Makoto Yukimura
| Makoto Yukimura | |
|---|---|
| Native name | 幸村 誠 |
| Born |
May 8, 1976 Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Occupation | Manga artist |
Makoto Yukimura (Japanese: 幸村 誠 Hepburn: Yukimura Makoto?, born May 8, 1976) is a Japanese manga artist. Yukimura made his debut in 2000 with the praised Planetes, serialized in Kodansha Weekly Morning mangazine and adapted into a 26 episodes anime series by the studio Sunrise. Before that, he worked as an assistant for Shin Morimura.
He is currently working on Vinland Saga which was first serialized in Weekly Shōnen Magazine then moved to the monthly Afternoon magazine due to releases pacing issue. For this work he received the 2009 Japan Media Arts Festival Grand Prize in the manga category. In 2010, he was a guest of the Angoulême International Comics Festival.
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