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Hiroya OKU

奥 浩哉
Family name (in kanji): 奥
Given name (in kanji): 浩哉
Favorites:
Animator: Naoyuki Onda
Animator: Tatsuyuki Tanaka
Anime: Galaxy Express 999 (film)
Anime: Harmagedon
Anime: Invincible Steel Man Daitarn 3
Anime: Mobile Suit Gundam
Anime: Ninja Scroll
Anime: Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise
Anime: Space Runaway Ideon
Anime: The Dagger of Kamui
Anime: Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
Creature Designer: Yasushi Nirasawa
Film: A History of Violence
Film: Ailien
Film: Back to the Future
Film: Blade
Film: Blade Runner
Film: Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Film: Die Hard
Film: District 9
Film: Duel
Film: Hissatsu 3: Ura ka omote ka
Film: Jaws
Film: Judgment Night
Film: Jurassic Park
Film: Kick-Ass
Film: King Kong (2005)
Film: Predator
Film: Robocop
Film: Saving Private Ryan
Film: Schindler's List
Film: Starship Troopers
Film: The Fly (1986)
Film: The Thing
Manga: Akira
Manga: Berserk
Manga: Doraemon
Manga: Perman
Manga: The Vampires (Osamu Tezuka)
Mangaka: Fujiko F. Fujio
Mangaka: Go Nagai
Mangaka: Katsuhiro Otomo
Mangaka: Osamu Tezuka
Mangaka: Rumiko Takahashi
Mangaka: Ryoichi Ikegami
Mangaka: Shigeyuki Fukumitsu
Mangaka: Yoshikazu Yasuhiko
Website:
+STUDIO OKU+ (Japanese)
Web Diary / Blog:
blog STUDIO OKU (Japanese)
Twitter (Japanese)
News: Show:
Hiroya Oku's Gigant Manga Ends Serialization on September 24 (Sep 9, 2021)
Deadline Entertainment Website Lists Hollywood Gantz Adaptation (Sep 13, 2020)
Seven Seas Licenses Bloom Into You Novels, Primitive Boyfriend Manga, More (Jul 5, 2019)
Japanese Comic Ranking, November 5-11 (Nov 14, 2018)
Japanese Comic Ranking, October 29-November 4 (Nov 7, 2018)
Leeds Screening Penguin Highway, Live-Action Inuyashiki (Updated) (Oct 12, 2018)
Japanese Comic Ranking, June 4-10 (Jun 13, 2018)
Japanese Comic Ranking, May 28-June 3 (Jun 6, 2018)
Dark Horse to Publish Gantz G Manga (Mar 22, 2018)
Hiroya Oku's New GIGANT Manga Previewed in Video (Dec 8, 2017)
Gantz' Hiroya Oku, I am a Hero's Kengo Hanazawa Launch New Manga (Nov 9, 2017)
Miracle Jump Magazine Goes on Hiatus, Prepares for Renewal (Mar 1, 2017)
Gantz:O 3D CG Anime Film's New Footage Reveals Daisuke Ono in Lead Role (Jul 6, 2016)
Crunchyroll Adds Inuyashiki Manga by Gantz Creator (May 11, 2015)
Japanese Comic Ranking, March 2-8 (Mar 11, 2015)
Japanese Comic Ranking, February 23-March 1 (Mar 4, 2015)
Giovanni's Island Film Wins Media Arts Award (Nov 28, 2014)
Kodansha USA Adds Tsubasa: WoRLD CHRoNiCLE, Fairy Tail: Blue Mistral, L DK, Inuyashiki Manga (Oct 12, 2014)
Guillermo del Toro Wants to Make Live-Action Gantz (Jul 11, 2014)
Gargantia, Yamato, Arpeggio, Psycho-Pass, Patema, Girls & Panzer Earn Japan Sci-Fi Con Nods (Apr 28, 2014)
Protagonist For Inu Yashiki Manga by Gantz's Oku Unveiled (Jan 9, 2014)
Gantz's Hiroya Oku Outline New Inu Yashiki Manga Series (Dec 7, 2013)
Gantz's Hiroya Oku to Start New Manga Series in January (Nov 30, 2013)
Ichi the Killer's Yamamoto, Gantz's Oku Make One-Shot Manga (Nov 28, 2013)
Gantz Creator Oku Co-Creates Shōjo Manga 1-Shot (Nov 8, 2013)
Gantz Creator Oku: Manga to 'Reach Its Final Chapter Soon' (Apr 30, 2013)
Japanese Comic Ranking, January 30-February 5 (Feb 8, 2012)
