History Creator / MasamiKurumada

At 20 years of age, Kurumada broke into the manga industry with ''Manga/RingNiKakero'' on ''Magazine/ShonenJump,'' and became one of ''Jump's'' GoldenAge artists with ''Manga/SaintSeiya''.

Born to a family of industrial workers, Kurumada was inspired to become a manga artist through Hiroshi Motomiya's ''Otoko Ippiki Gaki Daisho'', and was disciplined under the line of Creator/IkkiKajiwara by assisting Kajiwara's longtime collaboration artist, Kou Inoue. Kurumada is noted to have assisted on Kajiwara's ''Samurai Giants.''

Born to a family of industrial workers, Kurumada was inspired to become a manga artist through Hiroshi Motomiya's ''Otoko Ippiki Gaki Daisho'', and was disciplined under the line of Creator/IkkiKajiwara by assisting Kajiwara's longtime collaborating artist, Kou Inoue. Kurumada is noted to have assisted on Kajiwara's ''Samurai Giants.''

Manga artist and writer from Japan. Born December 6, 1953. Masami Kurumada has been responsible for several series, in debut order:

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[[caption-width-right:231:The man himself holding one of his most famous characters.]]

* YoungerThanTheyLook: Kurumada somehow likes to render the appearances of his teenage characters to look as if they're 20-30 years old. The person who suffered the most extreme age dissonance is Kazuki Shinatora of ''Ring ni Kagero''. A middle schooler who looks as if he's over 30...

** Despite the high death count, ''Manga/SaintSeiya'' too, has all the female Saints including Marin, Shaina and June survive while all but the five main bronze boys die.

*** ''Manga/RingNiKakero'' has all members of Team France walking out in full ''Manga/RoseOfVersailles'' style.
*** Dear Lord... just in ''[[{{Manga/SaintSeiya}} Saint Seiya]]'' alone, we have [[http://unoentremilcristalfm.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/shun.jpg Shun]], [[http://www.culturamix.com/wp-content/gallery/hyoga-de-cisne/hyoga-de-cisne-8.jpg Hyoga]], [[http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-I5r_J5vjLeg/TVnmekbORzI/AAAAAAAAASE/ySwGE7bnGNg/s1600/shiryu.jpg Shiryu]], [[http://static3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120705025705/ssu/images/9/90/CLMisty.PNG Misty]], [[http://static3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20131017200103/saintseya/pt/images/e/e0/Mu_no_aries_by_maniaxoi-d3i4807.jpg Mu]], [[http://static4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130220225659/saintseya/pt/images/1/1e/Shaka.jpg Shaka]], and [[http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oCaXE4Y9RNM/TQYhxY9QTAI/AAAAAAAAAAk/6K4IO4iFa44/s1600/afrodite.jpg Aphrodite]]. And that is only made of characters that were introduced during the Arc of the 12 Houses, and that is not even all of them.

** Maya: [[TheArcher Shoots "demons" with "arrows"]].

* RatedMForManly: Most of his stories tend to focus on the action and stoicism of the main characters, in a similar manner than stuff like ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar''. Oh yeah, there is also [[{{Gorn}}lots of blood]] and violence.

** The Kurumada Flight: Kurumada's style of MegatonPunch. Attackers in this type of panel usually sticks to the bottom-right corner and brutally punches off their opponents with an gruesome upper cut sending them flying faced away from the camera. Usually paired with The Kurumada Balloon.

** Maya: [[TheArcher Shoots "demons" with "arrows"]]

** ''Manga/SaintSeiyaNextDimension''.

* ''Evil Crusher Maya''.

* ''Manga/RingNiKakero'', a boxing manga and Kurumada's favourite work, as well as the one that made him big. Heavily inspired by ''Manga/AshitaNoJoe''.
* ''Fuma no Kojiro'', is about high school Japanese delinquent ninjas.
* ''Manga/SaintSeiya'' (by far his most famous work) and ''Manga/SaintSeiyaNextDimension'').

* ''Anime/BtX'' is his take on the SuperRobotGenre by using [[MiniMecha Compact]] AnimalMecha with a [[SpiritualSuccessor strong]] ShoutOut to ''Anime/GodMars.''

* ''Fuma no Kojiro'', is about [[JapaneseDelinquents high school Japanese delinquent]] [[{{Ninja}} ninjas]].
* ''Manga/SaintSeiya'' (by far his most famous work) and ''Manga/SaintSeiyaNextDimension''.

