Otsuichi
Otsuichi (乙一, Otsuichi?) is the pen name of Hirotaka Adachi (安達 寛高, Adachi Hirotaka?), born 1978. He is a Japanese writer, mostly of horror short stories, as well as a filmmaker. He made his debut with Summer, Fireworks and My Corpse while still in high school. Major works include the novel Goth, which was adapted into a comic and a feature film (Goth: Love of Death) and the Zoo short story collections which were also adapted into a feature film.
Tokyopop has published English-language translations of his short story collection Calling You, the novel Goth and the comic adaptations of both. Another short story, F-Sensei's Pocket, appears in the English edition of the literary magazine Faust.
Books
- Summer, Fireworks and My Corpse (Shueisha:ISBN 4087030520, Shueisha bunko:ISBN 4087471985)
- Summer, Fireworks and My Corpse
- Yuko
- Tentei Yōko (Shueisha: ISBN 4087030709, Shueisha bunko: ISBN 4087473422)
- A Masked Ball - Or, the appearance and disappearance of the bathroom smoker
- Tentei Yōko
- Ishi no Me (Shueisha: ISBN 4087020134)/Heimen Inu (Shueisha Bunko:ISBN 4087475905)
- Ishi no Me
- Hajime
- Blue
- Heimen Inu
- Ankoku Dowa (Shueisha: ISBN 4087020142, Shueisha Bunko: ISBN 4087476952)
- Shinizokonai no Ao (Gentosha Bunko: ISBN 4344401638)
- Kurai tokoro de machiawase (Gentosha Bunko：ISBN 4344402146)
- Goth Wristcut Case(Kadokawa Shoten:ISBN 4048733907) - the winner of the 3rd Honkaku Mystery Grand Prize
- Goth
- Wristcut
- Dog
- Twins
- Grave
- Voice
- Goth Wristcut Case Yoru no Sho (Kadokawa Bunko: ISBN 4044253048)
- Goth Wristcut Case Boku no Sho (Kadokawa Bunko: ISBN 4044253056)
- Shisso Holiday (Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko: ISBN 4044253013)
- Happiness is a Warm Kitty
- Shisso Holiday
- Calling You (Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko: ISBN 4044253021)
- Calling You[1]
- Kiz/Kids[1]
- Flower Song
- Samishisa no Shuhasū(Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko: ISBN 404425303X)
- Mirai Yoho Ashita, Harereba ii
- Te o Nigiru dorobo no Monogatari
- Film no naka no Shojo
- Ushinawareta Monogatari
- Zoo(Shueisha: ISBN 4087745341
- Kazari to Yoko
- Ketsueki wo Sagase!
- Hidamari no Shi
- So-far
- Tsumetai Mori no Shiroi Ie
- Closet
- Kami no Kotoba
- Zoo
- Seven Rooms
- Ochiru hikoki no Naka de
- Zoo 1 (Shueisha Bunko: ISBN 4087460371)
- Kazari to Yoko
- Seven Rooms
- So-far
- Hidamari no Shi
- Zoo
- Zoo2 (Shueisha Bunko: ISBN 408746038X)
- Ketsueki wo Sagase!
- Tsumetai Mori no Shiroi Ie
- Closet
- Kami no Kotoba
- Ochiru Hikoki no Naka de
- Mukashi Yuhi no Kōen de
- Not included in the original edition of Zoo—originally appeared on Otsu-Ichi's now defunct website.
- Kutsushita wo Kakuse! (Koubunsha: ISBN 433492414X)
- So far, his only picture book
- Ushinawareru Monogatari (Kadokawa Shoten: ISBN 4048735004, Kadokawa Bunko: ISBN 4044253064)
- Calling You
- Ushinawareru Monogatari
- Kiz/Kids
- Te wo Nigiru Dorobo no Monogatari
- Happiness is a Warm Kitty
- Maria no Yubi
- Boku no Kashikoi Pantsu-kun
- Usokano
- Kosei Monokagatari (Gentosha: ISBN 4344006550)
- Collection of essays written for the web
- Toruko Nikki ~ Dame Ningen Sakka Trio no Datsuryoku Tabi Nikki~ (Shueisha: ISBN 4087804240)
- Serialized on the web, heavily revised; in tandem with Shinji Sadakane and Makoto Matsubara.
