Shūzō Oshimi
{{Short description|Japanese manga artist (born 1981)}}
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| name = Shūzō Oshimi
| native_name = 押見 修造
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1981|3|19}}
| birth_place = Gunma Prefecture, Japan
| nationality = Japanese
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| occupation = Manga artist
| awards = Tetsuya Chiba Award
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{{nihongo|Shūzō Oshimi|押見 修造|Oshimi Shūzō|born 1981}} is a Japanese manga artist who publishes works primarily for Kodansha. He made his debut with Superfly in Kodansha's Monthly Shōnen Magazine. He is best known for his manga Drifting Net Cafe, The Flowers of Evil, Happiness, and Blood on the Tracks. His works have been adapted into many different media including television drama, anime, and live action film. In 2001, he won the Tetsuya Chiba Award.
Background
Oshimi's hometown is in the countryside of Kiryu, Gunma, which also served as the setting of his manga The Flowers of Evil.{{cite book|last1=Oshimi|first1=Shuzo|title=The Flowers of Evil Vol. 1|date=8 May 2012|publisher=Vertical|isbn=978-1-935654-46-9}} While growing up there, the main places he would visit were the riverbank, the stairs of his junior high school, and the bookstore.{{cite book|last1=Oshimi|first1=Shuzo|title=The Flowers of Evil Vol. 2|date=10 July 2012|publisher=Vertical|isbn=978-1-935654-47-6|page=158}} Oshimi currently resides in Tokyo.Oshimi, The Flowers of Evil Vol. 2, p. 126
Career
Oshimi debuted with Superfly in Kodansha's Monthly Shōnen Magazine. He would go on to start his first series Avant-Garde Yumeko in the magazine. His works have been adapted into many different media, with Drifting Net Café and Inside Mari into television dramas,{{cite web|last1=Manry |first1=Gia |title=Drifting Net Cafe Drifts Into Dramafication |url=http://www.animevice.com/news/drifting-net-cafe-drifts-into-dramafication/641/ |website=Anime Vice |accessdate=20 February 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150220084200/http://www.animevice.com/news/drifting-net-cafe-drifts-into-dramafication/641/ |archivedate=February 20, 2015 }}{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-03-20/shuzo-oshimi-inside-mari-manga-gets-live-action-series/|title=Shuzo Oshimis Inside Mari manga gets live action series|work=Anime News Network|accessdate=14 January 2018}} The Flowers of Evil into an anime,{{cite web|title=The Flowers of Evil Suspense Manga Gets Anime|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-08-05/the-flowers-of-evil-romantic-comedy-manga-gets-anime|website=Anime News Network|accessdate=20 February 2015}} and Sweet Poolside into a live action film.{{cite web |url= http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-09-01/sweet-poolside-manga-by-flower-of-evil-oshimi-gets-live-action-film|title= Sweet Poolside Manga by Flowers of Evil's Oshimi Gets Live-Action Film|date=1 September 2013|accessdate=20 February 2013|work=Anime News Network}} In 2001, he won the Tetsuya Chiba Award.{{cite book|title=Flowers of Evil, Volume 9|isbn=978-1939130280|last1=Oshimi|first1=Shuzo|date=22 April 2014|publisher=Kodansha USA }}
Influences
In his childhood Oshimi would read modernist poems from authors like Sakutarō Hagiwara and Mitsuharu Kaneko.Oshimi, The Flowers of Evil Vol. 1, p. 140 Oshimi also thought that surrealist artists like André Breton, Max Ernst, and Paul Delvaux were cool.Oshimi, The Flowers of Evil Vol. 2, p. 34 His favorite artist is Redon,Oshimi, The Flowers of Evil Vol. 1, p. 44 and he also likes Francisco Goya.Oshimi, The Flowers of Evil Vol. 2, p. 96 In his youth, Oshimi heavily identified with the protagonist of Tetsu Adachi's Song of Cherry Blossoms and it would later influence his manga The Flowers of Evil.{{cite book|last1=Oshimi|first1=Shuzo|title=The Flowers of Evil Vol. 3|date=23 October 2012|publisher=Vertical|isbn=978-1-935654-48-3|page=68}}
Themes
Oshimi's narrative style consists of stories presenting quirky, clumsy main characters, usually a boy and a girl couple, and how their relationship unfolds as the narrative progresses. He also presents uncommon, uncomfortable and, sometimes, disturbing situations through which the protagonists take part. This narrative style has been seen in all of the author's works, including his best-known work, The Flowers of Evil.
Oshimi likes to explore themes such as coming-of-age and perversion, combined with his experiences in his youth. He thinks that the end of adolescence is hard to define, and is up to an individual to discover, such as in The Flowers of Evil.Oshimi, The Flowers of Evil Vol. 3, p. 172 He also believes that perversion is a characteristic of every person that is surrounded by stigma which he wants people to think about.Oshimi, The Flowers of Evil Vol. 1, p. 172 Oshimi also wants to explore the female perspective in his gender-bender manga Inside Mari, because to him, girls are "half of the world".{{cite book|last1=Oshimi|first1=Shuzo|title=Inside Mari Volume 1|publisher=Crunchyroll|page=194}}
Works
- {{nihongo|Superfly|スーパーフライ||2001}} – Independent work, first published in the "Avant-Garde Yumeko" collection.
- {{nihongo|Midnight Paranoia Star|真夜中のパラノイアスター|Mayonaka no Paranoia Sutā}}
- {{nihongo|Avant-Garde Yumeko|アバンギャルド夢子|Abangyarudo Yumeko|2003}} – Published by Kodansha, single-volume.
- {{nihongo|Sweet Poolside|スイートプールサイド||2004}} – Published by Kodansha, single-volume.
