Naoto Tsushima

Naoto Tsushima (津島 直人 Tsushima Naoto), also known as NAOTO, born January 25, 1973, is a Japanese manga artist from Tokyo, Japan. He primarily works on boy comics and toy-related comics, such as [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}Super Robot Wars|{{#if:||Super Robot Wars}}]], [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}Gundam|{{#if:||Gundam}}]] and the 2003-era Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles pack-in manga. He's also known as the artist behind [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}Fighting Foodons|{{#if:||Fighting Foodons}}]].

His works can be spotted in Comic BomBom, Super Robot Magazine, and [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}Gundam Ace|{{#if:||Gundam Ace}}]].

Comic book art

Brain-Navi Comics

• Transformers: The Battle of the Star Gate

Takara / TakaraTomy

• Robotmasters comics
• Asterisk Story
• "Optimus Prime VS Scourge"
• Henkei! Henkei! Transformers pack-in manga
• Henkei! Henkei! Transformers Comic BunBun manga

Hasbro

• Transformers: Energon Volume 4

Kadokawa

• Transformers Animated: The Cool (under "NAOTO")
• "Keroro Gunsō × Transformers"
• Transformers: All Spark
• Transformers GT: Mission GT-R

Million Publishing / Hero-X

• "Starscream's Ambition"
• "A New Battle!"
• "Transformers: Super-God Masterforce: A Tale of the Pretenders"
• "Return! The Most Evil Duo"

Fun Publications

• Alone Together (with Evan Gauntt)
• The Return of Blurr script-reading storybook illustrations

e-Hobby

• Transformers Cloud Compilation Comic

IDW Publishing

• The Transformers #42 RI-cover, #52 Phase 6 exclusive cover
• The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye #42 RI-cover
• The Transformers: Windblade #4 RI-cover
• The Transformers: Till All Are One: Revolution

DeNa

• Movie Trilogy

Villagebooks

• The Transformers "Revenge of the Decepticons" (Japanese reprint cover)
• Mazinger Z versus Transformers

Packaging art

Henkei! Henkei!

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• Streak
• Cybertron Cheetus
• Cyclonus
• Dinobot
• Galvatron
• Cybertron Hot Rod
• Hound
• Inferno
• Ironhide
• Destron Octone
• Prowl
• Ratchet
• Alert
• Lambor
• Smokescreen
• Sunstreaker

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Transformers Gum

• Convoy
• Inferno

Gallery

• 
  Optimus Prime in a parade in "First Contact".
• 
  Star Saber, Victory Leo, and Victory Saber. From "The Victory Warriors Enter!!".
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  Skyfire, Starscream, and Ramjet from the Henkei! Henkei! pack-in manga.
• 
  So, "Yay!" or "Uh-oh"?

Extended Naoto Tsushima gallery

Notes

• Before creating The Cool for Kerokero Ace, Tsushima's previous work for the publication was the final volume of SD Gundam Sangokuden. In tribute to this he created a series of fan art which pairs characters from The Cool/Animated with Sangokuden counterparts.

External links

• Tsushimaya Honten
• [[wikipedia:{{#if:ja|ja:}}津島直人|{{#if:Naoto Tsushima|Naoto Tsushima|津島直人}}]] at Japanese Wikipedia
• Naoto Tsushima's pixiv page (Japanese, login required)
• Naoto Tsushima's Twitter feed (Japanese)