Creator of the
AI Love You,
Love Hina, and
Mahou Sensei Negima! manga series. Also served as the writer for
Mao-chan.
Known primarily for his full espousement of the
moe aesthetic and
loads of cute girls following the lead, and
"Akamatsu Ken Syndrome". While he did do earlier doujin work, his not to be confused with his assistant MAGI who did several doujin's under the circle name of Culittle which are sometimes confused with Ken Akamatsu. Ken Akamatsu's hentai work is much harder to find due to how old it is.
Has a hot wife who
cosplays, which some of his lead female characters (prominently,
Naru) are apparently inspired by. This has led to frequent jokes regarding the "research breaks" he takes on
Negima.
- Funny...about that...anyone ever notice how he takes week long breaks off Negima to gather material? One wonders...
- This troper wants to note that these "breaks" are completely justified. Have you seen his wife!?
- Yes.
◊ Ken Akamatsu is one lucky bastard.
- One should note that he can get away with this because he constantly shows his work regarding the languages and mythology that he uses. He must be using some of that time for researching...
- Now if only we knew the research-to-research ratio...
- We might be able to take a guess if we can get some input on how lucky we can regard Kanon to be.
Tropes Commonly Associated with Ken Akamatsu:
- Anime Anatomy (Sometimes referred to as "Akamatsu Nipples")
- Author Appeal (Cosplay. And probably other forms of Fan Service, but the Cosplay is most prominent.)
- Continuity Overlap (Primarily between Negima and Love Hina, but there are some overlaps with AI Love You. It's almost to the point of becoming The Verse).
- Cultural Cross Reference (Everything from Star Wars to Ghost Busters to
Colonel Ku:Nel Sanders to Sylvester Stallone.)
- Doing It For The Art (Both Love Hina and Negima are a lot more detailed than they need to be.)
- Ecchi
- Fan Service
- Fetish Fuel (Each series has some form of this, from the "perfect girl computer program" come to life, to the lone man in an all-girl dorm, to an all-girl middle school class with every kind of girl you could think of. And that's just the tip of the iceberg.)
- Loads And Loads Of Characters (especially Negima, which starts with about 35 characters and builds from there.)
- Moe (Sooooo much.)
- Scenery Porn
- Shout Out (Tons. Especially related to videogames.)
- Shown Their Work (Surprisingly good Latin, Ancient Greek, and Sanskrit in Negima. The Omake is also full of mythological references.)
- Teasing Creator (especially involving the incredible amounts of Ship Tease in Negima.
- Unwanted Harem (Love Hina practically redefined the modern form of the Unwanted Harem, and is the genre Akamatsu is most commonly associated with. Even though his current series started out looking like one, it has been moving in a different direction lately, as he wanted to try something different.)
