is a Japanese

Japanese people

The are an ethnic group originating in the Japanese archipelago and are the predominant ethnic group of Japan. Worldwide, approximately 130 million people are of Japanese descent; of these, approximately 127 million are residents of Japan. People of Japanese ancestry who live in other countries...

 manga artist

Mangaka

is the Japanese word for a comic artist or cartoonist. Outside of Japan, manga usually refers to a Japanese comic book and mangaka refers to the author of the manga, who is usually Japanese...

, whose single success is Grenadier, published in Shōnen Ace

Shonen Ace

is a monthly shōnen manga magazine in Japan published by Kadokawa Shoten, started in 1994. Unlike the big shōnen weeklies with circulation figures in the millions, Ace is aimed at a less mainstream audience, and has a particular emphasis on anime tie-ins...

by Kadokawa Shoten

Kadokawa Shoten

is a well-known Japanese publishing company based in Tokyo, Japan. Kadokawa has published both manga novels and magazines, such as Newtype magazine...

. He did however create a number of one shot

One shot (comic)

A one-shot is a comic book that is a pilot or a stand-alone story created as a single issue, rather than the more typical series format.-United States:...

 manga in prior to that, also published in Kadokawa magazines. Grenadier started with two one offs in November 2000 and February 2001, but didn't begin regular serialisation until June 2002. At the end of 2004, a 12 episode anime

Anime

is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....

 series was created by Studio Live and Group TAC

Group TAC

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, and broadcast on the satellite station

Satellite television

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 WOWOW

WOWOW

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. The all 7th compilation tankōbon

Tankobon

, with a literal meaning close to "independently appearing book", is the Japanese term for a book that is complete in itself and is not part of a series , though the manga industry uses it for volumes which may be in a series...

 of the manga was published 26 May 2005.

One shots

• Insect Mission, July 1999 Shōnen Ace
  Shonen Ace
  is a monthly shōnen manga magazine in Japan published by Kadokawa Shoten, started in 1994. Unlike the big shōnen weeklies with circulation figures in the millions, Ace is aimed at a less mainstream audience, and has a particular emphasis on anime tie-ins...
  
  
• Sora Sekai (空想世界), May 1999 Shōnen Ace
• Tasogare Asobi (黄昏アソビ), September 1999 Shōnen Ace
• White, February 2000 Shōnen Ace
• Skull Rabbit (スカル·ラビット), February 2000 Ace Next
• Teru x 2 Hiyori (てる×2日和), June 2000 Shōnen Ace
• Slugger (スラッガー), July 2000 Ace Next
• Invisible Kingdom Series "Good Morning", January 2002 Ace Next

Sources

• Kadokawa Grenadier website (Japanese)
• Authors under 'ka', from 麒麟舘 (Japanese)
• Contents of Shōnen Ace and Ace Next back issues (Japanese)