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Hiroya Oku


Born
in Fukuoka, Japan
September 16, 1967

Twitter
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Genre
Manga, Young Adult, Seinen


Hiroya Oku (奥浩哉 Oku Hiroya, born September 16, 1967 in Fukuoka, Fukuoka) is a mangaka who is the creator of Gantz, Zero-One and HEN, all of which have been serialized in Young Jump. He has finished working on his most renowned manga, Gantz, which began in July 2000. His manga often contain explicit violence and gore, as well as sexual situations.

He won the second prize of the Youth Manga Awards in 1988, under the penname Yahiro Kuon.

He designed a character for Namco Bandai's Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 fighting game, Soulcalibur IV named Shura. ...more

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Average rating: 3.95 · 82,077 ratings · 3,825 reviews · 289 distinct works • Similar authors
Gantz/1
3.92 avg rating — 9,488 ratings — published 2000 — 21 editions
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Gantz/2
3.96 avg rating — 2,812 ratings — published 2001 — 4 editions
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Inuyashiki, Vol. 1
3.89 avg rating — 2,495 ratings — published 2014 — 19 editions
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Gantz /10
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4.10 avg rating — 2,224 ratings — published 2003 — 16 editions
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Gantz/5
4.01 avg rating — 2,242 ratings — published 2002 — 4 editions
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Gantz/4
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Gantz /11
4.08 avg rating — 2,011 ratings — published 2003
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Gantz/7
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Series by Hiroya Oku

Gantz/1 Gantz/2 Gantz/3 Gantz/4 Gantz/5 Gantz/6 Gantz/7
(37 books)
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3.98 avg rating — 66,529 ratings

Inuyashiki, Vol. 1 Inuyashiki, Vol. 2 Inuyashiki, Vol. 3 Inuyashiki, Vol. 4 Inuyashiki, Vol. 5 いぬやしき 6 [Inuyashiki 6] Inuyashiki 7
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GIGANT 1 GIGANT 2 GIGANT 3 Gigant, tomo 4 GIGANT 5 GIGANT（６） (ビッグコミックス) GIGANT 7
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3.57 avg rating — 3,197 ratings

Maximum Gantz vol. 1 Maximum Gantz vol. 2 Maximum Gantz Vol. 3 Maximum Gantz Vol. 04 Maximum Gantz Vol. 05 Maximum Gantz Vol. 06 Maximum Gantz Vol. 7
(18 books)
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4.23 avg rating — 989 ratings

Gantz G Volume 1 GANTZ:G 2 GANTZ:G 3
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Quotes by Hiroya Oku  (?)
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“I end up saving the world, just to save you”
― Hiroya Oku
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“Fear beyond rational limits forces people to cling to normality”
― Hiroya Oku
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“He prayed for her, and she prayed for him.
One needs to pray, in a world without a god.”
― Hiroya Oku, Gantz/35
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