Takeshi Obata has been the illustrator for several high-popular mangas such as “Hikaru no Go” and “Death Note.” At just 16, his talent was recognized with the Tezuka Award. Obata excels at bringing the stories of manga writers to life with his art, able to portray gothic beauty, thrilling action, and playful everyday life. His style is exceptionally detail-oriented with sharp linework and beautiful shading in both his backgrounds and characters. He claims that drawing pretty people like girls are hard for him, but all his characters are unarguably attractive.

Hirotaka Adachi or mostly known by his pen name, Otsuichi, is a Japanese filmmaker and a writer of short horror stories. During his days in high school, he made his debut by writing Summer, Fireworks, and My Corpse. His major works include Goth, a novel that was adapted to a comic and film, and Zoo, a series of short stories that were also adapted to film. Because of his amazing talent in writing, his works were translated to English for his foreign fans to read.