licensed in French by Casterman as Le Cercle du Suicide.

Donki Kōrin (鈍器降臨)

π (パイ)

Happiness (ハピネス)

Litchi☆Hikari Club (ライチ☆光クラブ) (written by: Norimizu Ameya): Licensed in English by Vertical Inc as Lychee Light Club.

Shōnen Shōjo Hyōryōki (少年少女漂流記)

Kanojo wo Mamoru 51 no Hōhō (彼女を守る51の方法) (basis of Tokyo Magnitude 8.0): Licensed in English by CMX as 51 Ways To Save Her but never published due to the imprint's cancellation, and in French by Marvel Panini France as Tokyo Magnitude 8.

Innocents Shōnen Jūjigun (インノサン少年十字軍)

Genkaku Picasso (幻覚ピカソ): Licensed in English by Viz as Genkaku Picasso.

Ningen Shikkaku (人間失格) (adaptation of No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai): Licensed in English by Vertical Inc as No Longer Human, in Italian by Planet Manga as Lo squalificato, and in French by Casterman as Je ne suis pas un homme.

Teiichi no Kuni (帝一の國)

POP-kun (POPくん)