The Official Ken Akamatsu Fanlisting || About

Stats:
Full name: Ken Akamatsu
Job: Tentatively, cartoonist
Height: 168 cm.
Weight: 50 kg.
Blood type: B
Education: Literature Course graduate of Chuo University

Ken Akamatsu, a manga artist, was born in Kanagawa prefecture, Japan, on July 5, 1968. In his teenage years, Akamatsu failed the entrance exam to Tokyo University, and applied for Film Study instead, (it is speculated, in fact, that this is where Ken got his idea for Love Hina). Eventually, he became famous as an illustrator featured in Comiket (short for Comic Market, a comic convention bi-annually held in Japan). He used the pen name Awa Mizuno - poor and unfortunate but full of hopes and dreams. Akamatsu, still in college, then proceeded to win the Weekly Shonen magazine awards twice. His "A Kid's Game for One Summer" was awarded the coveted 50th Shonen magazine Newcomer's Award soon after he graduated.

After a big hit with A.I. Love You, he finally made a grand success with his manga, Love Hina. The series appeared in Shukan Shonen magazine and has been collected in 14 volumes, which have sold over 6 million copies in Japan. Akamatsu had added elements of his own life experiences to the story, and this was said to have induced an unique feeling to the manga especially for western readers, whose lack of familiarity with Japanese culture for the most part added to the effect. The series, published in America in 2002.

Akamatsu is now currently working on his latest manga series, Magister Negi Magi, which has also been made in to an anime series.

Manga Series Works:

* Always My Santa
* A.I. Love You
* Love Hina
* Negima: Magister Negi Magi

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