Ubukata, Tow

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Family name: 冲方
Birthday: Feb 14, 1977
Website: http://www.kh.rim.or.jp...
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Born in Gifu Prefecture in 1977, Tow Ubukata was exposed to a blending of cultures from early childhood until the age of fourteen, having lived in Singapore and Nepal because of his father's work. In 1996, while in college, Ubukata won the first Sneaker Taisho Gold Prize for his light novel Kuroi Kisetsu (Black Season) and thus debuted as a writer. In 2003, he won the Nihon SF Taisho Award for Mardock Scramble, originally published as a three-volume series. He is involved in a wide range of projects including anime production for Fafner, video game production, and original content writing for comics such as Le Chevalier D'Eon. His other works include the Bye-Bye Earth and Spiegel novel series. In 2009, he published his first historical novel, Tenchi Meisatsu, focusing on a mathematician of the Edo period.

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Tow Ubukata Writes Novel Sequel to 'Mardock Scramble'

Tow Ubukata Writes Novel Sequel to 'Mardock Scramble'

Publisher Hayakawa Shobo has announced that it will release a sequel of writer Tow Ubukata's 2003 science fiction novel series Mardock Scramble. The new work, t...read more

Impacts of the Massive Earthquake on Anime

Impacts of the Massive Earthquake on Anime

According to the official twitter, light novel author & anime writer Ubukata Tow and his family escaped unhurt from the earthquake hit Tohoku area of Japan on Ma...read more