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Machiko Hasegawa長谷川町子alternative words: Hasegawa Machiko keywords: author , manga related topics: Sazae san related web sites: http://www.ffortune.net/social/people/nihon-today/hesegawa-machiko.htm explanation: Born in January 1920 in Saga prefecture. She learnt first manga from the famous mangaka before the world war II, Suiho Tagawa then began to publish in 1946 "Sazae san" on a tiny local paper, Yukan fukunichi, then relayed to a big national paper, Asahi shinbun from 1949 to 1974. Writing nearly every day for 30 years, "Sazae san" has become a part of her life though we can quote "Eperon Obasan" and "Ijiwaru Basan" (wicked grandma) as her works, too. She died in 1992. Masami Kurumada車田正美alternative words: Kurumada Masami keywords: author , manga related topics: Saint Seiya explanation: Born December 6, 1953 in Tokyo, this Japanese mangaka began his career with "Sukeban Arashi" in 1974. Saint Seiya published on Shonen Jump from 1986 has been a great hit. In his private life, he loves martial arts. Mitsuteru Yokoyama横山光輝alternative words: Yokoyama Mitsuteru keywords: author , manga related topics: Gigantor , Osamu Tezuka related web sites: http://www.psymage.com/kei/yokoyama.html explanation: Born on June 18, 1934 at Kobe. He is one of the precursors of Japanese manga after the world war with Osamu Tezuka and shared a popularity with him on manga magazines. His most representative works are Ironman 28 (Gigantor in English title, tale of a remote controlled giant robot) published 1959-66 on Shonen and "Iga no Kagemaru" (tale of ninja) published 1961-66 on Shonen Sunday. He wrote also Sangokushi by materializing a great Chinese classic. He died in 2004 after a fire from his house. Naoko Takeuchi武内直子alternative words: Takeuchi Naoko keywords: author , manga , sailormoon related topics: Sailormoon explanation: Femelle mangaka, born March 15, 1967 at Kofu City near Tokyo. After having studied pharmacology at university, she began her career with "Love Call" in Nakayoshi of September 86. She is the author of several popular manga like "The Cherry Project" and Sailormoon. Noboru Kawasaki川崎のぼるalternative words: Kawasaki Noboru keywords: author , manga related topics: Star of Giants explanation: Japanese Mangaka, born on January 28, 1941 in Osaka. His main works are: "Star of Giants" (baseball manga) published by Shonen Magazine in 1967 and "Inakappe taisho" (manga comedy) published by Shonen Sunday in 1969. Osamu Tezuka手塚治虫alternative words: Tezuka Osamu keywords: anime , astroboy , author , manga related topics: Astroboy , Princess knight , Kimba the White Lion , Hi no tori , Hyotan Tsugui , Rental book related web sites: http://www.tezuka.co.jp , http://www.geocities.co.jp/Broadway/4220/top.html , http://www.phoenix.to , http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~hi5k-stu/tezuka/ explanation: Japanese mangaka, born November 3, 1926, near Osaka and dead February 9, 1989. He is one of the most important mangaka of post-war years. In fact, his works are spreading from the period of "Kashihonya" (rental book store) to TV animes by passing through manga magazines and comics. During his medical studies, he had already begun to publish mangas. As his main works, we can quote "Astroboy", "Black Jack", "Princess knight" , "Kimba the White Lion" and "Hi no tori". Riyoko Ikeda池田理代子alternative words: Ikeda Riyoko keywords: author , manga related topics: Lady Oscar explanation: Born on December 18, 1947 in Osaka, this very talented Japanese mangaka had already begun to write manga when she was a university student. After a huge success of her main work, "Lady Oscar" in 1972, she created a theater version in 1974 and a movie in 1976 (not a cartoon but with real actors). She has also written several essays and critics, and appeared very frequently in TV talk shows. Her last successful work is "Orpheus Windows" in 1979. Rumiko Takahashi高橋留美子alternative words: Takahashi Rumiko keywords: author , maison ikkoku , manga , ranma 1/2 related topics: Maison Ikkoku , Ranma 1/2 , Inuyasha related web sites: http://village.infoweb.ne.jp/~fwhz3004/index.htm explanation: Born on October 10, 1957 in Niigata. She had already published manga on the student doujinshi but her career began really with "Kattena Yatsura" on Shonen Sunday in 1978 by winning a prize of merits for young creators. She should be probably the most talented mangaka of her generation, because not only she knows to write humorous manga but also horror and science fiction. As her main works, we can quote Urusei Yatsura, Maison Ikkoku, Ranma 1/2 and Inuyasha. Sanpei Shirato白土三平alternative words: Shirato Sanpei, Sanpe Shirato, Shirato Sanpe keywords: author , manga related topics: Legend of kamui , Sasuke related web sites: http://homepage1.nifty.com/kumori-hibi/sirato01.html , http://www.ne.jp/asahi/okamoto/kapkenay/akame/ explanation: Born on February 15, 1932 at Tokyo, owing a famous Japanese painter as father. Instead of Disney like flat pictures, his drawing is highly realistic as well as the scenario. He belongs to so called "Gekiga (theatrical picture) school" and for this reason he has captured more aged manga fans. His main works are "Ninja bugeicho" (1959), Sasuke (1962) and "Legend of kamui" (Oct 1964 - June 71). The first work was even adapted to a film by famous movie director, Nagisa Oshima. Shigeru Mizuki水木しげるalternative words: Mizuki Shigeru keywords: author , manga related topics: Gegege no Kitaro , Rental book , Shonen Magazine , Kodansha , Garo related web sites: http://www.japro.com/mizuki/ explanation: Born on March 8, 1922 at Osaka. He lost his right arm during WWII. He had been in precarious conditions just after the war as many other Japanese and earned his life by drawing for paper picture shows, rental books and an avant-garde magazine, Garo. In 1966, he was rewarded by a manga prize of Kodansha for Terebi-kun published on Shonen Magazine. He has created many monster or ghost characters but always a bit humorous like Gegege no Kitaro, Kappa no Sanpei, Akuma kun, etc. Page number: 1 2 3 26 articles extracted from postgresql database. | |
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