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Takuma Kageyama
かげやま たくま
Kageyama Takuma
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1963-01-01 （Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan）
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist
- Active Years
- 1997-
- Affiliations
- Planning Harima
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Out of Range (Daibengeki Type 1 Artillery Tank Unit)
1997 Military fiction / Alternate historyA military novel depicting fictional battles, focusing on a tank artillery unit and its engagements.
wartacticsunit operations
Centurion Raid Operation
2000 Military SFA novel with SF elements centered on near-future military operations, notable for tactical detail.
near-futuremilitary technologystrategy
Azure Sky's Ray: Dreadnought Killer
2002 Naval/Hard SFAn alternate-history naval novel focusing on large warships and sea battles, with detailed vessel descriptions.
warshipsnaval battletactics
Couriers of the Stars
2004 Science FictionA space-set SF novel focused on logistics and transport missions across the stars.
spacetransporthuman drama
Rising Sun Iron Cavalry
2004 Historical alternate historyA series of alternate-history military narratives set in Manchuria and Europe, written in the style of unit chronicles.
Manchuriamercenariesimperialism
Evangelion ANIMA (serial)
2008 SF / Tie-in (official spin-off)An official spin-off of Neon Genesis Evangelion serialized in Dengeki Hobby Magazine, expanding aspects of the series' world.
Evangelionpost-end scenarioscharacter drama
Bibliography
- Out of Range (1997)
- Centurion Raid Operation (2000)
- Azure Sky's Ray: Dreadnought Killer (2002)
- Couriers of the Stars (2004)
- Rising Sun Iron Cavalry (2004)
- Super Aerial Gunship 'Karyu' series (2004-2005)
- Evangelion ANIMA (serial, 2008-)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Military-focused hard SF and alternate historyDetailed technical and tactical descriptions
- Recurring Motifs
- warweaponrytacticsimperialism
Legacy
Takuma Kageyama is known for alternate-history and military SF novels with detailed depictions of weaponry and tactics. His serialization of Evangelion ANIMA and fan-activity roots have given him recognition among SF and tie-in audiences.
In Popular Culture
- Influence on fandom through the Evangelion ANIMA serial
Trivia
- Novelist born in Hyōgo Prefecture.
- Was active in the SF fan group 'Planning Harima'.
- Serialized Evangelion ANIMA in Dengeki Hobby Magazine.