is 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 ...

. His best-known works include '' Moldiver'' and '' Hyper Doll''. He recently began a new series, '' Taishō Baseball Girls'', based on the light novels by Atsushi Kagurazaka. Itoh's works are characterized by fight teams, idol stars, military action, and

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laced with inside jokes based on

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culture. He also tends to include a lot of explosions,

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fights, and gritty action scenes.

Works

*'' Apple Cinderella'' (1987, 1 volume),

Shogakukan is a Japanese publisher of comics, magazines, light novels, dictionaries, literature, non-fiction, home media, and other media in Japan. Shogakukan founded Shueisha, which also founded Hakusensha. These are three separate companies, but ...

*'' Ayame ni Oteage!'' (1987–1988), Shogakukan *'' Tokyo Bakuhatsu Musume'' (1992, 1 volume),

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*'' Moldiver'' (1993–1994, 3 volumes),

Tokuma Shoten is a publisher in Japan, headquartered in Shinagawa, Tokyo. The company was established in 1954 by Yasuyoshi Tokuma in Minato, Tokyo. The company's product portfolio includes music publishing, video game publishing, movies, anime, magazines, man ...

*'' Rakushō! Hyper Doll'' (1995–1997, 5 volumes), Tokuma Shoten *'' Nemesis no Tsurugi'' (1996, 1 volume),

Hakusensha is a Japanese publishing company. It is headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo. The company mainly publishes manga magazines and is involved in series' productions in their games, original video animation, music, and their animated TV series. The com ...

*''Angel Attack'' (1998, 2 volumes), Hakusensha *''Angel Heart'' (1998, 1 volume), Hakusensha *'' Haruka Refrain'' (1998, 1 volume), Hakusensha *'' Tokyo Bakuhatsu Musume'' (1998, 2 volumes),

Kadokawa Shoten , formerly , is a Japanese publisher and division of Kadokawa Future Publishing based in Tokyo, Japan. It became an internal division of Kadokawa Corporation on October 1, 2013. Kadokawa publishes manga, light novels, manga anthology magazines ...

*'' Shōjo Tantei'' (1999, 1 volume), Tokuma Shoten *'' Suteki na Lovely Boy'' (2001, 1 volume), Shonengahosha *'' Mazinger Anthology'' (2002, 1 volume),

Futabasha is a Japanese publishing company headquartered in , Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. Futabasha is known for its manga works, and its 1967 magazine Manga Action first conceived of the manga category, decades before the other major companies tested th ...

*'' Angel Heart: Shinseiki Sailor-fuku Densetsu'' (2002, 1 volume), Noir Shuppan *'' Eien no Grace'' (2002, 1 volume), Shonengahosha *'' Cutie Honey aGoGo!'' (2005–2007, 2 volumes), Kadokawa Shoten/Tokuma Shoten, based on the works by

Go Nagai , better known by the pen name , is a Japanese manga artist and a prolific author of Japanese science fiction, science fiction, fantasy, Japanese horror, horror, and erotica. He made his professional debut in 1967 with ''Meakashi Polikichi'', b ...

*'' Nihon Furusato Chibatsu'' (2006, 1 volume), Tokuma Shoten *'' Ko wa Kasugai Amanatto'' (2008, 1 volume), Tokuma Shoten *'' Taishō Baseball Girls'' (2008-current), Tokuma Shoten, based on the light novels by Atsushi Kagurazaka Sources:

References

External links

Official site
�� {{DEFAULTSORT:Itoh, Shimpei 1960 births Living people Manga artists from Saitama Prefecture