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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 · 76,437 ratings · 1,571 reviews · 641 distinct works • Similar authors
Love Hina, Vol. 01
3.73 avg rating — 11,963 ratings — published 1999 — 23 editions
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Negima! Magister Negi Magi,...
3.87 avg rating — 4,313 ratings — published 2003 — 19 editions
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Love Hina, Vol. 03
3.92 avg rating — 2,842 ratings — published 1999 — 23 editions
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Love Hina, Vol. 02
3.87 avg rating — 2,840 ratings — published 1999 — 22 editions
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Love Hina, Vol. 06
3.92 avg rating — 2,770 ratings — published 2000 — 22 editions
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Love Hina, Vol. 05
3.95 avg rating — 2,569 ratings — published 1999 — 23 editions
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Love Hina, Vol. 04
3.91 avg rating — 2,323 ratings — published 1999 — 20 editions
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Love Hina, Vol. 07
3.97 avg rating — 2,005 ratings — published 2000 — 18 editions
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Love Hina, Vol. 08
3.97 avg rating — 1,992 ratings — published 2000 — 19 editions
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Love Hina, Vol. 13
3.97 avg rating — 1,758 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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Love Hina Omnibus Vol. 1 Love Hina Omnibus 2 Love Hina Omnibus 3 Love Hina Omnibus 4 Love Hina Omnibus 5
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Quotes by Ken Akamatsu  (?)
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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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