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Kazuma Miki (三木一馬 Miki Kazuma ) is a Japanese light novel editor who served as the editor of Shakugan no Shana. He is CEO of Straight Edge Inc, editor-in-chief of LINE novel, and outside director of Egg Firm. He is from the Tokushima prefecture. He graduated from Sophia University as a physics major.
Overview[]
After graduating from the Faculty of Science and Engineering at Sophia University, Miki joined Media Works (the predecessor of the current Kadokawa ASCII Media Works brand) in 2000, and was assigned to the editorial department of Dengeki Bunko in 2001.
After serving as editor-in-chief of Dengeki Bunko and Dengeki Bunko Magazine, he left Kadokawa on March 31, 2016, and established Straight Edge Inc on April 1, 2016, but continues to work for Dengeki Bunko as an external editor.
In February 2020, Miki began posting his original fiction on the website Shōsetsuka ni Narō.
Involvement in the industry[]
Miki believes in selling original works through media franchising in hopes to appeal to markets outside traditional publishing. As such, many of the works he supervised have had manga and anime adaptations.
Contribution to Shakugan no Shana[]
Yashichirō Takahashi had made changes to some of his ideas after discussions with Miki, and incorporated Miki's original ideas into the story.
- Miki suggested for Takahashi to "create something with a wider scope" after his previous work, A/B Extreme.[1]
- In the initial draft of Shakugan no Shana, the titular protagonist Shana was in her twenties and resembled Margery Daw, another character in the series, in appearance, however following Miki's suggestions, the character was reworked into a small child.[1]
- It was Miki's idea that Kazumi Yoshida has large breasts and that Matake Ogata loved Eita Tanaka, giving Ogata a much larger role in the story.[1]
Bibliography[]
- Omoshirokereba Nandemoari Hakkō Ruikei 6000 Manbu -- Toaru Henshū no Shigoto Mokuroku (面白ければなんでもあり 発行累計6000万部――とある編集の仕事目録 ) (Illustrated by abec, published by Kadokawa, 2016)
Other credits[]
Anime[]
Miki has been credited as a producer in all anime adaptations of series he was editor of. In addition to this, he has also been credited in:
- Ittadaki no e Katētan – Script Writer
- Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu – DVD Episode 4 Audio Commentary
Games[]
- Oreimo Portable – Manami Tamura's Route Supervising Director
- Toaru Majutsu to Kagaku Gunsou Katsugeki – Supervising Director
- Tokyo Cronos – Producer
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Series Information | |||||||
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Production | Light Novels • Manga (Eternal Song) • Anime (DVD Releases) | ||||||
People | Yashichirō Takahashi (Themes • List of Changéríon references) • Noizi Itō • Ayato Sasakura • Shii Kiya • Kazuma Miki • Takashi Watanabe • Kow Otani | ||||||
Related Companies | ASCII Media Works/MediaWorks • Dengeki Bunko • J.C.STAFF • Geneon Universal Entertainment | ||||||
Translations | |||||||
Dubs | Geneon Universal Entertainment • Funimation | ||||||
Translations | Viz Media |