Kawo Tanuki
Description
Kawo Tanuki is the writer of the Japanese fantasy manga series Dragon Goes House-Hunting, known in Japanese as Dragon, Ie o Kau. This work is the primary and defining credit for Tanuki as a manga creator. The series was serialized in Mag Garden's shonen manga magazine Monthly Comic Garden, running from December 2016 to December 2022 and compiled into ten tankobon volumes. For this manga, Kawo Tanuki is credited as the story author, with illustration duties handled by artist Choco Aya.
The story follows a gentle, cowardly dragon named Letty who is expelled from his family home and embarks on a quest to find a safe and comfortable new dwelling, aided by a powerful and pragmatic elf real estate agent named Dearia. The manga is noted for its situational humor and its unique perspective on fantasy world-building, focusing on housing concerns from the viewpoint of legendary monsters.
The success of the manga led to an anime television adaptation. An anime project was confirmed to be in progress as early as October 2019, with the announcement appearing on the cover of the manga's fifth compiled volume. The anime series, produced by the studio Signal.MD, eventually aired from April to June 2021. Following the conclusion of the main series, a side story or gaiden written by Kawo Tanuki and again illustrated by Choco Aya was serialized in the same magazine from January 2023 to May 2023.
Kawo Tanuki's work on Dragon Goes House-Hunting has been published internationally. In North America, the manga is licensed by Seven Seas Entertainment. Spanish and French publishers have also released the series, with titles such as Dragon busca casa and Jeune Dragon recherche appartement ou donjon. The recurring themes in Tanuki's writing for this series center on the search for a place of belonging, the subversion of traditional fantasy heroics, and a comedic take on the mundane challenges of life, such as real estate, set against a high-fantasy backdrop. Information regarding other original works or personal background details about Kawo Tanuki is not documented in available records.
The story follows a gentle, cowardly dragon named Letty who is expelled from his family home and embarks on a quest to find a safe and comfortable new dwelling, aided by a powerful and pragmatic elf real estate agent named Dearia. The manga is noted for its situational humor and its unique perspective on fantasy world-building, focusing on housing concerns from the viewpoint of legendary monsters.
The success of the manga led to an anime television adaptation. An anime project was confirmed to be in progress as early as October 2019, with the announcement appearing on the cover of the manga's fifth compiled volume. The anime series, produced by the studio Signal.MD, eventually aired from April to June 2021. Following the conclusion of the main series, a side story or gaiden written by Kawo Tanuki and again illustrated by Choco Aya was serialized in the same magazine from January 2023 to May 2023.
Kawo Tanuki's work on Dragon Goes House-Hunting has been published internationally. In North America, the manga is licensed by Seven Seas Entertainment. Spanish and French publishers have also released the series, with titles such as Dragon busca casa and Jeune Dragon recherche appartement ou donjon. The recurring themes in Tanuki's writing for this series center on the search for a place of belonging, the subversion of traditional fantasy heroics, and a comedic take on the mundane challenges of life, such as real estate, set against a high-fantasy backdrop. Information regarding other original works or personal background details about Kawo Tanuki is not documented in available records.
Works
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