Kosuke Fujishima
A Japanese mangaka known as the author of two bestselling manga stories, You're Under Arrest! and Ah! My Goddess, two relatively obscure series, éX-Driver and Paradise Residence, and one new (as of 2016) series, Toppu GP. He began his career as an assistant mangaka to Tatsuya Egawa, (of Golden Boy and Tokyo Daigaku Monogatari fame) and as an editor of Puff, a manga magazine.
He is also responsible for the character designs of Piano (which he co-created with Mami Watanabe, but did not write), Sakura Wars and the Tales (series).
Fujishima-sensei is an automobile and motorcycle enthusiast, which is reflected on almost all of his works. All of the three stories he authored heavily featured real models of cars and motorcycles (to Technology Porn levels), especially in éX-Driver, where cars are actually relevant to the plot. He was also able to show off his expertise in machines as the mechanical designer of the PlayStation 2 game Gungrave.
His few but prolific and acclaimed works include:
- You're Under Arrest
- Ah! My Goddess, running from 1989 to 2015 and collected in 48 volumes
- éX-Driver
- Paradise Residence
- Toppu GP
- Art Evolution: most apparent with Ah! My Goddess, which saw the evolution of Belldandy from "supernatural-looking" to the serene face we recognize today. Also works for Urd, Skuld and Keiichi.
- The anime follows this evolution consistently. Just compare the 1993 OVA to the 2005 TV series.
- Author Appeal / Technology Porn: Let's have a drinking game. For every time an accurate car or motorcycle model from the real world shows up, take a drink. Your liver will turn to foie gras in no time.
- May-December Romance: In 2016, the then-51-year-old Kosuke Fujishima married the-20-year-old cosplayer Nekomu Otogi.
- Motorcycle on the Coast Road: Given that at least one character in every series he wrote owns a moped or a bike, this is bout to pop up once in a while.
- Only Six Faces: Although none of the characters for each series look alike, Fujishima tends to borrow character designs from his previous works, creating a Reused Character Design of sorts.
- Red Oni, Blue Oni: Miyuki and Natsumi in You're Under Arrest, Lisa and Lorna in éX-D.