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Hiromu Arakawa Koska Siitä Voi Lukea Kaiken Tarvittavan Toisaalta Vuonna 1973 Syntynyt Hiromu Arakawa Tästä Lehdestä Teksti: Monen mangakan tuotanto on sen verran laajaa, että sitä sopii Sivujen tekijät Petteri Uusitalo käsitellä kokonaisuutena. Mitä teokset kertovat tekijöistään? hänellä kesti pitkään, ennen kuin hän lakkasi he- räämästä öisin sanomalehtiauton ääneen, koska © Square Enix se kuulosti synnyttävän lehmän yninältä. Hän on maalaisuudestaan hyvin ylpeä, ja hänen omaku- vansa onkin silmälasipäinen lehmä. Arakawa piirtää poikienmangaa ja piilotteli siksi aluksi sukupuoltaan. Maskuliinisen taiteilija- nimensä hän muodosti yksinkertaisesti jättämäl- lä oikeasta etunimestään Hiromi (弘美) pois jäl- kimmäisen kanjin, jolloin se lausutaan ”Hiromu”. Uuden sukupolven Rumiko Takahashi Tokiossa Arakawa tutustui nimimerkki Zhang Fei Longiin ja teki tämän kanssa nettiromaania nimeltä Shishi Juushin Enbu. Lisäksi hän piir- si strippisarjaa videopelilehteen, ja sen myötä hän pääsi Hiroyuki Etoon avustajaksi auttamaan RPG-fantasiamanga Mahoujin Guru Gurun teke- misessä. Sarja on saamassa tänä kesänä uuden animesovituksen. Mahoujin Guru Guru ilmestyi Square Enixin Monthly Shonen Gangan -lehdessä, johon myös Arakawa sai jalkansa oven väliin. Vielä vuoden 1999 puolella lehdessä julkaistiin puoli-ihmis- sotilaasta kertova one-shot-manga Stray Dog. Stray Dog voitti lehden tulokaspalkinnon ja sai sen verran hyvän vastaanoton, että Arakawa sai aloittaa oman sarjan. Vuonna 2000 alkanut humoristinen pieni esseemanga Totsugeki tonari no Enix kertoi hänen työstään Etoon avustajana. Samana vuonna hän piirsi myös kolmen luvun pituisen Demons of Shanghain, joka nimensä mukaisesti oli kiinalaishenkinen demoninmet- sästystarina. Fullmetal Alchemistin ensimmäinen luku il- mestyi elokuussa 2001. Senkin oli tarkoitus olla vain one-shot, mutta kun ensimmäisen luvun sisäl- tävä Shonen Ganganin numero myi 150 000 kap- paletta, jatkolle näytettiin vihreää valoa saman tien. Pienimuotoisesti aloittanut sarja kasvoi yh- Mytologiaa ja maataloutta deksi Japanin ja koko maailman suosituimmista sarjoista, jonka jokaista pokkaria myytiin miljoo- na kappaletta. Jonkin aikaa se kilpaili rinta rin- nan Hikaru no Gon kanssa suosituimman man- gan tittelistä. Mutta ei FMA:sta sen enempää, Hiromu Arakawa koska siitä voi lukea kaiken tarvittavan toisaalta Vuonna 1973 syntynyt Hiromu Arakawa tästä lehdestä. on kotoisin Pohjois-Japanin maaseudulta, Hokkaidon Tokachista. Karaten lisäksi hän harras- Kiinalainen juttu ti nuoresta pitäen mangantekoa ja pyöritti kave- Fullmetal Alchemist ilmestyi yhdeksän vuoden riensa kanssa pientä mangakerhoa käymässään ajan, ja Arakawa tykkää ladata akkujaan sivu- maatalouslukiossa. projektien parissa. Vuonna 2005 hän piti tau- Arakawa oli viisilapsisen perheen toiseksi ”Pikkuveljensä koa FMA:n tekemisestä ja piirsi kolmen luvun nuorin, ja rahapulan vuoksi haaveet eläinlääkä- aikuistumiseen asti pituisen mangan Shogakukanin Sunday GX -leh- riksi kouluttautumisesta saivat jäädä. Pikkuvel- teen sen viisivuotisjuhlan kunniaksi. Raiden-18 jensä aikuistumiseen asti Arakawa työskenteli Arakawa työskenteli oli humoristinen, Frankensteinin hirviö -teemai- seitsemän vuoden ajan kotitilallaan kasvattaen seitsemän vuoden nen toimintasarja. lypsykarjaa ja perunoita. Tänä aikana hän piirsi Puolisen vuotta tämän jälkeen Arakawa piirsi vain omakustanteita ja strippisarjaa paikalliseen ajan kotitilallaan Shonen Ganganin erikoisnumeroon one-shotin A hevosurheilulehteen. kasvattaen lypsykarjaa Bat in Blue Sky. Se oli hänelle poikkeuksellisesti Tästä johtuen Arakawa varsinainen debyyt- japanilaistyylinen historiallinen sarja ja myös hy- ti oli niinkin myöhään kuin 26-vuotiaana. Hän ja perunoita.” vin vakava sellainen. kertoo, että muutettuaan Tokioon kesällä 1999 Tähän aikaan Arakawa suosio oli suurimmil- 54 laan, ja vuonna 2005 syntyi idea tehdä hänen ai- tarina pakolaisprinssistä kärsii ikävä kyllä Hero koinaan kuvittamastaan Shishi Juushin Enbusta Talesin tapaan verkkaisesta juonenkuljetuksesta. laajempi