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| - Watsuki Nobuhiro (和月伸宏, * 26. Mai 1970 in der Präfektur Niigata) ist ein japanischer Mangaka. In seiner Jugend war er in einem Kendo-Club, jedoch nicht sehr gut darin. Er war Assistent bei Obata Takeshi, den er selbst als Meister bezeichnet, Takahashi Yoichi und Umezawa Haruto. 1993 machte er sein Debüt mit einem Vorläufer von seinem erfolgreichsten Werk Rurouni Kenshin mit dem Namen Der Vagabund in der Shonen Jump. Nach dem Abschluss seines Meisterwerks Kenshin zeichnete er Gun Blaze West, einen Shonen im Western-Stil. Der Erfolg seines zweiten Werks blieb jedoch aus und die Serie musste nach 3 Bänden abgebrochen werden. Für seine Werke hat er viele Inspiriationen. So zum Beispiel Manga von Tezuka Osamu, Fujiko Fujio und Adachi Mitsuru oder amerikanische Comics wie "Spiderman" oder "X-Men
- Nobuhiro Watsuki was born in Nagaoka, Niigata prefecture, Japan. When Watsuki was a young boy, his brother, who was three years older, drew manga. Watsuki’s older brother was his role model so he started drawing Manga as well. Watsuki was also inspired by a variety of early Manga artists such as Osamu Tezuka and Fujiko F. Fujio. Later on, his brother stopped drawing manga but, "Because Mr. Watsuki was dumb, he kept drawing it (manga) for a while.” Watsuki describes himself as "pro-dōjinshi" and asks fans to send fan comics.
- Nobuhiro Watsuki is a mangaka who is far and away most famous for being the brain behind Rurouni Kenshin, one of the most successful Manga and Anime series of the 90s. He's worked on several other titles, however, including Busou Renkin, Gun Blaze West, and he is currently working on Embalming. Watsuki had a similar effect on Hiroyuki Takei of Shaman King fame; Watsuki, Oda and Takei are said to maintain a close friendship to this very day.
- When Watsuki was in middle school, he practiced kendo. He still drew Manga but also enjoyed sports. Watsuki admits that he was "So weak in fact, that I was an embarrassment to my 183 centimeters of height" (about 6 feet).Watsuki never won a kendo match. He was once chosen to be a starter after a teammate was suspended for causing an uproar. Watsuki grew frustrated with kendo, and eventually quit. When he was challenged to come up with a new character for Rurouni Kenshin, he used his outlook on kendo for a base of Myōjin Yahiko.
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| - When Watsuki was in middle school, he practiced kendo. He still drew Manga but also enjoyed sports. Watsuki admits that he was "So weak in fact, that I was an embarrassment to my 183 centimeters of height" (about 6 feet).Watsuki never won a kendo match. He was once chosen to be a starter after a teammate was suspended for causing an uproar. Watsuki grew frustrated with kendo, and eventually quit. When he was challenged to come up with a new character for Rurouni Kenshin, he used his outlook on kendo for a base of Myōjin Yahiko. Nobuhiro Watsuki has had many works in the past. In high school he won the Hop Step award for his work on his manga he called Podmark. Not much is known about Podmark because it has not been translated to English. Later on, Watsuki was an assistant in the work of Mashin Bōken Tan Lamp-Lamp (Arabian Genie Adventure Lamp-Lamp). The model for Sagara Sanosuke was based on a version of Lamp. In 1994 a new manga was created and published in Weekly Shōnen Jump. It seems that this was the first manga about Rurouni Kenshin. When not working on manga, Watsuki enjoys playing video games, reading other manga, and watching television. His favorite American comic book is X-Men because he likes the action. His favorite anime (other than his own) is Neon Genesis Evangelion. He likes video games like Samurai Spirits and things of that sort. He also enjoys action movies like Die Hard and The Matrix. Watsuki describes himself as "pro-dōjinshi" and asks fans to send fan comics. From August 9–11, 2013, an exhibit of art from Rurouni Kenshin was displayed at Otakon in the United States curated by Watsuki's wife, Kaoru Kurosaki.
- Watsuki Nobuhiro (和月伸宏, * 26. Mai 1970 in der Präfektur Niigata) ist ein japanischer Mangaka. In seiner Jugend war er in einem Kendo-Club, jedoch nicht sehr gut darin. Er war Assistent bei Obata Takeshi, den er selbst als Meister bezeichnet, Takahashi Yoichi und Umezawa Haruto. 1993 machte er sein Debüt mit einem Vorläufer von seinem erfolgreichsten Werk Rurouni Kenshin mit dem Namen Der Vagabund in der Shonen Jump. Nach dem Abschluss seines Meisterwerks Kenshin zeichnete er Gun Blaze West, einen Shonen im Western-Stil. Der Erfolg seines zweiten Werks blieb jedoch aus und die Serie musste nach 3 Bänden abgebrochen werden. Für seine Werke hat er viele Inspiriationen. So zum Beispiel Manga von Tezuka Osamu, Fujiko Fujio und Adachi Mitsuru oder amerikanische Comics wie "Spiderman" oder "X-Men", aber auch Videospiele wie "Samurai Spirits". Bei Kenshin assistierten ihm unter anderem Oda Eiichiro und Takei Hiroyuki.
