Tsukasa Abe (manga artist)

Tsukasa Abe
アベ ツカサ
Born1995 (age 30–31)
OccupationManga artist
Years active2017–present
Known forFrieren: Beyond Journey's End
Awards

Tsukasa Abe (アベ ツカサ, Abe Tsukasa; born 1995[1]) is a Japanese manga artist.[2] He is from Ibaraki Prefecture.[1][3]

Biography

In 2017, Abe made his debut with Kanon, published in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday S.[1]

In 2018, his work Meet Up received an honorable mention in the 82nd Shogakukan New Comic Award.[3][4] He creates his artwork digitally.[5]

In 2020, he began serializing Frieren: Beyond Journey's End in Weekly Shōnen Sunday.[6] In 2021, Frieren: Beyond Journey's End won the 14th Manga Taishō award.[7] The same year, he received the 25th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize New Creator Prize.[8] In 2023, Frieren: Beyond Journey's End was selected for the Rakuten Kobo E-book Award 2023 Comic Division "World's Must-Read! Recommended Comic" 1st place.[9] In 2024, the series won both the 69th Shogakukan Manga Award[10] and the 48th Kodansha Manga Award in the shōnen category.[11]

Works

Serializations

One-shots

  • Toshokan no Mizu to Abura (図書館の水と油; 'Oil and Water in the Library') – New Generation Sunday Award, November 2015 period, Effort Award[12]
  • Kanon (カノン) (Weekly Shōnen Sunday S June 2017 issue) – under the pen name Abe Shi Saku, debut work[1]
  • Meet Up – 82nd (June 2018) Shogakukan New Comic Award, Shōnen Division, Honorable Mention[3]
  • Satsujinki vs. Satsujinki (殺人鬼vs.殺人鬼; 'Murderer vs. Murderer') (Weekly Shōnen Sunday S March 2020 issue, special supplement "Sunday mini")

References

  1. ^ a b c d 第25回 手塚治虫文化賞 (in Japanese). The Asahi Shimbun. Archived from the original on January 20, 2024. Retrieved February 15, 2026.
  2. ^ アベ ツカサ. Mangapedia (in Japanese). Digitalio. Archived from the original on August 12, 2025. Retrieved February 15, 2026.
  3. ^ a b c 第82回発表. Shogakukan New Comic Award (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on October 5, 2025. Retrieved February 15, 2026.
  4. ^ アベツカサ. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. Archived from the original on February 7, 2026. Retrieved February 15, 2026.
  5. ^ 「葬送のフリーレン」サンデー表紙イラストの作画動画、ラフから着色まで公開. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. August 21, 2020. Archived from the original on February 14, 2025. Retrieved February 15, 2026.
  6. ^ 魔王を倒した勇者一行の“その後”描く「葬送のフリーレン」サンデーで開幕. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. April 28, 2020. Archived from the original on December 10, 2020. Retrieved February 15, 2026.
  7. ^ マンガ大賞2021、大賞は山田鐘人・アベツカサ「葬送のフリーレン」. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. March 16, 2021. Archived from the original on April 23, 2021. Retrieved February 15, 2026.
  8. ^ 第25回手塚治虫文化賞マンガ大賞に山下和美「ランド」、新生賞は「葬送のフリーレン」. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. April 28, 2021. Archived from the original on April 29, 2021. Retrieved February 15, 2026.
  9. ^ "アベツカサのプロフィール・作品情報". Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. Archived from the original on February 7, 2026. Retrieved February 15, 2026.
  10. ^ 第69回小学館漫画賞に「葬送のフリーレン」「逃げ上手の若君」など4作品 部門は廃止. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. January 18, 2024. Archived from the original on January 18, 2024. Retrieved February 15, 2026.
  11. ^ 第48回講談社漫画賞は「葬送のフリーレン」「きみの横顔を見ていた」「メダリスト」. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. May 14, 2024. Retrieved February 15, 2026.
  12. ^ プロ漫画家への登竜門! 新世代サンデー賞 | 新世代サンデー賞 2015年11月期最終結果速報!. Club Sunday (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on January 13, 2016. Retrieved February 15, 2026.