About

Known credits:
7
Birthday:
1966-12-22
Place of birth:
Rittō
Website:
N/A

Masanori Morita

Overview

He made his debut in 1984 in Fresh Jump magazine with It's late, the pilot for Rokudenashi Blues. This story received the Tezuka Award of Excellence from publisher Shueisha.

After high school, he became assistant to Tetsuo HARA (Hokuto no Ken)

and at the same time published several short stories in JUMP magazine's special issues.

In 1987, he began his first series, Bachi Atari Rock.

In 1988, he began publishing the Rokudenashi Blues series in Weekly Shônen Jump. He captivates his readers with a passionate, lively narrative, a wide variety of characters and excellent pencilling. As a result, the series became a long-seller, publishing for eight years.

As soon as his hit was over, Morita turned his attention to baseball with another successful work in Jump, Rookies (24 vol.) which, although it didn't achieve similar fame, was adored and probably more accomplished in terms of both script and graphics. At the end of Rookies in 2003, Morita was 37 years old.

He was tired of the weekly rhythm, frustrated by the limits of shônen, dreaming of something else, and still under exclusive contract with Shûeisha, who asked him to stay wisely within Jump, doing shônen.

Known for

Acting

1975 Graveyard of Honor Actor 59
Average

Writing

2009 Rookies the Movie: Graduation Writing Comic Book 58
Average
2008 Rookies Writing Original Story 70
Good
1996 Rokudenashi Blues Writing Original Story N/A
N/A
1993 Rokudenashi Blues 1993 Writing Original Series Creator 58
Average

Crew

1993 Rokudenashi Blues 1993 Crew Creator 58
Average
1992 Rokudenashi BLUES Crew Creator 58
Average