
He is latest graphic novel Just So Happens, published by Jonathan Cape, Random House, has won many high acclaims and now been translated and published in 8 different countries.įumio also has a career as an animator. His style and work are influenced by both Japanese and European aesthetics. He is now an author whose work and inspiration come from cultural differences and social issues in his surroundings. He then pursued his comic book career here in the UK after realizing there were more challenges in Europe than his home country, Japan. Fumio Obata (born in Toyko, 1975) came to the UK when he was 16 years old and completed his BA Illustration degree at Glasgow School of Art and a Master degree in Communication Design from Royal College of Art in London.
