Keitarō Takahashi

Keitarō Takahashi (高橋 慶太郎, Takahashi Keitarō) is the creator of Jormungand. His childhood nickname was “Hamakei”, taken from the “Kei” in his name. He dropped out of the Department of Graphic Design, Faculty of Fine Arts, Tama Art University.

Background
His first work, Ordinary±, was published in  Afternoon Season Zōkan from 1999 to 2002. It was cancelled after 4 chapters due to the magazine being suspended. A one-shot prequel then appeared in Monthly Afternoon, but after that, the series was left unfinished. The manga switched publishers to Shogakukan and they released a single volume on November 19, 2007 under the Sunday GX Comics imprint.

Before Jormungand began serialization in Monthly Sunday Gene-X, he did dōjinshi work under the name Tokyo Ponpondo. He also did several one-shots and illustrated the novel series Tonari No Dopperu-san.

In April 2006, he began Jormungand in Monthly Sunday Gene-X. On November 17, 2006, the first volume was published. In November 2009, Viz Media began an English release of the manga. The manga ended in January 2012, and an anime adaptation by White Fox aired in two 12-episode seasons, the first adapting the first 6 volumes from April to June 2012, and the second adapting the final 5 volumes from October to December 2012.

From April 2012 to April 2016, he worked on Destro 246, also in Monthly Sunday Gene-X. Ever since December 2016, he has been working on The Poor, The Holy Ark, and the Rich in Monthly Sunday Gene-X.

Works

 * 1) Ordinary± (1999-2002, Afternoon Season Zōkan) [1 Volume; Republished by Shogakukan in 2007]
 * 2) NIPPON TRIBUNE TRANSACTION (2004, Comic Blade GUNZ) [One-shot]
 * 3) Ordinary± Owl (2005, Monthly Afternoon) [One-Shot; Republished by Shogakukan in 2008]
 * 4) Jormungand (2006-2012, Monthly Sunday Gene-X) [11 Volumes; Published in English by Viz Media]
 * 5) Destro 246 (2012-2016, Monthly Sunday Gene-X) [7 Volumes]
 * 6) The Poor, The Holy Ark, and the Rich (2016-, Monthly Sunday Gene-X) [6+ Volumes]

Jormungand was adapted into a 2 season anime series.