- Nobuhiro Watsuki is a mangaka who is far and away most famous for being the brain behind Rurouni Kenshin, one of the most successful Manga and Anime series of the 90s. He's worked on several other titles, however, including Busou Renkin, Gun Blaze West, and he is currently working on Embalming. Watsuki is notable for several reasons, the first of which is his seeming mastery of Multiple Demographic Appeal (which was most obvious and successful in Kenshin, but applies to all his works). Despite being a Shonen mangaka (and in fact one of Shonen Jump's steadiest contributors over the years), he deliberately attempts to place elements in his stories - or write entire stories flat out - that will appeal to other age and gender groups. While this doesn't always work, with Kenshin it created one of the anime juggernauts of the 90s, as the crossover appeal of the characters and story is what propelled it to national and international fame. For his part, Watsuki attributes this to having read a decent amount of Shojo as a lad, and realizing that "boys" and "girls" stories weren't necessarily all that different. This lesson seems to have rubbed off well on his students, too (see directly below). The second thing he's famous for is something he isn't... directly involved in at all. Watsuki served as the teacher for a certain aspiring mangaka named Eiichiro Oda, and helped that young man solidify his art style and work ethic. Oda went on to create a little manga that you may, potentially, have heard of. If Oda is the God of Shonen, then Watsuki may have to be called the Father-God of Shonen, as it's quite possible that Oda wouldn't have been able to get into the position he did to publish One Piece - or pick up the skills necessary to make it as good as it is - without first working for and learning from Watsuki. Watsuki had a similar effect on Hiroyuki Takei of Shaman King fame; Watsuki, Oda and Takei are said to maintain a close friendship to this very day. The final thing he's being famous for is being a bit of a history nut (despite saying that creating historical manga is rather difficult). While he's never let historical fact get completely in the way of a good story, he often does get many of the basic facts very, very right and many of his characters are based off of historial figures (Kenshin himself is based loosely on Kawakami Gensai, and Saito Hajime was lifted from history books almost wholesale). He's especially fond of the 19th century and the trappings therein, and has set most of his major works in that period. While he was one of the true heavyweights of The Nineties, he's been somewhat overshadowed by his own students in recent years (although everyone stands in Oda's shadow these days, to some degree). Buso Renkin was decently well-received, but Gun Blaze West did rather poorly. Embalming has made a strong showing so far, however, and may get an anime adaptation in the not-too-distant future.
- Nobuhiro Watsuki was born in Nagaoka, Niigata prefecture, Japan. When Watsuki was a young boy, his brother, who was three years older, drew manga. Watsuki’s older brother was his role model so he started drawing Manga as well. Watsuki was also inspired by a variety of early Manga artists such as Osamu Tezuka and Fujiko F. Fujio. Later on, his brother stopped drawing manga but, "Because Mr. Watsuki was dumb, he kept drawing it (manga) for a while.” When Watsuki was in middle school, he practiced kendo. He still drew Manga but also enjoyed sports. Watsuki admits that he was "So weak in fact, that I was an embarrassment to my 183 centimeters of height" (about 6 feet). Watsuki never won a kendo match. He was once chosen to be a starter after a teammate was suspended for causing an uproar. Watsuki grew frustrated with kendo, and eventually quit. When he was challenged to come up with a new character for Rurouni Kenshin, he used his outlook on kendo for a base of Myōjin Yahiko. Nobuhiro Watsuki has had many works in the past. In high school he won the Hop Step award for his work on his comic sleeve he called Podmark. Not much is known about Podmark because it has not been translated to English. Later on, Watsuki was an assistant in the work of Mashin Bōken Tan Lamp-Lamp (Arabian Genie Adventure Lamp-Lamp). The model for Sagara Sanosuke was based on a version of Lamp. In 1994 a new sleeve was created and published in Weekly Shōnen Jump. It seems that this was the first sleeve about Rurouni Kenshin. His most recent work, Buso Renkin (Arms Alchemy) was published on June 2003, also in Jump. His 2001 work, Gun Blaze West, was cancelled after three volumes, and is currently being published in English by Shonen Jump. When not working on manga, Watsuki enjoys playing video games, reading other manga, and watching television. His favorite American comic book is X-Men because he likes the action. His favorite anime (other than his own) is Neon Genesis Evangelion. He likes video games like Samurai Spirits and things of that sort. He also enjoys action movies like Die Hard and The Matrix. Watsuki describes himself as "pro-dōjinshi" and asks fans to send fan comics.
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