Tatsuhiko Takimoto

Tatsuhiko Takimoto (滝本 竜彦, Takimoto Tatsuhiko, born September 20, 1978) is the creator of Welcome to the N.H.K.. He was born in Kaminokuni-cho, Hiyama-gun, Hokkaido, and dropped out of Senshu University Faculty of Letters.

Background
In 2001, he published his first novel, Negative Happy Chainsaw Edge. In 2002, his second novel, Welcome to the N.H.K. was published. He made an essay in 2003 titled Chojin Keikaku. He has only written 3 novels after 2003, those being Boku no Air in 2010, Moo no Shōnen in 2011 and Light Novel in 2018.

He has written manga versions of Welcome to the N.H.K. and Negative Happy Chainsaw Edge, which were both published in the magazine Monthly Shōnen Ace. GONZO adapted both the manga and the novel for Welcome to the N.H.K. into a 24-episode anime series that aired from July to December 2006. Negative Happy Chainsaw Edge was adapted into a live action movie in October 2007.

Works
Both his novels and manga are listed here.


 * 1) Negative Happy Chainsaw Edge (2001) [Cover illustrated by Yoshitoshi ABe]
 * 2) Welcome to the N.H.K. (2002) [Published in English by Tokyopop; Cover illustrated by Yoshitoshi ABe]
 * 3) Chojin Keikaku (2003) [Cover illustrated by Yoshitoshi ABe]
 * 4) Welcome to the N.H.K. (2003-2007, Monthly Shōnen Ace) [8 Volumes; Published in English by Tokyopop; Illustrated by Kenji Oiwa]
 * 5) Negative Happy Chainsaw Edge (2007-2008, Monthly Shōnen Ace) [2 Volumes; Illustrated by Junichi Saiki]
 * 6) Boku no Air (2010) [Cover illustrated by Yoshitoshi ABe]
 * 7) Moo no Shōnen (2011) [Cover illustrated by Yasuda Suzuhito]
 * 8) Light Novel (2016)

Both versions of Welcome to the N.H.K. were adapted into an anime series. Negative Happy Chainsaw Edge was adapted into a live action movie.