Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Mangaka Person An individual. Birth Date 1977 Birthplace Tokyo, Japan Biographical Text Q Hayashida (林田球) is a Japanese manga artist born in Tokyo in 1977. She studied oil painting at the Tokyo University of the Arts before pivoting to manga, training herself rather than taking the traditional apprenticeship route. Her career began in 1997 with a one-shot, and she made her major debut with Maken X Another (1999–2001), a tie-in for a video game. Her signature work, Dorohedoro, ran from 2000 to 2018 across 23 volumes and built a devoted cult following for its grimy, chaotic fantasy world, dark humor, and densely detailed artwork. It was adapted into an anime by MAPPA in 2020. Her current series, Dai Dark, continues in a similar vein with a science-fantasy setting. Hayashida is known for her mixed-media cover art, which uses layers of paint on textured paper. She has discussed her childhood and artistic inspirations in interviews (see below), but otherwise maintains a high level of privacy about her personal life, to the point that her true name and face are unknown. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130430044335/http://www.sigikki.com/features/012.shtml" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Interview (2010-04-21) with VIZ Media</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170716074029/http://q-hayashida.com/blog/category/interview" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Her Personal Blog with Various Interviews</a> Bibliography <h2>1990s</h2> 1997 Sofa-chan (ソファーちゃん) <h2>2000s</h2> 2000 Dorohedoro (ドロヘドロ) | Published in English as <a href="https://lis5472.cci.fsu.edu/sp26/group6/items/show/7" target="_blank" rel="noopener">"Dorohedoro"</a> (2000 - 2018) 魔剣X ANoTHER (2000 - 2001) <h2>2010s</h2> 2011 Huvahh (フヴァッ) 2015 Tama (球) | One shot for Hanshin taigāsu sōsetsu 80 shūnenkinen zōkan (阪神タイガース創設80周年記念増刊) 2019 Dai Dark (大ダーク) | Published in English as <a href="https://lis5472.cci.fsu.edu/sp26/group6/items/show/16" target="_blank" rel="noopener">"Dai Dark"</a> (2019 - present)  Occupation Mangaka Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Hayashida, Q Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1977/2026