Taiyō Matsumoto

Taiyō Matsumoto (Japanese: 松本大洋, Hepburn: Matsumoto Taiyō, born October 25, 1967) is a manga artist from Tokyo. He made his debut with STRAIGHT in Morning, Kodansha's monthly seinen manga magazine, but is known for his works with Kodansha's rival publisher Shogakukan, including Tekkonkinkreet, Ping Pong and No. 5.[1] He has received critical praise for his unconventional and often surrealist art style. Ping Pong and Blue Spring have been adapted into live-action feature films. Animation studio Studio 4°C adapted Tekkonkinkreet into an animated feature film. Matsumoto has been called one of the best artists in the recent history of manga and has won numerous awards, including the Shogakukan Manga Award, the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize and the Eisner Awards. He is the cousin of Santa Inoue, another manga artist.

Taiyō Matsumoto
Born (1967-10-25) October 25, 1967
Area(s)Manga artist
Notable works
Tekkonkinkreet, Ping Pong, Sunny
AwardsJapan Cartoonists Association Award, 2001 for GoGo Monster

Japan Media Arts Festival, 2007 for Takemitsuzamurai.

Eisner Awards, 2008 for Tekkon Kinkreet

Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize, 2011 for Takemitsuzamurai with Issei Eifuku.

Cartoonist Studio Prize, 2014 for Sunny.

Japan Media Arts Festival, 2016 for Sunny.

Shogakukan Manga Award, 2016 for Sunny.

Eisner Awards, 2020 for Cats of the Louvre

Career

Matsumoto originally wanted to be a soccer player, but changed to artist as an occupation instead. After his initial success in the Comic Open contest, he began touring France in 1986, an event that became a significant point in his career. The manga he produced covers a variety of topics, from sports to family comedies to science fiction epics.[2]

In 1993, he began work on the Tekkonkinkreet manga, which became a success in the Big Spirits magazine, and published a series of short stories in a collection called Nihon no Kyodai that was publicized at the time by Comic Aré magazine. Ping Pong appeared in Big Spirits in 1996, soon followed by the series No. 5 in Shogakukan's Monthly Ikki magazine in 2000.[2][3]

The Tekkonkinkreet anime was released in Japan in late 2006, and both the anime and manga have been published in English.[4]

Influences

Matsumoto has cited Moebius, Enki Bilal, Katsuhiro Otomo, Shotaro Ishinomori and Tsuchida Seiki as influences on his work.[5]

Works
Title Year Notes Refs[6]
Straight (ストレート)1989Morning, Kodansha Comics, 1 vol.
Zero1991Big Comic Spirits Special, 2 volumes
Zero: God Save the Knuckle!Big Spirits Comics, 2 volumes; Big Comics, 1 vol.
Hana Otoko (花男, A Boy Meet a Papa and Baseball) 1992 Big Comics, Big Spirits Comics Special, 3 volumes
Blue Spring 1993 Anthology collection of short stories
Published by Shogakukan, 1 volume		 [7]
Tekkonkinkreet (鉄コン筋クリート, Tekkonkinkurīto)/Black & White 1993–94 Serialized in Big Comic Spirits
Published by Shogakukan, 3 volumes		 [8]
Nihon no Kyōdai (日本の兄弟, Brothers of Japan) 1995 Mag Comics, 1 volume
100 1995 Big spirits comic special, 2 volumes
Ping Pong 1996–97 Serialized in Big Comic Spirits
Published by Shogakukan, 5 volumes		 [9]
GoGo Monster 2000 Published by Shogakukan, 1 volume [10]
No. 5 2000–05 Serialized in Monthly Ikki magazine
Published by Shogakukan in 8 volumes		 [3][11]
Hana (花, Flower) 2002 stage play adapted to manga novella, 1 volume
Takemitsuzamurai (竹光侍)
with Issei Eifuku (writer)		 2006–10 Serialized in Big Comic Spirits
Published by Shogakukan, 8 volumes		 [12]
Sunny 2010–15 Serialized in Monthly Ikki and Monthly Big Comic Spirits
Published by Shogakukan, 6 volumes		 [13][14]
Sanī yōyō-tsuki gentei tokusōban (Sunnyヨーヨー付き限定特装版, Sunny Yo-Yo Special edition) Ikki Comix, Ann Comics, 2 volumes
Chaoanfanteriburu (チャオアンファンテリブル, Chao Anne fan Terrible)
Taiyo Matsumoto / Katsuki Tanaka / Hiro Sugiyama		 Tokyo Comic Insider, 1 volume
Cats of the Louvre (ルーヴルの猫, Rūvuru no Neko) 2016–17 Issued by the Louvre museum, 2 volumes [15][16][17]
Mukashi no Hanashi (むかしのはなし)
with Issei Eifuku (writer)		 2020-Present Serialized in Big Comic Superior magazine [18][19][20]


References
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  3. 本誌掲載作品一覧 (創刊号). Ikkist Paradise (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on December 3, 2002. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
  4. Butcher, Christopher (July 8, 2008). "INTERVIEW: Taiyo Matsumoto (1995)". Comics212. Retrieved 28 December 2010.
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  7. 【青春映画】男性から大人気の映画『青い春』をご紹介します！. Entertainment Topics (in Japanese). HACK Media Solution, Co., Ltd. April 24, 2016. Retrieved January 8, 2021.
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  13. 松本大洋の新作「Sunny」ポストカード他、IKKI購入特典. Natalie (in Japanese). December 25, 2010. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
  14. 松本大洋「Sunny」月スピにて完結！新鋭による“性春”ラブコメも始動. Natalie (in Japanese). July 27, 2015. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
  15. ルーヴル美術館監修の企画展、新たに松本大洋、五十嵐大介らが参加. Natalie (in Japanese). March 10, 2016. Retrieved July 25, 2020.
  16. 吉田戦車の“まんが一家”がBCオリジナルに帰還、新連載「出かけ親」. Natalie (in Japanese). July 20, 2017. Retrieved July 25, 2020.
  17. "Le Louvre et la bande dessinée - Musée du Louvre Editions". editions.louvre.fr. Retrieved 2019-09-04.
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