Tekken: Blood Vengeance, Fruits Basket Collection, Gantz: Perfect Answer Released Monday (Feb 5, 2012)
Japanese Comic Ranking, January 16-22 (Jan 25, 2012)
Gantz Creator Hiroya Oku Wants to End Manga in 2012 (Dec 27, 2011)
Top-Selling Blu-ray Discs in Japan: 2011 (Dec 21, 2011)
Gantz: Perfect Answer on U.K. DVD in February (Dec 6, 2011)
Top-Selling Manga in Japan by Series: 2011 (Nov 30, 2011)
Japan's Animation DVD Ranking, November 7-13 (Nov 15, 2011)
Japan's Animation DVD Ranking: October 31-November 6 (Nov 8, 2011)
Japanese Animation DVD Ranking, October 24-30 (Nov 1, 2011)
Japan's Animation DVD Ranking, October 17-23 (Oct 25, 2011)
Japan's Animation Blu-ray Disc Ranking: October 17-23 (Oct 25, 2011)
Japan's Animation DVD Ranking, October 10-16 (Oct 18, 2011)
Japan's Animation Blu-ray Disc Ranking: October 10-16 (Oct 18, 2011)
Gantz: Perfect Answer DVD, BD Slated for January 17 (Oct 5, 2011)
Japanese Comic Ranking, August 29-September 4 (Sep 7, 2011)
Japanese Comic Ranking, August 15-21 (Aug 24, 2011)
Japan's Animation DVD Ranking, August 15-21 (Aug 23, 2011)
Japan's Animation DVD Ranking, August 8-14 (Aug 16, 2011)
Japan's Animation DVD Ranking, August 1-7 (Aug 9, 2011)
Top 50 Manga Creators by Sales Since 2010 (Aug 5, 2011)
Japan's Animation DVD Ranking, July 25-31 (Aug 2, 2011)
Japan's Animation DVD Ranking, July 18-24 (Jul 26, 2011)
Japan's Animation Blu-ray Disc Ranking: July 18-24 (Jul 26, 2011)
Update: Otakon Screening of Hoshi o Ou Kodomo Will Be Subtitled (Jul 21, 2011)
Otakon to Premiere Makoto Shinkai's Hoshi o Ou Kodomo (Jul 20, 2011)
Japan's Animation DVD Ranking, July 11-17 (Jul 19, 2011)
Japan's Animation Blu-ray Disc Ranking: July 11-17 (Jul 19, 2011)
Japanese Box Office, June 4-5 (Jun 12, 2011)
Japanese Box Office, May 28-29 (Jun 6, 2011)
Japanese Box Office, May 21-22 (Jun 4, 2011)
Top-Selling Manga in Japan by Series: 2011 (First Half) (May 31, 2011)
Japanese Box Office, May 14-15 (May 23, 2011)
Hiroya Oku Draws Gantz Manga 1-Shot Spinoff (May 13, 2011)
Japanese Box Office, May 7-8 (May 12, 2011)
1st Live-Action Gantz Film's North American BD Listed (May 11, 2011)
Japanese Comic Ranking, May 2-8 (May 11, 2011)
Japanese Box Office, April 30-May 1 (May 8, 2011)
Japanese Comic Ranking, April 25-May 1 (May 4, 2011)
Japanese Box Office, April 23-24 (May 1, 2011)
Japanese Comic Ranking, April 18-24 (Apr 27, 2011)
Live-action Gantz on DVD/Blu-Ray October 3 (Apr 21, 2011)
Japanese Box Office, April 9-10 (Apr 18, 2011)
Japanese Box Office, April 2-3 (Apr 11, 2011)
Japanese Box Office, March 26-27 (Apr 4, 2011)
Live-action Gantz Screening at Sci-Fi London (Apr 3, 2011)
Japanese Box Office, March 19-20 (Mar 28, 2011)
Japanese Box Office, March 12-13 (Mar 21, 2011)
Japanese Box Office, March 5-6 (Mar 19, 2011)
Anime/Manga/Game Industry Members Check In After Quake (Mar 11, 2011)
Japanese Box Office, February 26-27 (Mar 6, 2011)
Japanese Box Office, February 19-20 (Feb 28, 2011)
Japanese Box Office, February 12-13 (Feb 20, 2011)
2nd Subbed Live-Action Gantz Showing in San Francisco (Feb 18, 2011)
Japanese Box Office, February 5-6: Gantz Stays at #1 (Feb 11, 2011)
Japanese Comic Ranking, January 31-February 6 (Feb 9, 2011)
Japanese Box Office, January 29-30: Gantz Opens at #1 (Feb 5, 2011)
Subbed Live-Action Gantz to Screen in San Francisco (Feb 3, 2011)
