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第3回（2003年） award
Otsuichi
おついち
Otsuichi
ペンネーム:
Otsuichi（Pen name used for published works）
プロフィール
- 性別
- 男性
- 国籍
- Japan
- 言語
- Japanese
経歴
- 職業
- Novelist, Writer
- 活動期間
- 1998年〜
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Honkaku Mystery Award | GOTH: Wristcut Incident | — | Honkaku Mystery Award Committee | 受賞 |
Honkaku Mystery Award
2002
対象作品:
GOTH: Wristcut Incident
主催:
Honkaku Mystery Award Committee
結果:
受賞
受賞・候補エディション
作品
代表作
GOTH: Wristcut Incident
2002年 Youth fiction, MysteryA linked short-story collection about a high-school narrator and his friend Yoru Morino, both drawn to humanity's dark side. Through strange encounters they become involved in lurid and bizarre incidents. The original hardcover was published by Kadokawa in July 2002.
deathhuman darknessgrotesque/serial crimesyouth alienation
映像化・舞台化
- [Manga] GOTH (2003)
- [Film] GOTH / 高橋玄 (2008)
全著作
- GOTH: Wristcut Incident (hardcover) — Kadokawa, July 3, 2002, ISBN:4-04-873390-7
- GOTH: Night Volume (bunko) — Kadokawa Bunko, June 25, 2005, ISBN:4-04-425304-8
- GOTH: My Volume (bunko) — Kadokawa Bunko, June 25, 2005, ISBN:4-04-425305-6
- GOTH Morinoyoru (visual book) — Dec 16, 2008, ISBN:978-4-04-873924-5
翻案
- Film 'GOTH' (dir. Gen Takahashi, released Dec 20, 2008)
- Manga 'GOTH' (art by Kenji Oiwa, tankobon 2003)
作風・主題
- 文体
- cool, concise prosequiet grotesque depiction across linked short stories
- 頻出モチーフ
- corpses and dismembermentphotography of bodiesemotionless adolescentshuman darkness
評価・遺産
GOTH is one of Otsuichi's notable works, well received especially among younger readers, and adapted into manga and film. Originating in a light-novel magazine but published as general fiction, it stands as a prominent example of dark fiction by a young author and influenced both literary circles and popular culture.
大衆文化への影響
- The 2008 film adaptation increased the work's visibility in visual media
- The use of a song by visual-kei band D as a tie-in shows influence in music
豆知識
- Originally serialized in the light-novel magazine The Sneaker, but later published as general fiction.
- A film adaptation was planned in Japan and the U.S.; the Japanese film was released in 2008.