Tappei Nagatsuki

{{Short description|Japanese novelist}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2016}}

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| native_name = {{nobold|{{Nihongo2|長月達平}}}}

| native_name_lang = ja

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1987|03|11}}

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| nationality = Japanese

| other_names = {{Nihongo3|"Mouse-Colored Cat"|鼠色猫|Nezumi-iro Neko}}

| notable_works = Re:Zero

| occupation = Novelist

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{{nihongo|Tappei Nagatsuki|長月達平||}} is a Japanese novelist. He is the author of the light novel series Re:Zero. The series has been adapted into an anime. He initially serialized the series as a web novel (writing under the username {{Nihongo3|"Mouse-Colored Cat"|鼠色猫|Nezumi-iro Neko}}{{cite book |last=Nagatsuki |first=Tappei |date=July 2016 |chapter=Afterword |title=Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Volume 1 |language=English |publisher=Yen Press |pages=229–231 |isbn=978-0-316-31530-2 }}) on the user-generated content site Shōsetsuka ni Narō from April 20, 2012 onwards.{{cite web |url=http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/03/21-1/re-zero-kara-hajimeru-isekai-seikatsu-tv-anime-one-hour-premiere-set-for-april-3 |title="Re: Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu" TV Anime One Hour Premiere Set for April 3 |last=Komatsu |first=Mikikazu |date=March 21, 2016 |website=Crunchyroll |accessdate=June 27, 2016 |archive-date=October 10, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161010153526/http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/03/21-1/re-zero-kara-hajimeru-isekai-seikatsu-tv-anime-one-hour-premiere-set-for-april-3 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://ncode.syosetu.com/n2267be/ |script-title=ja:Ｒｅ：ゼロから始める異世界生活 |website=Shōsetsuka ni Narō |language=Japanese |accessdate=May 7, 2024 }} {{As of|2016|4|1|df=US}}, he has published thirty eight novels and five side stories, comprising a total of 686 chapters. Following the web novel's publication, Media Factory acquired the series for print publication. As of May 2024, thirty seven volumes have been published, as well as five side story volumes and ten short story collections. The series adapted into anime, manga and visual novel. Nagatsuki was very active in the production of the anime, attending script meetings, recording sessions, and dubbing.{{cite web |url=http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-feature/2016/07/17/rezero-all-night-marathon-and-staff-discussion-what-makes-subaru-tick-everyone-off |title=FEATURE: "Re:ZERO" All-Night Marathon and Staff Discussion – What Makes Subaru Tick (Everyone Off) |last=Luster |first=Joseph |date=July 17, 2016 |website=Crunchyroll |accessdate=August 17, 2016 }}