Yu Yagami

Infobox comics creator
name=Yu Yagami
birthdate=birth date and age|1969|07|11
location=Amagasaki, Hyōgo, Japan
nationality=Japanese
notable works="Those Who Hunt Elves"

nihongo|Yu Yagami|矢上裕|"Yagami Yuu"|born July 11, 1969 in Amagasaki, Hyōgo, Japancite web |title = Go! Comi - Hikkatsu - Creator Bio |url=http://www.gocomi.com/index.php?module=manga&sub=series_detail&subsub=creator_bio&s_id=22 |accessdate=2008-06-11] is a Japanese manga artist. He is best known for the manga "Those Who Hunt Elves", which was adapted as an anime series. His works "Those Who Hunt Elves", "Dokkoida?!", "Go West!", and "Hikkatsu! Strike a Blow to Vivify" have been licensed in English.

Yagami’s works are predominantly comedy shōnen manga with science fiction or high fantasy settings—for example, "Dokkoida?!" is a superhero parody series and "Go West!" a western parody. Many feature protagonists that use martial arts, usually some form of karate, such as Junpei in "Those Who Hunt Elves" and Shota in "Hikkatsu! Strike a Blow to Vivify"). Yagami himself is a karate aficionado, and is a member of the nihongo|Kendokai|拳道会|Kendokai Karate-do. Most of his works are published by MediaWorks and serialized in their "Dengeki Comic Gao!" magazine.

Works

Manga

Illustrations

Yagami did the illustrations for nihongo|"Dokkoida?!"|住めば都のコスモス荘・すっとこ大戦ドッコイダー|Sumeba miyako no kosomoso-sō · suttoko taisen dokkoidā, a series of six light novels by Taro Achi published by MediaWorks in the Dengeki Bunko imprint between 1999 and 2003.

Style

Yagami’s work in "Those Who Hunt Elves" is featured prominently in Volume 2 of the popular manga drawing instructional series "How to Draw Manga", “Compiling Techniques”.Several frames from the manga are held up as examples of good use of screentones.cite book | title=Compiling Techniques | series=How to Draw Manga | volume=2 | isbn=4-88996-044-9 | pages=pp. 7, 77, 94–95]

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