Tsugumi Ōba

The Profile

Tsugumi Ōba is a Japanese manga author best known for creating Death Note and for collaborating on Bakuman. Ōba is a pen name.

Pen name; real name not publicly disclosed. Collaborated with illustrator Takeshi Obata. Death Note was serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump and adapted into a well-known anime.

The available review praises Death Note for its story, characters, visuals and lasting impact. The reviewer notes the anime adapts a manga and consists of 37 ~20-minute episodes. The review strongly recommends Death Note as essential viewing.