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Takeshi Obata was born on 11 February, 1969 in Niigata, Japan, is a Japanese manga artist. Discover Takeshi Obata's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 55 years old?
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Takeshi Obata Height, Weight & Measurements
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Takeshi Obata Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Takeshi Obata worth at the age of 55 years old? Takeshi Obata’s income source is mostly from being a successful manga artist. He is from Japan. We have estimated Takeshi Obata's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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Takeshi Obata (小畑 健) is a Japanese manga artist that usually works as the illustrator in collaboration with a writer.
However, the magazine stopped publishing it after the year's 24th issue and the series finished in the digital Shōnen Jump+ on May 27.
It was serialized in English in the digital Weekly Shonen Jump.
Obata originally became noticed in 1985 when he took a prize in the Tezuka Award for his one-shot 500 Kōnen no Shinwa.
Joining the Weekly Shōnen Jump staff, he mentored under Makoto Niwano before starting his first major series, writing and drawing Cyborg Jii-chan G in 1989.
After this series, Obata began collaborating with other writers.
Karakurizōshi Ayatsuri Sakon, with author Sharakumaro, became his first work to be adapted into an anime.
He first gained international attention for Hikaru no Go (1999–2003) with Yumi Hotta, but is better known for Death Note (2003–2006) and Bakuman (2008–2012) with Tsugumi Ohba.
Takeshi Obata chose to be a manga artist because he always loved drawing.
His first published manga was in Higashi-Yamanoshita Elementary's school newspaper when he was in the third grade.
It was about a hero who turned into a disposable pocket warmer when in trouble.
He then created Hikaru no Go with Yumi Hotta, which received the 1999 Shogakukan Manga Award and the 2003 Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize.
With 25 million collected volumes in circulation, it was adapted into an anime and became his first work to be released in North America.
In 2003 he teamed up with Tsugumi Ohba to create Death Note.
It became his biggest hit to date, with 30 million copies in circulation, an anime adaptation, five live-action films, two live-action TV drama and a musical.
Obata served as the artist of Blue Dragon Ral Grad, a manga adaptation of the fantasy video game Blue Dragon, from December 2006 to July 2007.
On September 6, 2006, Obata was arrested for illegal possession of an 8.6 cm knife when he was pulled over in Musashino, Tokyo for driving with his car's headlights off at 12:30am.
The artist claimed he kept the knife in his car for when he goes camping.
In the fall of 2007, he drew the short story "Hello Baby" with writer Masanori Morita, which appeared in Jump Square.
This was followed a year later by "Urōboe Uroboros!"
with Nisio Isin, who authored the Death Note Another Note: The Los Angeles BB Murder Cases novel.
He then reunited with Tsugumi Ohba for Bakuman., which ran from August 2008 to April 2012.
It was Shueisha's first manga to be released online in multiple languages before becoming available in print outside Japan and had over 15 million copies in publication as of May 2014.
In 2014, he drew a manga adaptation of All You Need Is Kill with Ryōsuke Takeuchi, basing the character designs on Yoshitoshi ABe's original cover to the novel.
He reunited with Nisio Isin for the one-shot "RKD-EK9", that ran in the December 2014 issue of Jump Square.
Obata followed this by working with Nobuaki Enoki to relaunch Enoki's School Judgment: Gakkyu Hotei digital one-shot as a serial in the first issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump for 2015.
From 2015 to 2021, Obata created another series with Ohba called Platinum End.
Starting in the December 2015 issue of Jump Square on November 4, 2015, the manga ended on January 4, 2021.
He drew manga manuscripts seen in the 2015 live-action film adaptation of Bakuman that were later published in the ''Eiga Bakuman.
Takeshi Obata Illustration Works'' book.
He also designed a new CGI character for the 2016 Death Note: Light Up the New World live-action film.
On May 3, 2016, Viz Media published Obata's 2006 art book Blanc et Noir in North America.
The series had over 4.5 million copies in circulation by December 2020, and an anime adaptation began airing on television in October 2021.
In October 2021, Obata teamed up with novelist Akinari Asakura to start the owarai-themed manga series Show-ha Shoten! in the November issue of Jump Square.
In addition to his manga work, Obata has also done character design work for the video game Castlevania Judgment, as well as illustrating several light novels.
He provided character designs for Madhouse's anime adaptations of Osamu Dazai's No Longer Human and Natsume Sōseki's Kokoro, which are parts of the Aoi Bungaku series.