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Masakazu Katsura (桂 正和, Katsura Masakazu, born December 10, 1962) is a Japanese manga artist, known for several works of manga, including Wing-Man, Shadow Lady, DNA², Video Girl Ai, I"s, and Zetman.
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Masakazu Katsura is best known for his superhero and beautiful female character designs. Let’s delve into the figure known as the “secret weapon” of SHONEN JUMP and Tiger & Bunny! First serialized in Weekly SHONEN JUMP in 1981, Masakazu Katsura survived through two different “Golden Ages.”.
Illustrated by the creator of Zetman and Video Girl Ai, Katsura Masakazu. Jin Kurono's father is dead, so he has been raised by his mother, who taught him the sense of honor and justice. But she died, killed by a car, with the culprit running away after the accident, leaving a scar on Jin's heart.
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Ichitaka Seto(瀬戸 一貴, Seto Ichitaka)
1. Voiced by: Takahiro Sakurai, Katsuhito Nomura (Japanese); Darrel Guilbeau(English) 2. Portrayed by: Amane Okayama 3. Ichitaka Seto has a generally shy and reserved nature, and, due to misfortunes with girls when he was younger, he has acquired a reflexively defensive posture when dealing with older girls. Thus, he is prone to rude comments when it seems some people are just trying to help, and can place an emotional wall in front of himself when people ask about his feelings. Many complica...
Iori Yoshizuki(葦月 伊織, Yoshizuki Iori)
1. Voiced by: Kumi Sakuma, Shizuka Ito(Japanese); Erika Ayanami (English) 2. Portrayed by: Sei Shiraishi 3. Iori Yoshizuki is prim, proper and friendly. She is a girl who is easy to like and get along with. This generally positive outlook is put to the test from the beginning of the series, which opens on a magazine article featuring Iori in a swimsuit spread. Suddenly, Iori is the center of attention, and she finds it difficult to differentiate whether people (particularly guys) like her for...
Itsuki Akiba(秋葉 いつき, Akiba Itsuki)
1. Voiced by: Tamaki Nakanishi, Asuka Nakase (Japanese); Carrie Savage(English) 2. Portrayed by: Kyoka Shibata 3. Itsuki Akiba is loud, reckless and shameless, a complete opposite of Iori, including her affinity towards wearing boyish clothing and having a short haircut. Itsuki and Ichitaka had been friends since grade school, with Itsuki (although a year younger) often being an emotional coach to Ichitaka, particularly regarding girls. The two seemed to become closer than friends in their yo...
Manga
I"s, written and illustrated by Masakazu Katsura, was serialized in the shōnen manga anthology Weekly Shōnen Jump from April 21, 1997 to May 29, 2000. Publisher Shueisha collected the 143 chapters into 15 tankōbon volumes. The manga was licensed in North America by Viz Media, and was released from April 15, 2005 to September 4, 2007. However, Viz censored their releases in order to, as they stated, "fit the criteria of audiences in the U.S.". All edits were done to conceal nudity, specificall...
Original video animations
The manga was adapted into two original video animation (OVA) series, From I"s in 2002 and I"s Pure, which was released in 2005 and 2006. The OVA generally follows the main plot of the manga, but due to the shorter nature of the OVA, few of the main characters play a less prominent role (for example, Itsuki only lasts three episodes before her departure and Izumi only appears in the beach storyline arc from manga volume 8) and others such as Jun and Aiko are omitted altogether. Due to the mis...
Drama
A Japanese television drama adaptation aired between December 21, 2018 and April 26, 2019 on SKY PerfecTV!'s SkyPer! channel. It starred Amane Okayama as Ichitaka Seto, and Sei Shiraishi as Iori Yoshizuki. Kyoka Shibataplayed Itsuki Akiba, and Minori Hagiwara played Izumi Isozaki.
I"s (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopediaDate of birth: 1962-12-10. Hometown: Fukui, Japan. Blood type: A. Favorites: Batman. Website: "Studio K2R" (Masakazu Katsura Official Website) (Japanese) About: Studio K2R is the name of...
Masakazu Katsura (桂 正和 Katsura Masakazu?), born December 10, 1962, is a Japanese mangaka who is best known for several works of manga, including Dream Fighter Wingman, Shadow Lady, DNA², Video Girl Ai, I"s, and Zetman.
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