Kinoko Nasu
| Kinoko Nasu | |
|---|---|
| Native name | 奈須 きのこ |
| Born | 28 November 1973 |
| Residence | Japan |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Occupation | Writer, video game designer |
| Years active | 2000–present |
| Employer | Type-Moon |
| Known for |
Co-founder of Type-Moon Author of successful prose and visual novels |
| Notable work |
Tsukihime Fate/stay night Kara no Kyōkai |
| Website | |
| www.remus.dti.ne.jp/~takeucto/ | |
Kinoko Nasu (奈須 きのこ Nasu Kinoko, male,[1] born 28 November 1973) is a Japanese author, best known for writing the novel Kara no Kyōkai and visual novels Tsukihime and Fate/stay night.
Biography
Together with his junior high school classmate and friend Takashi Takeuchi, Nasu formed Type-Moon in 2000, originally as a dōjin group to create the visual novel Tsukihime, which soon gained immense popularity, much of which is attributed to Nasu's unique style of storytelling. Nasu's influences include Hideyuki Kikuchi, Yukito Ayatsuji, Soji Shimada, Natsuhiko Kyogoku, Kenji Takemoto,[2] Ken Ishikawa,[3] and Yasuhiro Nightow.[4]
Following the success of Tsukihime, Type-Moon became a commercial organization. A sequel to Tsukihime, Kagetsu Tohya, was released in August 2001. On 28 January 2004 Type-Moon released Fate/stay night, written by Nasu; it, too, gained great success, becoming one of the most popular visual novels on the day of its release. A sequel to Fate/stay night, Fate/hollow ataraxia, was released on 28 October 2005. Both of Nasu's visual novel works (Tsukihime and Fate/stay night) have been adapted to extremely popular manga and anime series.
Works
Among Kinoko Nasu's earlier works are the novels Kara no Kyōkai, originally released in 1998 and re-printed in 2004, Angel Notes, Mahōtsukai no Yoru and Kōri no Hana.
Novels
- Kara no Kyōkai also called Garden of Sinners - originally released in 1998 and re-printed in 2004. It was also re-released in a three-volume format with new illustrations in 2007.
- Angel Notes
- Mahōtsukai no Yoru
- Kōri no Hana (氷の花 Ice Flowers)
- Decoration Disorder Disconnection: Junk the Eater
- Decoration Disorder Disconnection: HandS
- Note: Kara no Kyōkai featured illustrations by Takashi Takeuchi, while the DDD series featured art by Koyama Hirokazu.
Visual novels
- Tsukihime – Released in December 2000.
- Kagetsu Tohya – Fan-disc of Tsukihime, released in August 2001.
- Fate/stay night – Released on January 28, 2004.
- Fate/hollow ataraxia – Fan-disc of Fate/stay night, released on October 28, 2005.
- Mahōtsukai no Yoru – Adaptation of the novel, released on April 12, 2012.
Other
- Melty Blood – The original Melty Blood fighting game, released in December 2002, features an extensive Story Mode, which is essentially a visual novel where story branches are chosen based on the outcome of battles. Nasu also wrote the dialogue for Arcade Mode, which was first featured in Melty Blood ReACT, released in May 2004.
- 428: Fūsa Sareta Shibuya de – Nasu wrote a special scenario for the game, with fellow Type-Moon co-founder Takashi Takeuchi providing the character designs. This scenario was subsequently adapted into an anime, Canaan.[5]
- Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works – An adaptation of Fate/stay night that premiered in October 2014, the anime's episodes were written by Nasu, who was also responsible for original content found in the episodes and not in the visual novel.
References
- ↑ Nasu, Kinoko (2004-07-23). "And so I became a girl。". Retrieved 2013-09-22.
- ↑ まんだらけ同人館／コラム 第七回 奈須
- ↑ TYPE-MOON 武内崇×奈須きのこ×OKSG スタッフ座談会第二夜
- ↑ 応援団メッセージ#24 奈須きのこ 『TRIGUN』オフィシャルブログ
- ↑ "Gpara.com". 12 October 2008. Retrieved 24 December 2008.
External links
- Kinoko Nasu's and Takashi Takeuchi's official website and online diary (Japanese)
- Type-Moon's official website (Japanese)
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