Haganai
The first "Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai" manga series, written and illustrated by Itachi, has been published in Media Factory's "Monthly Comic Alive" magazine since its May 2010 issue, released on March 27, 2010. Additionally, the series has been collected in 14 "tankōbon" volumes. Seven Seas Entertainment has licensed the first manga series in North America under the title "Haganai: I Don't Have Many Friends".
Takeshi Kitano
Kitano rose to prominence in the 1970s as one half of the comedy duo "Two Beat", before going solo and becoming one of the three biggest comedians in the country. After several small acting roles, he made his directorial debut with 1989's "Violent Cop" and garnered international acclaim for "Sonatine" (1993). But he was not accepted as a director in Japan until "Hana-bi" won the Golden Lion in 1997. In October 2017, Kitano completed his "Outrage" crime trilogy with the release of "Outrage Coda".