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Masakazu Katsura (桂 正和 Katsura Masakazu) (born in Fukui Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese manga artist known for several works of manga.
Biography[]
Masakazu Katsura was born in the prefecture of Fukui in Japan. The turning point in his life was an illness for which he was bedridden, during which time he taught himself a different way to draw. Katsura entered the manga industry in his second or third year of high school, when he entered a work for the Tezuka Award to win the prize money.[1] However, he says he did not grow up reading manga, instead he read novels and watched movies.[1]
Katsura also performed as a vocalist on the songs "Tomorrow Will Be Tomorrow" and "Unseen Dream" from the two soundtracks for the Video Girl Ai OVA.
In 2008, he collaborated with Akira Toriyama for the Jump SQ one-shot Sachie-chan GOOD!!.[2][3] The two became friends in the early 1980s, having been introduced by their mutual editor Kazuhiko Torishima, and have even parodied each other in their own manga.[1][4] Toriyama credits Katsura with coming up with the idea to have two characters "fuse" together in Dragon Ball, leading to the Fusion technique.[5] However, Katsura says this is only a rumor; while he did in fact suggest it to him, he knows that Toriyama was not listening and claims Toriyama later thought it up on his own.[1] They worked together again in 2009, for the three-chapter one-shot Jiya in Weekly Young Jump.[6]
Also in 2008, Katsura did a design illustration of the Batman costume for Bandai's "Movie Realization" action figure line, basing it on the costume used in the film The Dark Knight.[7]
Works[]
Anime[]
- Garo: Crimson Moon - character designs
- Tiger & Bunny - character designs
- The Girl in Twilight - character designs
Manga[]
- Wing-Man (1983–1985)
- Super Mobile Troop Vander (1985–1986)
- Present from Lemon (1987)
- Zetman (4 one-shots from 1989 to 1994, serialized 2002–2014)
- Video Girl (one-shot in 1989, serialized 1990–1993)
- Shadow Lady (1992–1993, 1995–1996)
- DNA² (1993–1994)
- M (1996)
- I"s (1997–1999)
- Dr Chambalee (2000)
- Sachie-chan GOOD!! (story by Akira Toriyama, 2008)
- Jiya (story by Akira Toriyama, 2009–2010)
OVAs[]
- Iria: Zeiram the Animation - character designs
- Other works
- Bitch's Life (3 pages, 2001)
Video Games[]
- Astral Chain - character design[8]
- Love & Destroy - character design
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 INTERVIEW: Masakazu Katsura. Viz Media. Archived from the original on 2012-12-23. Retrieved on 2013-05-15.
- ↑ DB's Toriyama, I's Katsura to Team Up on 1-Shot Manga. Anime News Network (February 5, 2008).
- ↑ Bokurano's Kitoh to Draw One-Shot Manga in Jump Square. Anime News Network (March 3, 2008).
- ↑ EXCLUSIVE: Masakazu Katsura Spotlight. Viz Media. Archived from the original on 2014-07-12. Retrieved on 2015-03-14.
- ↑ DRAGON BALL 大全集 6: MOVIES & TV SPECIALS, 1995 ISBN 4-08-782756-9
- ↑ Dragon Ball's Toriyama, DNA²'s Katsura to Launch Jiya Manga. Anime News Network. Retrieved on December 1, 2009.
- ↑ Tokyo Toy Show 2008 report: Bandai booth (Japanese). Hobby Stock. Retrieved on June 19, 2008.
- ↑ プラチナゲームズの完全新作アクション『ASTRAL CHAIN』がNintendo Switchに登場 | トピックス | Nintendo.