Anime Convention Personality of the Week - Feb. 8, 2004
Tsutomu Nihei
Whether his best-known manga series is supposed to be titled Blame or Blam,
Tsutomu Nihei has created a masterpiece which has generated a worldwide
fan following. "Since I'm non-political, I don't have a message hidden
in my work. I just want the reader to enjoy it," Nihei has created a
world of sci-fi and monsters that's dark, but not so dark as to depress
the reader. Like many manga artists, Nihei also is a fan of American
superhero comics such as the X-Men and Batman, and he's had a chance to create his own Wolverine series for Marvel. "Wolverine
already has a long history," Nihei said. "It's almost impossible to
make it a complete work of your own. I had to make it Wolverine as I
draw it. I couldn't make it a complete character, so I admit that
it's my Wolverine."