Japanese Comic Ranking, January 24-30 (Feb 2, 2011)
Gantz Stars to Attend Screenings in Japan, U.S. on Same Day (Jan 10, 2011)
1st Live-Action Gantz Film to Get Hollywood Premiere (Jan 6, 2011)
1st Live-Action Gantz Film's U.S. Theaters Listed (Dec 13, 2010)
Staff: Live-Action Gantz to Open in U.S. in January (Nov 29, 2010)
Japanese Comic Ranking, September 27-October 3 (Oct 6, 2010)
Japanese Comic Ranking, September 20-26 (Sep 29, 2010)
Japanese Comic Ranking, September 13-19 (Sep 22, 2010)
Funi Adds Chrono Crusade, Gantz, Kaleido Star, Peace Maker (Jun 25, 2010)
Japanese Comic Ranking, May 24-30 (Jun 2, 2010)
Japanese Comic Ranking, May 17-23 (May 26, 2010)
Live-Action Gantz Films to Be Screened in Singapore (May 13, 2010)
Japanese Comic Ranking, October 26-November 1 (Nov 4, 2009)
Japanese Comic Ranking, October 19-25 (Oct 29, 2009)
Gantz Manga Enters Final Phase in Japan on Thursday (Oct 1, 2009)
Japanese Comic Ranking, June 22-28 (Jul 1, 2009)
Japanese Comic Ranking, June 15-21 (Jun 24, 2009)
New York Times Manga Best Seller List, April 5-11 (Apr 17, 2009)
Japanese Comic Ranking, February 17-23 (Mar 4, 2009)
Japanese Comic Ranking, October 21-27 (Oct 29, 2008)
Japanese Comic Ranking, October 14-20 (Oct 25, 2008)
Japanese Comic Ranking, October 14-20 (Oct 22, 2008)
My-Hime's Hisayuki Also Draws for Soul Calibur IV (Jul 9, 2008)
Japanese Comic Ranking, May 27–June 2 (Jun 4, 2008)
Japanese Comic Ranking, May 20–26 (May 29, 2008)
Tenjho Tenge's Oh! Great Also Draws for Soul Calibur IV (May 18, 2008)
Gantz's Oku Also Designs Soul Calibur IV Character (May 14, 2008)
New York Comic Con - Dark Horse Comics (Apr 22, 2008)
Daily Briefs (Apr 22, 2008)
Dark Horse's CLAMP "Mangette" Has No Official Name Yet (Apr 22, 2008)
Japanese Comic Ranking, November 20–26 (Nov 27, 2007)
Japanese Comic Ranking, May 22–28 (May 31, 2007)
Japanese Comic Ranking, May 16–21 (May 23, 2007)
Interest:
Gantz Creator Didn't Know Who Was Directing the Hollywood Live-Action Adaptation (Nov 12, 2021)
Gantz Creator Hiroya Oku Sells 1988 Artwork As NFT (Sep 24, 2021)
Gantz Creator Draws Seiko Ōmori's New CD Jacket Art (Feb 27, 2016)
Gantz's Omnibus Edition Puts Hatsune Miku on the Cover (Apr 30, 2012)
Press Release:
Seven Seas Announces Ten New Manga and Light Novel Licenses at Anime Expo 2019 (Jul 12, 2019)
Other articles: Show:
The Winter 2020 Anime Preview Guide - ID: INVADED (Jan 5, 2020)
Gantz's Hiroya Oku to End Inuyashiki Manga in Volume 10 (May 17, 2017)
The Mike Toole Show - Anime At The Movies (Mar 27, 2011)
Shelf Life - Gantz Gantz Revolution (Mar 7, 2011)
The X Button - Blade Arts (Jun 24, 2009)
The X Button - Utter Nonsense (Jun 4, 2008)
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Gantz (manga) : Story & Art
Gantz (live-action movie) : Original creator
Gantz (TV) : Original creator
Gantz II: Perfect Answer (live-action movie) : Original creator
GANTZ:E (manga) : Story
GANTZ:G (manga) : Original creator
GANTZ:O (movie) : Original creator, Conceptual Design Works
GIGANT (manga) : Story & Art
HEN (manga) : Story & Art
Hen (live-action TV) : Original Manga
Inuyashiki (manga) : Story & Art
Inuyashiki Last Hero (TV) : Original creator
Strange Love (OAV) : Original Manga
Zero One (manga) : Story & Art
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