tuoteperhe. Sen mangaversio Juushin Arslanin keväällä 2015 alkanut animeversio Enbu eli Hero Tales alkoi vuonna 2006, ja ani- ehti toisella kaudellaan ohi mangaversiosta. Man- meversio esitettiin syksyllä 2007. gan verkkaiseen ilmestymiseen on kuitenkin mui- Arakawa on aina ollut kiinnostunut Kiinasta, takin syitä kuin ilmestyminen kuukausittaisessa ja monissa hänen sarjoissaan vilahtelee kiina- lehdessä. Sekä sen että Silver Spoonin ilmes- laisia elementtejä ja hahmoja. Siksi onkin vä- tymistä ovat nimittäin parin viime vuoden ajan hän sääli, että wuxia-henkisessä fantasiaseikkai- hidastaneet useat pitkät tauot. Syyksi on kerrot- lu Hero Talesissa tarinan kiinalaisuus jää varsin tu erään Arakawan perheenjäsenen sairastelu. yleisluontoiselle tasolle. Toisaalta vuosi 2006 oli Arakawa on kertonut mangoissaan ja haastat- Arakawan uralle hyvin kiireistä aikaa, ja sopan teluissaan paljon nuoruudestaan, mutta nykyisen ääressä hääri selvästi aika monta kokkia. elämänsä suhteen hän on ollut vaitonaisempi. Arakawa tunnetaan moraalisesti moniulot- Hänellä on kuitenkin kolme lasta, joista ensim- teisesta tarinankerronnastaan, vahvoista ja mo- mäinen on syntynyt 2007 ja kolmas 2014, joten raalisesti suoraselkäisistä naishahmoistaan sekä oletettavasti hän on naimisissa. saumattomasti huumoria ja draamaa yhdistä- västä tyylistään, mutta Hero Talesissa on näistä Mitähän seuraavaksi? lähinnä viimeistä. Viisipokkarinen sarja on hyvin Arakawan maailmanlaajuisesta suosiosta huoli- geneerisen oloinen, ja sitä tuskin tuntisi täällä matta hänen ei-toiminnallisten sarjojensa saata- juuri kukaan, ellei Sangatsu Manga olisi julkais- vuus lännessä on melko huono. JManga julkai- sut sen aikoinaan suomeksi. si Noble Farmerin ykköspokkarin vuonna 2012, maan samasta aiheesta kunnollisen sarjan muo- mutta kun palvelu kuopattiin, sitä ei ole saanut Paluu maalle dossa. Huhtikuussa 2011 Shogakukanin Weekly enää mistään. Sarja kuitenkin ilmestyy edelleen, Arakawa sai sekä Hero Talesin että Fullmetal Al- Shonen Sundayssa alkanut Silver Spoon oli hä- ja neljäs pokkari julkaistiin viime vuonna. chemistin valmiiksi vuonna 2010. Seuraavan sar- nen ensimmäinen viikoittainen mangansa. Silver Spoon on Shogakukanin sarja, joten Vi- jansa kanssa hän päätti lähteä täysin päinvastai- Silver Spoonissa seurataan hokkaidolaiseen zillä olisi yksinoikeus sen julkaisemiseen Pohjois- seen suuntaan ja luoda nykypäivän Japaniin si- maatalouskouluun päätyvää kaupunkilaispoikaa, Amerikassa. Taisteluttomat koulukomediat eivät joittuvan maanviljelysaiheisen koulukomedian. joka oppii asioita hevosista ja maanviljelykses- kuitenkaan siellä myy, joten animesovitukses- Jo vuodesta 2006 alkaen Arakawa oli piir- tä sekä kasvaa ihmisenä ja miettii, mikä haluaa ta huolimatta sarjaa ei ole julkaistu englanniksi tänyt Shinshokanin Wings-lehteen humoristis- olla isona. Arakawan isommista sarjoista tämä kuin Singaporessa. ta esseemangaa nimeltä Noble Farmer, jonka on varmasti kaikista omakohtaisin ja realistisin. Silver Spoon on ollut tauolla viime syksystä päähenkilönä hän toimii itse lehmäomakuvansa alkaen, mutta sen on kerrottu olevan ihan lop- muodossa. Sarjassa hän toitottaa ruoan alkutuo- Persian prinssi puhuipennuksensa kynnyksellä. Todennäköisesti tannon autuutta, maanviljelijöiden eriskummal- Vuoden 2013 tienoilla syntyi idea sovittaa Yoshi- se päättyykin melkein saman tien, kun Arakawa lista elämää ja sitä, miten kummalliselta tuntuu ki Tanakan vanha romaanisarja The Heroic Le- palaa töihin. Tämän jälkeen onkin sitten varmasti maksaa ruoasta rahaa. Sarja ilmestyy niin har- gend of Arslan uudeksi mediatuoteperheeksi, ja pian seuraavan sarjan vuoro, ja hyvin todennä- vakseen, että sen ensimmäinen kokoomapokkari Arakawa päätyi sen Kodanshan Bessatsu Shonen köisesti Arakawa tahtoo lähteä tällä kertaa taas julkaistiin vasta 2009. Magazinessa ilmestyvän mangaversion tekijäksi. vaihtelun vuoksi toiminnallisempaan ja histori- Nyt Arakawa kuitenkin päätti lähteä kerto- Persialaistyyliseen fantasiamaailmaan sijoittuva allisempaan suuntaan. 55.
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