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Tsukasa

ツカサ

Tsukasa

Pen Names: TsukasaUsed as a pen name

Profile

Gender
Unknown
Born
1983-08-15 (Kyoto Prefecture, Japan)
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese

Career

Occupations
Light novel author, Novelist
Active Years
2006-

Education

Seian University of Art and Design
Graphic Design / Graphic Design
Country: Japan
From the author's biography

Awards

Shogakukan Light Novel Award
2006
Work: RIGHT×LIGHT
Category: 期待賞
Organization: Shogakukan
Result: 受賞
Kyoto Animation Awards
2010
Work: Tooi Machi to Kuro no Negai
Category: 小説部門 奨励賞
Organization: Kyoto Animation
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

RIGHT×LIGHT

2007 Light novel

Debut work originally submitted to a contest and later commercially published. A long-running series illustrated by Otsuji Konoe.

coming-of-agebattlegrowth

Juuou Mujin no Fafnir

Light novel, science fiction elements

A long-running series about boys and girls who fight beings called dragons. One of the author's representative works and adapted into a TV anime.

dragonsschoolbattle
Adaptations
  • [TV anime] Juuou Mujin no Fafnir (2015)

Nonono Worldend

2016 Science fiction

A work published by Hayakawa Bunko JA, included in a collection featuring short and medium-length pieces.

apocalypsehuman nature

Bibliography

  • RIGHT×LIGHT (12 volumes)
  • RIGHT∞LIGHT (4 volumes)
  • Juuou Mujin no Fafnir (16 volumes)
  • Tsukumo no Soragasa
  • Shikai Ryuou to Kyokutou no Nanahashira Tokku
  • Nonono Worldend

Adaptations

  • Juuou Mujin no Fafnir — TV anime (2015)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Light-novel style, dialogue-driven prosePaced, brisk descriptions
Recurring Motifs
dragonsschool settingsbonds

Legacy

A light novel author responsible for multiple series, widely known for the anime adaptation of 'Juuou Mujin no Fafnir'. Considered a notable writer in fantasy and SF for younger audiences.

Trivia

  • Uses the pen name "Tsukasa".
  • Submitted RIGHT×LIGHT in 2006 and won the 'Expectation Award' at the 1st Shogakukan Light Novel Award; debuted the following year.
  • Juuou Mujin no Fafnir was adapted as a TV anime and broadcast in 2015.
  • Graduated from Seian University of Art and Design, Graphic Design department.