![]() He was even asked to write an official Death Note novel at the peak of Death Note’s popularity, a task which wouldn’t have been assigned to any old writer. The Katanagatari books, not related to his most famous series of books despite the similar name, took to the past to tell a samurai tell only the world’s most peculiar light novelist could. His previous Zaregoto series featured some genuinely next level mystery writing with all the personality of the Monogatari to boot. The light novelist deserves all the praise and success derived from the Monogatari series he gets, however, he’s done a lot more than that. These books have one after another been animated by auteur director Akiyuki Shimbo at Shaft to great acclaim over the years, each generating more than enough money to justify the adaptation of the next in the series. ![]() ![]() ![]() He’s most well known for creating the iconic Monogatari franchise, which includes Bakemonogatari, Kizumonogatari, Nisemonogatari and at this point over a dozen other similarly named titles. Nisio Isin, the pen-name of the conveniently named Nisio Isin which you’ll sometimes see stylized as NisiOisiN to really hammer in that palindrome, is one of Japan’s best selling and most prolific authors.Ĭhances are if you’ve spent any time watching anime over the last 10 years, you’re more familiar with his work than you think even if you haven’t touched a book in all that time. ![]()
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