Kiseki Himura

Kiseki Himura (比村奇石, Himura Kiseki) is a Japanese manga artist and illustrator. He is the creator of the Monday Morning Offerings Twitter web series, which would later be serialized under the title Getsuyoubi no Tawawa.
==Career==
Himura was born in Hokkaido, and is currently living in Kanagawa prefecture.
In 2003, Himura began his career as an artist under the doujin circle Himura Dairy Industry (比村乳業, Himura Nyuugyou). He later quit his previous job and started a full-fledged commercial business in 2013.
Himura started posting weekly illustrations of what would become the Getsuyoubi no Tawawa series in February 23, 2015. This series would receive an anime series adaptation in 2016.
== Art Style and Other Details ==
Himura cited manga artist Kitsune Tennouji's Orfina (serialized 1993-2010) as his biggest influence as an illustrator. He also uses the work of Shingo Adachi (character designer of the Sword Art Online anime series) as well as Himura's favorite series Vinland Saga, Drifters and HISTORIE as reference.
Getsuyoubi no Tawawa predominantly uses the color blue in its illustrations, which eventually became Himura's trademark. This blue is originally used for rough drafts.
Himura's circle Himura Dairy Industry has a tendency to generate long lines in Comic Market, turning it into a "wall circle" (aka a super popular circle assigned near the wall of a large venue to accommodate long lines of participants). The circle's ability to quickly give out merchandise for purchase creates the "attraction" called Himura Circuit in events.
==List of Works==
=== Serializations ===
* Sword Art Online Progressive (Original Work: Reki Kawahara, Original Illustrator: abec, published in Dengeki G's Comic, 2013-2018, 7 volumes)
* Getsuyoubi no Tawawa (weekly posts on Twitter, 2015-ongoing; Weekly Young Gangan, 2020-ongoing)
=== Anthologies ===
* Fate/hollow ataraxia Anthology Comic - February 28, 2006
* K-ON! Anthology Comic: Minna de Un☆Tan - September 2009
* Suisei no Gargantia Comic Fanbook - August 2013, Comic Market 84, distributed in Production I.G. booth
* IS <Infinite Stratos> Anthology Comic - December 2013, Comic Market 84, distributed in IS <Infinite Stratos> booth
=== Illustration Work ===
* Sword Art Online Endworld (social game) - 2013-2017
* Fantasia of Panzer Jagd (illustrator, Original Work: Hiroki Uchida, published in Fujimi Fantasia Bunko) - 2016-2017
=== TV Anime Series ===
* Rinne no Lagrange (2012) - Episode 6 end card
* Suisei no Gargantia (2013) - Episode 7 end card
* Nekomonogatari White (2013) - Episode 2 end card
* Fate/kaleid liner Prisma☆Illya (2013) - Episode 8 end card
* IS <Infinite Stratos> (2013) - Episode 3 Assist Illustration
* Grisaia no Rakuen (2015) - Episode 4 end card
* Is Your Order a Rabbit? (2015) - 2015 BS11 rebroadcast Episode 10 end card
* ULTRA SUPER ANIME TIME (2015) - Season 2 Episode 9 end card
* BBK/BRNK (2016) - Episode 9 end card
* Just Because! (2017) - Original Character Design
* Ganbare! Douki-chan (2021) - Episode 10 end card
* Getsuyoubi no Tawawa 2 (2021) - Episode 12 end card
==Trivia==
* Himura uses an interpretation of his first name as his Twitter handle.
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== External Links ==
* Official Twitter: @Strangestone (in Japanese)
* Tumblr Page: https://himura-kiseki.tumblr.com/ (in Japanese)
* pixiv Page: https://www.pixiv.net/users/1119201 (in Japanese)
* Kiseki Himura in Wikipedia JP (in Japanese)
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