Ryusuke Mita
Description
Ryusuke Mita is a Japanese manga artist born on August 24, 1967. He is best known as the original creator of the manga series Dragon Half, which was later adapted into an anime OVA. Mita is the son of Munesuke Mita, a well-known Japanese sociologist, and the grandson of Sekisuke Mita, a Marxist economist. He is married to fellow manga creator Chiaki Ogishima.
Mita attended Tokyo Metropolitan Hachiōji High School and later enrolled at the Tokyo Animator Academy. His early professional experience in the animation industry included work as an inker and painter on Hayao Miyazaki's film Laputa: Castle in the Sky for Studio Ghibli. Following this, he left school and began working at Studio Hard, where he started doing illustration work for game magazines under the pen name Futeki Banzai. In 1988, Mita made his debut as a manga artist in Gekkan Dragon Magazine with Dragon Half, a series that ran until 1994 and remains his most recognized work. The success of this series led to its adaptation into an OVA by Production I.G.
Beyond Dragon Half, Mita has created a range of other manga titles. His notable works include Kurokami Captured from 1992 to 1997, Aiten Ryōō Monogatari from 1997 to 1999, Shugen Byakuryū Rubikura from 2000, and its sequel Senkōka Rubikura from 2001 to 2003. He also produced Hurting Girls in 2009, Shugen Musume Tenguri in 2004, Kaizō Shōjo Yuzu in 2005, Rose Rosse in 2006, and Oh! My Master in 2007. In addition to his manga, Mita has worked as a character designer for video games, contributing to titles such as Shenan Dragon in 1990, the Quiz Avenue series from 1991 to 1994, a Dragon Half game in 1993, and more recently Astalon: Tears of the Earth in 2021.
Mita and his wife, Chiaki Ogishima, have collaborated professionally under the joint pen name Aya Hanagatami, producing adult-oriented manga marketed toward women. In 2003, Mita began suffering from cataracts, a condition his father also experienced. His official website stopped updating in 2005, with a message indicating a desire to make a fresh start as manga artists, and he continued to publish works such as Rose Rosse and Oh! My Master in the following years.
Mita attended Tokyo Metropolitan Hachiōji High School and later enrolled at the Tokyo Animator Academy. His early professional experience in the animation industry included work as an inker and painter on Hayao Miyazaki's film Laputa: Castle in the Sky for Studio Ghibli. Following this, he left school and began working at Studio Hard, where he started doing illustration work for game magazines under the pen name Futeki Banzai. In 1988, Mita made his debut as a manga artist in Gekkan Dragon Magazine with Dragon Half, a series that ran until 1994 and remains his most recognized work. The success of this series led to its adaptation into an OVA by Production I.G.
Beyond Dragon Half, Mita has created a range of other manga titles. His notable works include Kurokami Captured from 1992 to 1997, Aiten Ryōō Monogatari from 1997 to 1999, Shugen Byakuryū Rubikura from 2000, and its sequel Senkōka Rubikura from 2001 to 2003. He also produced Hurting Girls in 2009, Shugen Musume Tenguri in 2004, Kaizō Shōjo Yuzu in 2005, Rose Rosse in 2006, and Oh! My Master in 2007. In addition to his manga, Mita has worked as a character designer for video games, contributing to titles such as Shenan Dragon in 1990, the Quiz Avenue series from 1991 to 1994, a Dragon Half game in 1993, and more recently Astalon: Tears of the Earth in 2021.
Mita and his wife, Chiaki Ogishima, have collaborated professionally under the joint pen name Aya Hanagatami, producing adult-oriented manga marketed toward women. In 2003, Mita began suffering from cataracts, a condition his father also experienced. His official website stopped updating in 2005, with a message indicating a desire to make a fresh start as manga artists, and he continued to publish works such as Rose Rosse and Oh! My Master in the following years.
Works
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