Osamu Kaneko

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Osamu Kaneko
かねこ統
Born	13 September 1968 Saitama Prefecture
Occupation	Manga artist, Illustrator, Designer
Years active	1992-present

Osamu Kaneko is a longtime artist, illustrator, and designer working on the Dragon Quest franchise producing official spin-off series, artwork, and more. Many of Kaneko's Dragon Quest manga have been serialized in Shueisha's V-Jump magazine, dating back to its earliest days.

Biography

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Works

Dragon Quest: General

Illustration from the Dragon Quest V Super Famicom instruction manual

Credits from the original English language release of Dragon Quest VII (then titled "Dragon Warrior VII") noting additional monster designs by Katsuyoshi Nakatsuru and Osamu Kaneko

Kaneko contributed various illustrations and designs for the Dragon Quest franchise, including (but not limited to):

• Illustrations (non-character designs) within the instruction manual for the original Nintendo Super Famicom release of Dragon Quest V
• Alongside Katsuyoshi Nakatsuru, additional monster designs (beyond those from Akira Toriyama himself) for Dragon Quest VII
• Key animation for episode 73 of the 2020 anime version of Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai

Dragon Quest: Manga

Kaneko contributed short comics to three of the four issues from V-Jump's second trial run from 1992-1993. Slime Farming Village was the first of these three, and directly branded as Dragon Quest (in addition to specifically naming the "Slime" character and "Seed of Agility" item from the series). The next two one-shots were not specifically branded as Dragon Quest, but featured equally comical situations under the broader banner of role-playing games (that of a young magician and an weapon seller, respectively).

When V-Jump was rebooted for its monthly serialization in May 1993 (for its July 1993 issue), Kaneko returned with Slime Adventure, a series that ran for 79 chapters through to 2000. Slime Adventure was itself followed by several other popular series featuring the Slime characters from Dragon Quest for most of V-Jump's contemporary run, including Slime Dawn!! which concluded with its 68th chapter in the magazine's October 2021 issue (released that August).

All of Kaneko's long-running "Slime" manga have been released as collected editions in Japan.

Kaneko also contributed regular one-shot manga chapters within larger works, including those for the strategy guides of the Nintendo 3DS edition of Dragon Quest VII and Dragon Quest Builders.

Debut Chapter Page	Title	Primary Serialization	Timeframe	Chapters
	スライムの農村 Suraimu no Nōson Slime Farming Village	V-Jump	December 1992 (Second Trial Run, Second Issue)	1
	武器屋おやじ Buki-ya Oyaji TBD	V-Jump	February 1993 (Second Trial Run, Third Issue)	1
	魔法使いマジックん Mahōtsukai Majikkun TBD	V-Jump	March 1993 (Second Trial Run, Fourth Issue)	1
	スライム冒険記 Suraimu Bōkenki Slime Adventure	V-Jump	1993-2000	79
File:Tbd.png	スライム大作戦 Suraimu Dai Sakusen Slime Operation	V-Jump	2000-2003	TBD
File:Tbd.png	スライムもりもり Suraimu Mori Mori Slime Mori Mori	V-Jump and Saikyō Jump	2003-2015	144
	スライムドーン!! Suraimu Dōn!! Slime Dawn!!	V-Jump	2015-2021	68

Miscellaneous

Kaneko contributed four-panel comic (alongside various other artists) during the second trial run of V-Jump:

• In the third issue featuring Final Fantasy V, titled "Rena's Blue Magic Scroll" (レナの青魔法の巻)
• In the fourth (and final) issue featuring Dragon Ball, titled "No. 18's Hip Attack" (18号のヒップアタックの)

Notes

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External Links

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