- {{nihongo|Devil Ecstasy|デビルエクスタシー||2005–2006}} – Published by Kodansha, 4 volumes.
- {{nihongo|Yūtai Nova|ユウタイノヴァ||2007–2008}} – Published by Kodansha, 2 volumes.
- {{nihongo|Drifting Net Café|漂流ネットカフェ|Hyōryū Netto Kafe|2008–2011}} – Published by Futabasha, 7 volumes.
- {{nihongo|The Flowers of Evil|惡の華|Aku no Hana|2009–2014}} – Published by Kodansha, 11 volumes.{{cite web|title=The Flowers of Evil|url=http://www.vertical-inc.com/books/flowersofevil.html|website=Vertical|accessdate=11 April 2015}}
- {{nihongo|Shino Can't Say Her Name|志乃ちゃんは自分の名前が言えない|Shino-chan wa Jibun no Namae ga Ienai|2011–2012}} – Published by Ohta Publishing, single-volume.
- {{nihongo|Inside Mari|ぼくは麻理のなか|Boku wa Mari no Naka|2012–2016}} – Serialized in Manga Action, published by Futabasha,{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-01-06/crunchyroll-adds-inside-mari-silver-nina-love-theory-manga|title=Crunchyroll Adds Inside Mari, Silver Nina, Love Theory Manga - News|publisher=Anime News Network|date=6 January 2014|accessdate=8 January 2014}} 9 volumes.{{cite web|url=http://www.futabasha.co.jp/booksdb/book/bookview/978-4-575-84856-4.html|script-title=ja:ぼくは麻理のなか 9|publisher=Futabasha|date= 28 September 2016|accessdate=10 September 2016|language=Japanese|trans-title=Inside Mari 9}}
- {{Nihongo|Happiness|ハピネス||2015–2019}} – Published by Kodansha.{{cite web|url= http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-01-07/flowers-of-evil-shuzo-oshimi-to-launch-happiness-manga/.82961|title=Flowers of Evil's Shūzō Oshimi to Launch Happiness Manga|date=7 January 2015|accessdate=22 January 2015|work=Anime News Network}}{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-02-08/shuzo-oshimi-happiness-manga-ends-in-march/.143157|title=Shūzō Oshimi's Happiness Manga Ends in March|date=8 February 2019|accessdate=9 May 2019|work=Anime News Network}}
- {{nihongo|Waltz|ワルツ|Warutsu|2017}} – Serialized in Feel Young, published by Shodensha, single-volume.{{Cite book|title=Waltz Edition Notice|isbn = 9781634428033|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-0coEAAAQBAJ&dq=Waltz+%28OSHIMI+Shuzo%29+japanese&pg=PT1|access-date=14 May 2021|last1 = Oshimi|first1 = Shuzo|date = 6 April 2021| publisher=Denpa, LLC }}
- {{nihongo|Femme Fatale: The Art of Shuzo Oshimi|ファムファタル 押見修造画集|Famu Fataru Oshimi Shūzō gashū|2017}} – Published by Futabasha. It is an art book featuring art from many of Shūzō Oshimi's works.{{Cite web|title=Femme Fatale - Oshimi Shuzo Art Book - Shuzo Oshimi BOOK|url=https://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/NEOBK-2131484|access-date=5 May 2021|website=CDJapan|language=en}}
- {{nihongo|Blood on the Tracks|血の轍|Chi no Wadachi|2017–2023}} – Serialized in Big Comic Superior, published by Shogakukan.{{cite web|script-title=ja:毒親描く「血の轍」スペリオールで完結、押見修造は新たなマンガ賞の審査員務める|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/540166|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|date=8 September 2023|access-date=8 September 2023|language=ja}}
- {{nihongo|Miss Kusakabe|日下部さんー|Kusakabe-san|2020}} – Serialized in Web Comic Action, published by Futabasha, single-volume.{{cite web|title=Miss Kusakabe|url=https://comic-action.com/episode/13933686331606211377|access-date=14 May 2021|website=Comic Action|language=ja}}
- {{nihongo|Lily|りり|Riri|2021}} – Serialized and published by Weekly Young Magazine, single-volume.{{cite web|script-title=ja:押見修造、8年ぶりにヤンマガに帰還。特別読み切り『りり』を無料公開！|url=https://yanmaga.jp/columns/articles/1128|date=28 June 2021|access-date=11 July 2021|website=YanMaga Web|publisher=Kodansha|language=ja}}
- {{nihongo|Welcome Back, Alice|おかえりアリス|Okaeri Arisu|2020–2023}} – Serialized in Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine, published by Kodansha.{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-07-07/shuzo-oshimi-welcome-back-alice-manga-ends-on-august-9/.200043|title=Shūzō Oshimi's 'Welcome Back, Alice' Manga Ends on August 9|date=7 July 2023|accessdate=8 August 2023|work=Anime News Network}}
- {{nihongo|Toxic Daughter: Chi-chan|ちーちゃん|Chii-chan|2024}} – Spin-off manga to the 2024 live-action film Doku Musume, which features a character designed by Oshimi who stars in this work.{{cite web |last1=Tai |first1=Anita |title=The Flowers of Evil's Shūzō Oshimi Designs Doku Musume Film's Character, Launches Spinoff Manga |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-11-13/the-flowers-of-evil-shuzo-oshimi-designs-doku-musume-film-character-launches-spinoff-manga/.204407 |website=Anime News Network |access-date=15 January 2024}}
- {{nihongo|The Sound of a Blink|瞬きの音|Mabataki no Oto|2024}} – Serialized in Big Comic Superior, published by Shogakukan.{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-11-07/shuzo-oshimi-launches-new-manga-on-december-13/.217595|title=Shūzō Oshimi Launches New Manga on December 13|date=7 November 2024|access-date=7 February 2025|work=Anime News Network}}
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