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Ken Akamatsu


Born
in Japan
July 05, 1968

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Genre
Manga, Comics, Humor and Comedy


Ken Akamatsu (赤松 健, Akamatsu Ken, July 5, 1968 -) is a Japanese mangaka from Tokyo.

In his teenage years, Akamatsu failed the entrance exam to Tokyo University, and applied for Film Study instead (it is speculated that this is where he got the idea for Love Hina). Eventually, he became famous as an illustrator featured in Comiket (short for Comic Market, a comic convention bi-annually held in Japan). He used the pen name Awa Mizuno (水野 亜和, MIZUNO Awa). Akamatsu, still in college, then proceeded to win the Weekly Shonen Magazine award twice. His "A Kid's Game for One Summer" was awarded the coveted 50th Shonen Magazine Newcomer's Award soon after he graduated.

After a big hit with A.I. Love You, he finally made a grand success with his new man ...more

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Average rating: 3.97 · 76,351 ratings · 1,557 reviews · 639 distinct works • Similar authors
Love Hina, Vol. 01
3.73 avg rating — 11,962 ratings — published 1999 — 23 editions
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Negima! Magister Negi Magi,...
3.87 avg rating — 4,308 ratings — published 2003 — 19 editions
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Love Hina, Vol. 03
3.92 avg rating — 2,839 ratings — published 1999 — 23 editions
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Love Hina, Vol. 02
3.87 avg rating — 2,834 ratings — published 1999 — 22 editions
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Love Hina, Vol. 06
3.92 avg rating — 2,771 ratings — published 2000 — 22 editions
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Love Hina, Vol. 05
3.95 avg rating — 2,568 ratings — published 1999 — 23 editions
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Love Hina, Vol. 04
3.91 avg rating — 2,319 ratings — published 1999 — 20 editions
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Love Hina, Vol. 07
3.97 avg rating — 2,007 ratings — published 2000 — 18 editions
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Love Hina, Vol. 08
3.97 avg rating — 1,994 ratings — published 2000 — 19 editions
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Love Hina, Vol. 13
3.97 avg rating — 1,756 ratings — published 2001 — 16 editions
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Series by Ken Akamatsu

Love Hina, Vol. 01 Love Hina, Vol. 02 Love Hina, Vol. 03 Love Hina, Vol. 04 Love Hina, Vol. 05 Love Hina, Vol. 06 Love Hina, Vol. 07
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UQ HOLDER!, Vol. 1 UQ HOLDER!, Vol. 2 UQ HOLDER!, Vol. 3 UQ HOLDER!, Vol. 4 UQ HOLDER!, Vol. 5 UQ HOLDER!, Vol. 6 UQ HOLDER!, Vol. 7
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“Captain's Log...

...Four days have passed with no sign of human life on this island. Hunger is about to push me to the point of...

...Eating pocket lint.

It looks edible.”
― Ken Akamatsu, Love Hina 13
tags: hina, keitaro, kitsune, love, motoko, mutsumi, naru, narusegawa, nyamo, paraparakelse, sarah, seta, shinobu, su, turtle, urashima
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“What is [insert name here]? Does it taste good?”
― Ken Akamatsu, Love Hina 13
tags: hina, humor, love, su, turtle
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“I feel like I'm heading full speed in the wrong direction.”
― Ken Akamatsu, Negima! Magister Negi Magi, Vol. 21
tags: chachamaru, negima
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