Satoru Noda (artist)

Satoru Noda (Japanese: 野田サトル, Hepburn: Noda Satoru) is a Japanese manga artist. He is best known as the creator of the manga series Golden Kamuy, for which he won the 2016 Manga Taishō and the 2018 Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize.

Satoru Noda
野田サトル
BornKitahiroshima, Hokkaido, Japan
NationalityJapanese
Area(s)Manga artist
Notable works
Awards

Biography

Noda was born in Kitahiroshima, Hokkaido, Japan.[1][2] His great-grandfather was a military settler in Hokkaido and veteran of the Russo-Japanese War; Noda named the protagonist of his manga series Golden Kamuy after him.[3] After moving to Tokyo at the age of 23, he entered the manga industry as an artist assistant.[1] Noda was an assistant to Mitsurou Kubo for two years, and later worked under Yasuyuki Kunitomo.[1] He made his debut as a manga artist in 2003, with the one-shot Kyōko-san no Kyō to iu Kyō (恭子さんの凶という今日, "Kyoko-san's Bad Day") published in Monthly Young Magazine.[4][5] His second one-shot story, 2006's Gōrī wa Mae Shika Mukanai (ゴーリーは前しか向かない, "The Goalie Always Faces Front"), won a Tetsuya Chiba Award in the Young Artist division.[5][6]

After working as an artist assistant for nearly a decade, Noda made his serialized manga debut in 2011 with Supinamarada!, serialized in Weekly Young Jump.[3] After Supinamarada! was a commercial failure, Noda took a year before developing his next series, 2014's Golden Kamuy.[3] The series would become a widespread critical and commercial success, and won the Manga Taishō in 2016[7] and the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2018.[8] Following the conclusion of Golden Kamuy in 2022, Noda announced that he would relaunch Supinamarada!.[9] Noda debuted the ice hockey manga reboot under the new name DOGSRED in Weekly Young Jump on July 27, 2023.[10]

Little is known about Noda's personal life.[3] Though he maintains an online presence and is interviewed by the press about his work, he does not make public appearances; upon winning the Manga Taishō in 2016, the award was accepted by his editor, with Noda delivering an audio-only acceptance speech.[11]

Style

Noda draws using digital illustration exclusively.[4] While Noda is noted for conducting in-depth research on subject material that appears in his manga,[1] he has stated that he is not interested in maintaining strict historical accuracy in his work, citing historically inaccurate elements in Golden Kamuy such as skiing and certain firearms that were added for dramatic effect.[4]

Noda cites JoJo's Bizarre Adventure creator Hirohiko Araki[lower-alpha 1] and the manga Keiji, Kinnikuman, and Bloody Stumps Samurai as among his influences.[4] Hallmarks of his work include visual references to pop culture, and narratives that juxtapose gag comedy against violent or dramatic moments.[1] Handsome and muscular men are a recurring element of Noda's work; he has voiced his distaste for bishōnen-styled manga, and has stated that he "draw[s] without compromise the beautiful bodies of men."[13]

Works

Serials

One-shots
  • Kyōko-san no Kyō to iu Kyō (恭子さんの凶という今日, "Kyoko-san's Bad Day"), published in Monthly Young Magazine (2003)[4]
  • Gōrī wa Mae Shika Mukanai (ゴーリーは前しか向かない, "The Goalie Always Faces Front"), published in Monthly Young Magazine (2006)[6]
  • Love of the Giant God Warrior - Spinamarada! Gaiden-( Aoharu No.0.99)
  • World Wide Wild ("Weekly Young Jump, etc." Vol.23, 2013)

Awards
Year Nominated work CategoryAward ResultNotesRef.
2006 Gōrī wa Mae Shika Mukanai Young Artist Division Tetsuya Chiba Award Won [6]
2016 Golden Kamuy Male Readers Kono Manga ga Sugoi! Second place [14]
2016 Golden Kamuy Grand Prize Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Nominated [15]
2016 Golden Kamuy — Manga Taishō Won [7]
2017 Golden Kamuy Grand Prize Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Nominated [16]
2018 Golden Kamuy Grand Prize Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Won [8]
2018 Golden Kamuy Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia Eisner Award Nominated English-language translation by Viz Media [17]

Notes
  1. In the official Golden Kamuy fanbook, when asked which writer influenced him the most, Noda answered Hirohiko Araki, who is the creator of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. However in the same interview, he states that he doesn't intend to include JoJo's parodies in Golden Kamuy. In chapter 145 of the manga, the main character, Saichi Sugimoto, rapidly releases a fast barrage of punches followed by after-images of himself. The page itself resembles panels from chapter 46 and chapter 69 of Stardust Crusaders, which is the third part of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure; however, Noda notes that this was actually a reference to Fist of the North Star.[12]

References
  1. 「ゴールデンカムイ」特集 野田サトル×町山智浩対談 - コミックナタリー 特集・インタビュー. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). 20 September 2017. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  2. 苫小牧舞台の高校アイスホッケー漫画「スピナマラダ！」 あすから週刊ヤングジャンプで連載. Tomakomai Mimpo (in Japanese). 13 July 2011. Archived from the original on 1 May 2013. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
  3. 漫画家・野田サトルさん. Asahi Shimbun Digital (in Japanese). 8 January 2017. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  4. 『ゴールデンカムイ』野田サトルインタビュー 「もっと変態を描かせてくれ！」複雑なキャラクターが作品をおもしろくする!!. Kono Manga ga Sugoi! (in Japanese). 11 January 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
  5. "Exhibition – Golden Kamuy". Manga, Ties and Bonds. Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  6. 野田サトル. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Retrieved 8 December 2019.
  7. Pineda, Rafael Antonio (30 March 2016). "Satoru Noda's Golden Kamuy Wins 9th Manga Taisho Award". Anime News Network. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
  8. Ressler, Karen (24 April 2018). "Golden Kamuy Wins 22nd Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize's Top Award". Anime News Network. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
  9. Pineda, Rafael Antonio (28 April 2022). "Golden Kamuy's Satoru Noda Relaunches Supinamarada! Ice Hockey Manga". Anime News Network. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  10. Mateo, Alex (19 July 2023). "Golden Kamuy's Satoru Noda Reveals New Ice Hockey Sports Manga's Title DOGSRED". Anime News Network. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  11. 手塚治虫文化賞、野田サトルさんらにアトム像贈呈 板垣巴留さんはかぶり物で (YouTube video) (in Japanese). The Asahi Shimbun Company. 7 June 2018. Retrieved 8 December 2019 – via YouTube.
  12. ゴールデンカムイ公式ファンブック 探究者たちの記録 [Golden Kamuy Official Fanbook: Records of the Explorers] (in Japanese). Tokyo: Shueisha. 19 November 2020. p. 200. ISBN 978-4-08-891732-0.
  13. 『ゴールデンカムイ』（集英社）. Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 8 December 2019.
  14. Ressler, Karen (10 December 2015). "Kono Manga ga Sugoi! Reveals 2016's Series Ranking for Male Readers". Anime News Network. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
  15. Ressler, Karen (25 February 2016). "20th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Nominees Announced". Anime News Network. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
  16. Pineda, Rafael Antonio (23 February 2017). "21st Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Nominees Announced". Anime News Network. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
  17. Hodgkins, Crystalyn (21 July 2018). "Gengoroh Tagame's My Brother's Husband Manga Wins Eisner Award". Anime News Network. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
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