Mamizu Arisawa
Description
Mamizu Arisawa is a Japanese light novelist born in Tokyo on May 18, 1976. While some English-language sources have mistakenly referred to him as female, he is male. He spent part of his childhood in Pakistan before returning to Japan for his education.
Arisawa began his professional writing career after winning the silver prize in the eighth Dengeki Novel Prize, a competition held by MediaWorks, in 2001. His winning entry was titled Infinity Zero, which was subsequently published by MediaWorks under their Dengeki Bunko imprint. Following this debut, he continued the Infinity Zero series with three additional volumes.
In April 2002, Arisawa started work on what would become his most famous creation, the light novel series Inukami!. The series originally began serialization in the now-defunct light novel magazine Dengeki hp before the first collected volume was published on January 10, 2003. The story revolves around Keita Kawahira, a descendant of a clan of Inukami-tamers, and Yoko, a beautiful but highly problematic dog goddess who becomes his partner. The series blends elements of fantasy and romantic comedy as the pair battle various troublesome spirits. Arisawa continued writing Inukami! until the release of its final volume in September 2007, with a total of fourteen main novels and two bonus volumes published under the Dengeki Bunko label.
The popularity of Inukami! led to a significant multi-media expansion. A manga adaptation illustrated by Mari Matsuzawa was serialized in Dengeki Comic Gao! magazine from October 2005 to February 2008, later collected into six volumes. A twenty-six episode anime television series adaptation produced by Seven Arcs aired on TV Tokyo from April to September 2006, with Arisawa receiving credit for the original work and also contributing scripts for episodes ten and twenty. A twenty-five-minute anime film, Inukami! The Movie, was released in Japanese theaters in April 2007, and a visual novel for the Nintendo DS was also produced.
After concluding Inukami!, Arisawa began a new light novel series titled Lucky Chance! in December 2007. He also wrote several other light novel series, including Gin Hyōyō (Silver Drift), Sweet Line, and produced novelizations of The World God Only Knows. Beginning in 2012, Arisawa started working under the pen name Tatsuki Miyazawa, under which he leads GoRA, a collaborative group of writers. Using this new identity, he has worked on series composition and scripts for anime such as K and its sequels, as well as Ayaka. His career demonstrates a successful transition from award-winning novice to established creator, with his most significant impact coming from the Inukami! franchise, which remains his most widely recognized and adapted work.
Arisawa began his professional writing career after winning the silver prize in the eighth Dengeki Novel Prize, a competition held by MediaWorks, in 2001. His winning entry was titled Infinity Zero, which was subsequently published by MediaWorks under their Dengeki Bunko imprint. Following this debut, he continued the Infinity Zero series with three additional volumes.
In April 2002, Arisawa started work on what would become his most famous creation, the light novel series Inukami!. The series originally began serialization in the now-defunct light novel magazine Dengeki hp before the first collected volume was published on January 10, 2003. The story revolves around Keita Kawahira, a descendant of a clan of Inukami-tamers, and Yoko, a beautiful but highly problematic dog goddess who becomes his partner. The series blends elements of fantasy and romantic comedy as the pair battle various troublesome spirits. Arisawa continued writing Inukami! until the release of its final volume in September 2007, with a total of fourteen main novels and two bonus volumes published under the Dengeki Bunko label.
The popularity of Inukami! led to a significant multi-media expansion. A manga adaptation illustrated by Mari Matsuzawa was serialized in Dengeki Comic Gao! magazine from October 2005 to February 2008, later collected into six volumes. A twenty-six episode anime television series adaptation produced by Seven Arcs aired on TV Tokyo from April to September 2006, with Arisawa receiving credit for the original work and also contributing scripts for episodes ten and twenty. A twenty-five-minute anime film, Inukami! The Movie, was released in Japanese theaters in April 2007, and a visual novel for the Nintendo DS was also produced.
After concluding Inukami!, Arisawa began a new light novel series titled Lucky Chance! in December 2007. He also wrote several other light novel series, including Gin Hyōyō (Silver Drift), Sweet Line, and produced novelizations of The World God Only Knows. Beginning in 2012, Arisawa started working under the pen name Tatsuki Miyazawa, under which he leads GoRA, a collaborative group of writers. Using this new identity, he has worked on series composition and scripts for anime such as K and its sequels, as well as Ayaka. His career demonstrates a successful transition from award-winning novice to established creator, with his most significant impact coming from the Inukami! franchise, which remains his most widely recognized and adapted work.