Hiroya Oku
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Hiroya Oku (奥 浩哉 Oku Hiroya?, born September 16, 1967 in Fukuoka, Fukuoka) is a mangaka who is the creator of Gantz, Zero-One and HEN, all of which have been serialized in Young Jump. He is currently working on "Phase 2" of Gantz, which is his most famous work. His manga often contain violence and sex.
He won the second prize of the Youth Manga Awards in 1988, under the penname Yahiro Kuon.
[edit] Works
There are two series of Hen; the first, with kanji, ran for 13 volumes -- the first three are short story collections, and the remaining ten are a romantic comedy in which both leads are male. The short stories were later repackaged as "Aka" and "Kuro." The second series, 8 volumes, with the title only in romaji, is a romantic comedy in which both leads are women.
- Zero One
Ran from 1999-2000, for only three volumes, about a video game tournament. It was not successful, and ended abruptly.
Currently 23 volumes, about 7 and a half adapted into an anime.
- Me~teru no Kimochi, Love Laughs at Locksmiths
3 volumes in all, about a shut-in or hikikomori falling in love with his young stepmother after the death of his father.