* ''Evil Crusher Maya'': An one-shot manga that features the protagonist, Maya in an ''extremely rare'' LongHairedPrettyBoy design...and as his [[MeaningfulName name]] implies, [[TheArcher he shoots "demons" with "arrows"]].

* ''Evil Crusher Maya'': An one-shot manga that features the protagonist, Maya in an ''[[PlayingAgainstType extremely rare]]'' LongHairedPrettyBoy design...and as his [[MeaningfulName name]] implies, [[TheArcher he shoots "demons" with "arrows"]].

* '' Manga/RingNiKakero'', a boxing manga and Kurumada's favourite work, as well as the one that made him big. Heavily inspired by ''Manga/AshitaNoJoe''.

* ''[[Anime/BtX B't X]]'' is his take on the SuperRobotGenre by using [[MiniMecha Compact]] AnimalMecha with a [[SpiritualSuccessor strong]] ShoutOut to ''Anime/GodMars.''

*** ''RingNiKakero'' has all members of Team France walking out in ''Manga/RoseOfVersailles'' style.

* YoungerThanTheyLook: Kurumada somehow likes to render the appearances of his middle school teenagers to look as if they're 30 years old. The person who suffered the most extreme case is Kazuki Shinatora of ''Ring ni Kagero''.

* WorldOfHam: From the constant uses of CallingYourAttacks to the character's passionate declarations of their [[TheDeterminator resolve to fight]], to all the [[HotBlooded Hot-Bloodedness]] exhumed by the battles, Kurumada certainly has a passion for this trope.

** The Kurumada Balloon: One of Kurumada's style of SpeechBubbles in the form of pushing out several thick aggressive black paint strokes from a black speech bubble. Usually used for his character's [[CallingYourAttacks attacks]], and or when characters are in extreme shock.

** The Kurumada Balloon: One of Kurumada's style of SpeechBubbles in the form of pushing out several thick aggressive black paint strokes from a black speech bubble. Usually used for his character's [[CallingYourAttacks attacks]].

** The Kurumada Fall: Kurumada's style of FacePlant. Characters frequently [[PunchedAcrossTheRoom eat an attack]], [[RagdollPhysics ragdoll]], and land face first [[PlayedForDrama without it]] being [[NoOneCouldSurviveThat a joke]]. It's called Kurumada Fall in Japan for a reason. [[HardHead Luckily]], their good looks rarely [[BeautyIsNeverTarnished pay the price]], even when they [[WhatADrag grind chunks]] out of a stone floor or give it a [[HighPressureBlood new paint job]].

* FanNickname: Kurumada is recognized for his innovative art styles used in fights, in which lots of them became textbook examples to the industry, and even memes to aspiring manga artist for practice.

* FacePlant: Characters frequently [[PunchedAcrossTheRoom eat an attack]], [[RagdollPhysics ragdoll]], and land face first [[PlayedForDrama without it]] being [[NoOneCouldSurviveThat a joke]]. It's called a [[FanNickname Kurumada Fall]] in Japan for a reason. [[HardHead Luckily]], their good looks rarely [[BeautyIsNeverTarnished pay the price]], even when they [[WhatADrag grind chunks]] out of a stone floor or give it a [[HighPressureBlood new paint job]].

* WorldOfHam: From the constant uses o CallingYourAttacks to the character's passionate declarations of their [[TheDeterminator resolve to fight]], to all the [[HotBlooded Hot-Bloodedness]] exhumed by the battles, Kurumada certainly has a passion for this trope.

* FacePlant: Characters frequently eat an attack, [[RagdollPhysics ragdoll]], and land face first without it being a joke. It's called a [[FanNickname Kurumada Fall]] in Japan for a reason. Luckily, their good looks [[BeautyIsNeverTarnished rarely pay the price]], even when they [[WhatADrag grind chunks]] out of a stone floor or give it a [[HighPressureBlood new paint job]].

* FacePlant: Characters frequently eat an attack, [[RagdollPhysics ragdoll]], and land face first without it being a joke. It's called a Kurumada Fall in Japan for a reason. Luckily, their good looks [[BeautyIsNeverTarnished rarely pay the price]], even when they [[WhatADrag grind chunks]] out of a stone floor or give it a [[HighPressureBlood new paint job]].