was a Japanese
manga artist
A manga artist, also known as a mangaka (), is a Cartoonist, comic artist who writes and/or illustrates manga.
Most manga artists study at an art college or manga school or take on an apprenticeship with another artist before entering the indus ...
.
Biography
Kuwata was born in
Suita, Osaka
is a city located in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 381,238 in 182,636 households, and a population density of 11,000 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . It is a suburban city of Osaka City and a p ...
. He created in 1948. In 1957 he created He co-created ''
8 Man
or or is a manga and superhero anime created in 1963 by science fiction writer Kazumasa Hirai (author), Kazumasa Hirai and manga artist Jiro Kuwata. 8 Man is considered Japan's earliest cyborg superhero, predating ''Kamen Rider.''
Th ...
'' with writer
Kazumasa Hirai.
In 1965, when he was to finish the final issue of ''8 Man'', he was arrested for possession of a handgun, and released from prison soon after.
Kuwata died at age 85 in Suita, Osaka.
Bibliography
Manga adaptations of TV shows
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Moonlight Mask''
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Batman
Batman is a superhero who appears in American comic books published by DC Comics. Batman was created by the artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger, and debuted in Detective Comics 27, the 27th issue of the comic book ''Detective Comics'' on M ...
'' ''Shonen King'', June 1966
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Ultra Seven''
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The Time Tunnel
''The Time Tunnel'' is an American color science-fiction television series written around a theme of time travel adventure; it starred James Darren and Robert Colbert. The show was creator-producer Irwin Allen's third science-fiction televisi ...
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The Invaders''
See also
* ''
Bat-Manga!: The Secret History of Batman in Japan''
References
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1935 births
2020 deaths
Manga artists from Osaka Prefecture
People from Suita