Tomoya Haruno
Description
Tomoya Haruno is a Japanese manga artist born on March 22, 1983. He began his professional career in 2006 with the publication of short stories in various magazines, including "Majitaku" in COMIC BLADE MASAMUNE's spring issue and "Suriiesu!" in Monthly Comic Alive. His early work also involved contributing to anthology collections for popular franchises such as Fate/hollow ataraxia, Lucky Star, and KimiKiss.
Haruno is best known as the original creator of the manga series D-Frag! (stylized as D-Fragments), which he writes and illustrates. The series began serialization in Media Factory's Monthly Comic Alive magazine in July 2008. The story follows Kenji Kazama, a self-styled delinquent who finds himself forcibly recruited into the eccentric Game Development Club, a group of girls who claim to possess strange otherworldly powers. The manga has been collected into numerous tankobon volumes and is licensed for English release in North America.
The success of D-Frag! led to an anime television adaptation. The series, produced by the studio Brain's Base, aired for 12 episodes from January 6 to March 24, 2014. In addition to the television series, a special original anime DVD, which adapted the "Shrine Water" arc from the manga, was bundled with the ninth special-edition volume of D-Frag! released on September 22, 2014.
Beyond D-Frag!, Haruno has authored other manga series. From 2011 to 2018, he serialized Maou-sama Chotto Sore Totte!! (titled "Demon Lord, Please Take That!!" in English) in Shueisha's Miracle Jump magazine. The series was compiled into eight complete volumes. He has also produced short manga for publications like Monthly Comic REX and the manga anthology "Seishun."
In addition to his own serialized works, Haruno has contributed character designs for video games, including FreeStyle! -Street Basketball- and Fate/Grand Order. He also contributed to the scenario for the game Fate/tiger colosseum upper. His artistic contributions extend to anime as well, where he provided an ending illustration for an episode of Aoki Hagane no Arpeggio: Ars Nova and a manga insert for an episode of Kannagi.
Haruno is best known as the original creator of the manga series D-Frag! (stylized as D-Fragments), which he writes and illustrates. The series began serialization in Media Factory's Monthly Comic Alive magazine in July 2008. The story follows Kenji Kazama, a self-styled delinquent who finds himself forcibly recruited into the eccentric Game Development Club, a group of girls who claim to possess strange otherworldly powers. The manga has been collected into numerous tankobon volumes and is licensed for English release in North America.
The success of D-Frag! led to an anime television adaptation. The series, produced by the studio Brain's Base, aired for 12 episodes from January 6 to March 24, 2014. In addition to the television series, a special original anime DVD, which adapted the "Shrine Water" arc from the manga, was bundled with the ninth special-edition volume of D-Frag! released on September 22, 2014.
Beyond D-Frag!, Haruno has authored other manga series. From 2011 to 2018, he serialized Maou-sama Chotto Sore Totte!! (titled "Demon Lord, Please Take That!!" in English) in Shueisha's Miracle Jump magazine. The series was compiled into eight complete volumes. He has also produced short manga for publications like Monthly Comic REX and the manga anthology "Seishun."
In addition to his own serialized works, Haruno has contributed character designs for video games, including FreeStyle! -Street Basketball- and Fate/Grand Order. He also contributed to the scenario for the game Fate/tiger colosseum upper. His artistic contributions extend to anime as well, where he provided an ending illustration for an episode of Aoki Hagane no Arpeggio: Ars Nova and a manga insert for an episode of Kannagi.
Works
- Topics: Anime overview