Summary
Tsukumizu (つくみず) is a pseudonymous Japanese manga artist. Their notable works include the post-apocalyptic iyashikei manga Girls' Last Tour and the four-panel surreal comedy manga Shimeji Simulation.
Tsukumizu | |
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つくみず | |
| Citizenship | Japanese |
| Alma mater | Aichi University of Education |
| Occupation | Mangaka |
| Notable work | Girls' Last Tour Shimeji Simulation |
| Awards | Seiun Award |
| Website | twitter |
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Biography edit
Tsukumizu had been reading extensively since they were in primary school, and read novels all through upper secondary. They cite Haruki Murakami's Norwegian Wood and Dance Dance Dance, and Kaori Ekuni's Kirakira Hikaru as having influenced the themes behind Girls' Last Tour.[1]
In upper secondary, they started to become interested in anime, and began drawing moe in their third year. This interest would bloom to encompass manga as well. Tsukumizu attended the Aichi University of Education, and wished to study painting to become an art teacher. At that temporal juncture, they only saw drawing manga as a hobby.[2][1]
As a post-secondary student, Tsukumizu loved war movies, especially Saving Private Ryan. The Kettenkrad that appears in Girls' Last Tour is a homage to the movie.[3]
In 2013, they published a Touhou Project dōjinshi, Flan Wants to Die, about an immortal vampire named Flan who longs to die.
In their second year of post-secondary, Tsukumizu began drawing manga and was invited to a manga circle by a friend. They regularly uploaded their work on the Internet, and this caught the eye of someone at the publishing company Shinchosha. Their first commercially published work was Girls' Last Tour,[1] which was adapted into an anime in 2017.
Their next major series, Shimeji Simulation, began serialization in Media Factory's Comic Cune magazine on 26 January 2019 and had its last chapter published in the same magazine on 27 November 2023.[4][5]
Works edit
- Flan Wants to Die (2013)
- Girls' Last Tour (2014–2018)
- Shimeji Simulation (2019–2023)
References edit
- ^ a b c Tsukumizu (24 July 2015). "Dō ikirubeki ka 'shōjo shūmatsu ryokō' Tsukumizu wa toikakeru" どう生きるべきか 『少女終末旅行』つくみずは問い掛ける (Interview) (in Japanese). Interviewed by ITmedia eBook USER. ITmedia. Archived from the original on 7 February 2021. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
- ^ Aichi University of Education Co-op [@aichieducoop] (12 November 2014). "[Aikyōdai sotsugyōsei chosaku no shinkan komikku] Aikyōdai no OB, Tsukumizu-sensei chosaku no komikku "Shōjo Shūmatsu Ryokō ①" o eM de hanbai-chū desu! Shūmatsu no sekai de ikiru 2-ri no shōjo… no, honobono nichijō-kei manga desu ★ tameshi yomi mo arimasu, zehi o-te ni totte kudasai!!" 【愛教大卒業生著作の新刊コミック】愛教大のOB、つくみず先生著作のコミック『少女終末旅行①』をeMで販売中です！終末の世界で生きる2人の少女…の、ほのぼの日常系マンガです★試し読みもあります、ぜひお手に取ってみてください!! (Tweet) (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 7 April 2021. Retrieved 25 April 2020 – via Twitter.
- ^ Ozaki, Takaharu (2016). "Shōjo shūmatsu ryokō anime tsūshin vol. 03" 少女終末旅行 アニメ通信 vol.03. Kurage Bunch. Archived from the original on 2 May 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
- ^ Parker-Dalton, Jacob (27 December 2018). "Girls' Last Tour Creator Launches New Manga 'Shimeji Simulation' Next Month". OTAQUEST. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
- ^ Cayanan, Joanna (1 December 2023). "Tsukumizu's Shimeji Simulation Manga Ends". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on 1 December 2023. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
External links edit
- Tsukumizu at Anime News Network's encyclopedia