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Artist · Japan

Born 1971

In their own script

“弐瓶勉”

Portrait of Tsutomu Nihei
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Born1971
Born inKōriyama

Tsutomu Nihei.

mangaka · screenwriter

Japan, Born 1971

In short

Tsutomu Nihei (弐瓶 勉, Nihei Tsutomu; born February 26, 1971) is a Japanese manga artist. Nihei has been drawing comics professionally since the mid-1990s. In 1995, he was awarded the "Jiro Taniguchi Special Prize" in that year's Afternoon Four Seasons Award for his one-shot submission, Blame.

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Born
1971, Kōriyama
Citizenship
Japan
Active
1997 to 2023
Work
mangaka, screenwriter
Career

Tsutomu Nihei, in numbers

Years active
Blame!, 1997NOiSE, 2000Biomega, 2004Digimortal, 2004Abara, 2005Knights of Sidonia, 2009Aposimz, 2017Tower Dungeon, 20238works
Works by year, 1997 to 2023. Known for
5works1990s2000s2010s
Works by decade. Busiest: the 2000s.

Sketchbook

Portrait of Tsutomu Nihei

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Known for

The essential Tsutomu Nihei

Bibliography

8 works, decade by decade

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s