Oh! great
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| Ito Ōgure | |
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| Born | February 22, 1972 |
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| Nationality | Japanese |
| Other names | Oh! great (pen name) |
| Occupation | Manga artist |
| Known for | Tenjho Tenge and Air Gear |
Ito Ōgure (大暮 維人 Ōgure Ito?, born 1972-02-22 in Hyuga, Miyazaki, Japan), pen name Oh! great, is a Japanese manga artist most recognized for the manga series Tenjho Tenge and recently Air Gear. In 2006, he received the Kodansha Manga Award for shōnen for Air Gear.[1]
Characteristics of Ito's style include violent plots, the use of English words amidst kanji and the constant use of beautiful female characters. Ito also created the adult series Silky Whip. Apart from working with manga, he designed some of the alternate character outfits in the PlayStation 2 version of Namco's 3D fighting game Tekken 5, and a guest character in Soulcalibur IV named Ashlotte.
His pseudonym "Oh! great" is a play on words. His name written in Japanese order (family name before given name) is "Ōgure Ito", which is pronounced similarly to the Japanese rendering of the English words "Oh great" [oːgɯɺ̠eːto]. Furthermore, "Oh" can mean "king" in Japanese, making it possible to read the name as "the great king".
[edit] Works
- Tenjho Tenge
- Air Gear
- Silky Whip
- Himikoden
- Majin Devil
- Burn Up W
[edit] References
- ^ 過去の受賞者一覧 : 講談社漫画賞 : 講談社「おもしろくて、ためになる」出版を (Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved on 2007-08-21.
[edit] External links
- Oh! great at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
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