Ryūhei Tamura
Description
Ryūhei Tamura is a Japanese manga artist born on April 19, 1980. He is best known as the author and illustrator of the manga series Beelzebub. Before creating his own works, Tamura served as an assistant to Toshiaki Iwashiro, the creator of the series Psyren.
Tamura made his professional debut with the one-shot Ura Beat, published in Weekly Shōnen Jump in 2003. His breakthrough came with the one-shot Beelzebub, which appeared in the same magazine in 2008 and won the fourth Gold Future Cup. The success of this one-shot led to the serialization of Beelzebub in Weekly Shōnen Jump, where it ran from February 2009 to February 2014. A spin-off series, Beelzebub: Bangai-hen, was later published in Jump Next!! from May 2014 to March 2015. The complete Beelzebub manga was collected into 28 tankōbon volumes.
The story of Beelzebub follows Tatsumi Oga, a delinquent student at Ishiyama High who is forced to raise the infant son of the Demon King, a child named Beel. The series blends action, supernatural elements, and comedy. Tamura has stated that he was not a fighter in his own life and never trained in martial arts. He explained that he wanted to offer readers something different from the typical delinquent manga, and the idea of placing a baby on the main character's shoulder was a way to introduce a unique constraint to the narrative.
The popularity of the manga led to an anime adaptation. An original video animation was produced by the studio Pierrot+ and premiered at the Jump Super Anime Tour in October 2010. This was followed by a 60-episode anime television series, which aired from January 2011 to March 2012. The anime was directed by Yoshihiro Takamoto, with music by Yasuharu Takanashi and Kenji Fujisawa.
Following the conclusion of Beelzebub, Tamura created several other series for Weekly Shōnen Jump. Hungry Marie was serialized in 2017, running for a relatively short period. Hard-Boiled Cop and Dolphin followed in 2020 and concluded in 2021. After these shorter serializations, Tamura moved to a different publication. In April 2023, he launched Cosmos in Monthly Sunday Gene-X, a manga magazine published by Shogakukan. This series represents a departure from his previous work, shifting from supernatural action to hard science fiction and featuring protagonists who are not delinquents.
Recurring elements in Tamura's work often involve delinquent protagonists, as seen in Beelzebub, Hungry Marie, and Hard-Boiled Cop and Dolphin, combined with a comedic tone. Cosmos, which follows a high school student recruited by an extraterrestrial insurance firm, marks a notable evolution in his artistic identity, exploring new genres and themes while retaining his experience in crafting engaging characters and action sequences.
Tamura made his professional debut with the one-shot Ura Beat, published in Weekly Shōnen Jump in 2003. His breakthrough came with the one-shot Beelzebub, which appeared in the same magazine in 2008 and won the fourth Gold Future Cup. The success of this one-shot led to the serialization of Beelzebub in Weekly Shōnen Jump, where it ran from February 2009 to February 2014. A spin-off series, Beelzebub: Bangai-hen, was later published in Jump Next!! from May 2014 to March 2015. The complete Beelzebub manga was collected into 28 tankōbon volumes.
The story of Beelzebub follows Tatsumi Oga, a delinquent student at Ishiyama High who is forced to raise the infant son of the Demon King, a child named Beel. The series blends action, supernatural elements, and comedy. Tamura has stated that he was not a fighter in his own life and never trained in martial arts. He explained that he wanted to offer readers something different from the typical delinquent manga, and the idea of placing a baby on the main character's shoulder was a way to introduce a unique constraint to the narrative.
The popularity of the manga led to an anime adaptation. An original video animation was produced by the studio Pierrot+ and premiered at the Jump Super Anime Tour in October 2010. This was followed by a 60-episode anime television series, which aired from January 2011 to March 2012. The anime was directed by Yoshihiro Takamoto, with music by Yasuharu Takanashi and Kenji Fujisawa.
Following the conclusion of Beelzebub, Tamura created several other series for Weekly Shōnen Jump. Hungry Marie was serialized in 2017, running for a relatively short period. Hard-Boiled Cop and Dolphin followed in 2020 and concluded in 2021. After these shorter serializations, Tamura moved to a different publication. In April 2023, he launched Cosmos in Monthly Sunday Gene-X, a manga magazine published by Shogakukan. This series represents a departure from his previous work, shifting from supernatural action to hard science fiction and featuring protagonists who are not delinquents.
Recurring elements in Tamura's work often involve delinquent protagonists, as seen in Beelzebub, Hungry Marie, and Hard-Boiled Cop and Dolphin, combined with a comedic tone. Cosmos, which follows a high school student recruited by an extraterrestrial insurance firm, marks a notable evolution in his artistic identity, exploring new genres and themes while retaining his experience in crafting engaging characters and action sequences.
Works
- Topics: Anime overview
- Topics: Anime overview