- Gun and Chocolate (Kodansha Mystery Land: ISBN 406270580X)
Uncollected Stories
- Ugoku Omocha (Shosetsu Subaru)
- Tsuma no Denwa (Shosetsu Subaru)
- Kamikakushi (Shosetsu Subaru
- Shufuku sareta Mizu (Da Vinci)
- F-Sensei no Pocket (Faust)
- Kodomo ha Tōku ni Itta (Faust)
- Dare ni mo Tsuzukanai (Faust)
- Mado ni fuku Kaze (Faust)
- Utopia (Light novel wo kaku!)
- Dankai (Akumu seigyo Souchi horror anthology)
- Kono ko no e wa Mikansei (Nanatsu no Kuroi Yume)
Scripting/planning
- Hajime (Weekly Shonen Jump)
- Script. Art by Takeshi Obata. Two part short story, appeared in Jump in 2003.
- Misshitsu Kanojo (2006, gekidan, Yukiko Mototani)
- Planning. Not published, but his plot in script for was distributed at performances.
- Shonen Shojo Horyuki (Shosetsu Subaru)
- Script. Art by Usamaru Furuya.
Movies
His movie work is often done under his real name.
- Nikako no Hitomi(2002)
- Directed by Keisaku Sato. Script by Keisaku Sato and Hirotaka Adachi.
- Pool de Oyoda Kaerimichi (2002)
- 5 minute long short film. Written and directed by Hirotaka Adachi.
- Rittai Tokyo (2007)
- Scheduled to be shown at the Yubari Ouen Eigasai. Directed by Hirotaka Adachi.
Jojo's Bizarre Adventure novelization
In 2000, it was announced that Otsu-ichi would be writing a novel set during the fourth arc of Jojo's Bizarre Adventure. The novel proved difficult to complete; in Kono Mystery ga Sugoi 2004, Otsu-ichi claimed to have written over 2000 pages, but thrown them all out.[2] Intent on writing a novel that lived up to the manga, it took him until 2007 to complete it.[3]
- Jojo's Bizarre Adventure The Book: 4th Another Day.
Adaptations
Movies
- Te o nigiru Dorobo no Monogatari (2004)
- Made for web, released on DVD
- Zoo (2005)
- Anthology film, covering five of the stories in the Zoo short story collection. Kazari to Yoko, Seven Rooms, So-far, Youdamari no Shi, and Zoo. Youdamari no Shi was animated; each film had a different director.
- Kurai tokoro de Machiawase (2006)
- Calling You (2007)
- Kids (2008)
- Goth (2008)
Manga
- Goth (Monthly Shonen Ace)
- -Kiz/Kids- (Asuka)
- Calling You (Asuka)
- These two were collected as Calling You and published in English by Tokyopop.
- Kimi ni shika Kikoenai (Shonen Ace)
- Shinizokonai no Ao (Mystery Bst.)
- Collection from Gentosha comics, collectsion Shinisokonai no ao, Kurai tokoro de Machiawase, and Happiness is a Warm Kitty.
- Zoo (Young Jump Special Mankaku)
- Collection contains Kazari to Yoko, Kami no Kotoba, Youdamari no Shi, and Zoo.
- Shisso Holide (Beans Ace)
- Shonen Shojo Hyonikki (Shueisha)
- Collects the serial from Shosetsu Subaru. The authors name is given as Furuya x Otsuichi x Usamaru
Drama CD
- Calling You (2003, Sneaker CD Collection)
TV Drama
- Shisso Holiday
- Broadcast from February 10, 2007, on Terebi Asahi
References
- ^ a b Yamasaka, Clara. "Calling You". (January 2007) Newtype USA. Volume 6, Number 1, page 136.
- ^ @Jojo article: Otsuichi struggling to complete novel
- ^ @Jojo article: Otsuichi's novel finally solicited
External links
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