About

Known credits:
7
Birthday:
1967-10-25
Place of birth:
Tokyo, Japan
Website:
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Taiyō Matsumoto

Overview

Taiyō Matsumoto (born 1967) is an influential manga artist. He made his debut in Afternoon, Kodansha's monthly seinen manga magazine, but is probably best known for his works with Kodansha's rival publisher Shogakukan, including Tekkonkinkreet, Ping Pong and Number Five. He has received critical praise for his unconventional and often surrealist art style. Ping Pong and Aoi Haru (Blue Spring) have been adapted into live-action feature films, much more famous than the original manga in the west, and acclaimed animation studio Studio 4°C adapted Tekkonkinkreet into an animated feature film. In 2007 he received an Excellence Award for manga at the Japan Media Arts Festival for the art of Takemitsu Zamurai.

He is the cousin of Santa Inoue, another critically acclaimed manga artist.

Known for

Writing
2014 Ping Pong the Animation Writing Comic Book 77
Good
2006 Tekkonkinkreet Writing Comic Book 65
Fair
2003 Revolver - Blue Spring Writing Comic Book N/A
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2002 Ping Pong Writing Comic Book 60
Fair
2001 Blue Spring Writing Comic Book 60
Fair
1999 Tekkonkinkreet Pilot Writing Comic Book N/A
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Visual Effects
2022 Inu-Oh Visual Effects Character Designer 61
Fair