Makoto Yukimura

The Profile

Makoto Yukimura is a Japanese manga artist, best known for the science-fiction manga Planetes and the historical epic Vinland Saga.

Planetes was adapted into an anime. Vinland Saga is a long-running historical manga that received an anime adaptation and won the 2012 Kodansha Manga Award (General).

Planetes is a four-volume seinen manga by Makoto Yukimura that explores existential questions against meticulously rendered space settings. The review praises its scientific and visual rigor, compares it to 2001: A Space Odyssey, and notes strong character-driven themes. Criticism centers on thematic compression across limited volumes. The manga was adapted into an anime.