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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.

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