To Love Ru by Saki Hasemi and Kentaro Yabuki
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長谷見 沙貴 | |
| Born | October 25 Chiba, Japan |
| Occupation(s) | Manga author, screenwriter |
Saki Hasemi (長谷見 沙貴, Hasemi Saki, born October 25) is a Japanese anime screenwriter and manga writer, best known for authoring the manga series To Love Ru (2006–2009) and To Love Ru Darkness (2010–2017) alongside illustrator Kentaro Yabuki. Together the two manga series have over 16 million copies in circulation.[1]
In the 1980s and 1990s, Hasemi worked in the video game industry. Hasemi first met manga artist Kentaro Yabuki at preliminary meetings for the 2005 anime adaptation of Yabuki's Black Cat.[2] When Hasemi told Yabuki that he was interested in writing an original manga, the artist told Hasemi he could contact him if he had any questions. But it was Yabuki who reached out to him to work on what would become To Love Ru.[2] To Love Ru was serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump from April 24, 2006, to August 31, 2009, and its sequel To Love Ru Darkness was serialized in Jump Square from October 4, 2010, to March 4, 2017. Both series received multiple anime adaptations and have been released in North America.[3][4]
In the December 2020 issue of ASCII Media Works' Dengeki Maoh manga magazine, it was announced that Hasemi and artist Wise Speak would launch a new manga series titled GT-giRl on November 27, 2020.[5]
