Akinobu Uraku

Akinobu Uraku
有楽 彰展
Born (1977-09-22) September 22, 1977 (age 47)
Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan
OccupationManga artist
NationalityJapanese
Period1997–present
GenreFiction
SubjectShōnen manga

Akinobu Uraku (有楽 彰展, Uraku Akinobu, born September 22, 1977) is a Japanese manga artist best known for creating Tokyo Underground. Uraku won one of two grand prizes (the other winner being Diachiken Ise) at the 4th Enix 21st Century Manga Awards in 1997 for his work Yojō Mahō Shoriban.[1][2] This story was later published in the February 1997 issue of Monthly G Fantasy.

In 2002, Tokyo Underground was adapted into an anime television series aired on TV Tokyo. Uraku made a cameo appearance as a student in the first episode of that series.

  1. ^ エニックス21世紀マンガ大賞 受賞者一覧 (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2005-03-23. Retrieved 2008-10-01.
  2. ^ スクウェア・エニックスマンガ大賞考察(1) (in Japanese). 2007-02-02. Retrieved 2008-10-01.