Kenji Tsuruta
Writing
Biography
Kenji Tsuruta is a Japanese manga artist. Among his most famous works is the science fiction series Spirit of Wonder, which has been adapted into an anime series and brought him much acclaim.
Known For

A teacher takes all aspects of life, word and culture in the most negative light possible.
Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei

Two kids whose families own businesses in a shopping arcade that's scheduled to shut down are thrown into a series of dimensions, each one a parody of some form of anime or video game, and try to find their way home.
Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi

As young boys, Cooper, Gordon, and Shepherd where enchanted by the theories of life on Mars published by Percival Lowell, one of th emost influential people on the subject. Consequently, the formed a club called the "Scientific Boys Club" and it continues for 50 years to come. With the help of Gordon's daughter Windyy and her husband Jack, the boys pursue their lifelong dream of traveling to Mars. Bristol may be a small town, but the scientific boys club isn't the only attraction! Find out what is going on in the other side of this town as Miss China is shrunken to the size of a pea and travels to Mars!
Spirit of Wonder: Scientific Boys Club

Sometime during the late 19th century, a young Asian girl has made a place for herself in a seaside town as the owner and operator of the Tenkai restaurant and boarding house... Yet "Miss China," as the locals call her, is in the dumps. She's got a Mad Scientist named Breckenridge living upstairs who is chronically late with the rent, and she's pining for Jim, a handsome watchmaker's apprentice whom she mistakenly believes is pursuing the local flower girl. But this isn't our world. It is a world that has the Spirit of Wonder, where every so often, just occasionally mind you, amazing things happen. The Mad Scientist actually has come up with an incredible invention, and Jim has an unbelievable plan to use it to give Miss China the most beautiful ring in all the World.
Spirit of Wonder: Miss China's Ring

The now 50 year old Scientific Boys Club decides to build a ship with which they plan to sail to Mars on the "Ethereal Current", curious to see if there is life on Mars.
Spirit of Wonder: Scientific Boys Club

Three short stories featuring Miss China: "Shrinking of Miss China", "Planet of Miss China" and "Sake Cup of Miss China".