Tatsuhiko Takimoto

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name = Tatsuhiko Takimoto

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birth_date = 1978
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occupation = Novelist
nationality = Japanese
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genre = Fiction
subject = Hikikomori, Otaku
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nihongo|Tatsuhiko Takimoto|滝本竜彦|Takimoto Tatsuhiko (born 1978) is a Japanese author best known for his novel "Welcome to the N.H.K.", the most well-known fictional work dealing with hikikomori.

"Welcome to the N.H.K." began as a single novel by Takimoto with a cover illustratation by Yoshitoshi ABe, which was published by Kadokawa Shoten in Japan on January 28 2002. The story was later adapted as a manga series, also written by Takimoto, with art by Kendi Oiwa. The manga began serialization on June 24 2004 in the magazine "Shōnen Ace", also published by Kadokawa Shoten. The manga ended serialization in June 2007, with eight complete volumes released. The series was also adapted as a 24-episode anime television series, which aired in Japan between July 9 2006 and December 17 2006.

Takimoto wrote two Afterwords published in various editions of his novel. In the first afterword, dated December 2001, he stated that he himself was a hikikomori and was still recovering: "... the themes addressed in this story are not things of the past for me but currently active problems." In a second Afterword, dated April 2005, Takimoto admitted that he had not written "a single new story" since N.H.K. and that he was living "reduced to a NEET" (not employed, in education or training) "living as a parasite on the royalties from this book." He stated that he felt "completely unable to write" and "incapacitated." This statement is hard to reconcile with the fact that Takimoto is the only credited writer of the N.H.K. manga, which ran from 2004-2007 and featured numerous differences from the novel. Given that, the extent of Takimoto's exact role in creating the manga series-- if any-- is unknown.

Several novels he has serialized (in magazines like "Faust") have had their collections delayed for several years while he revises them extensively.

Takimoto apparently appears in the 2007 film, Tokyo Novel. [ [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1064975/ IMDB Listing for Tokyo Novel] ]

Takimoto's first novel, Negative Happy Chainsaw Edge was published in 2001 and received a special category award at the fifth Kadokawa Gakuen Awards. [ [http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-10-25/tiffcom-chainsaw-edge ANN article on Negative Happy Chainsaw Edge] ] It was adapted as a live-action Japanese film in 2008. [ [http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/imdb/reviews/article_display.jsp?rid=10323&vnu_special_account_code=thrsiteimdbpro Hollywood reporter] ] [ [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1024856/ IMDB listing for Negative Chainsaw Happy Edge] ] A manga adaptation with artist Saiki Junichi is being released in Monthly Shonen Jump. [ [http://zepy.momotato.com/2008/03/02/manga-negative-happy-chainsaw-edge/ Manga Adaption article] ]

Chojin Keikaku is (apparently) a work of nonfiction.

Takimoto participated in "Live at Faust," an anthology published by the Japanese literary magazine, Faust. Takimoto contributed a ~30 page story and part of a collaboratively written "relay novel" along with four other young writers. [ [http://easternstandard.pbwiki.com/Live+at+Faust Eastern Standard on Live at Faust] ]

Works

* Negative Happy Chainsaw Edge (2001)
* Welcome to the N.H.K. (2002)
* Chojin Keikaku

Uncollected Works

* Ecco
* Moo no Shonen
* Boku no Air

References

Links

* [http://www.boiledeggs.com/ Boiled Eggs Online] - Takimoto's official site.
* [http://www.nega-chain.com/index2.html] Official site of Negative Happy Chainsaw Edge film.