is a private university in Honchō,

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. Its nickname is ''Shadai'' (写大). It was formerly known as Tokyo College of Photography (, ''Tōkyō Shashin Daigaku''). The university was founded as Konishi Professional School of Photography in

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in 1923. The founder, Rokuemon Sugiura VII, was the president of Konishi Main Shop (later

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) at that time and founded the school to fulfil the wish of Rokuemon Sugiura VI, the previous president. Since 2007, the university has offered courses in manga studies and animation studies. Tokyo Polytechnic is also notable for being one of the few universities in Japan to have a

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department, with its faculty including such notable practitioners as

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creator Toru Iwatani and

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creator

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. The university also operates the Suginami Animation Museum, which focuses on the history and future of the animation industry in Japan.

Alumni

* Akitaro Daichi * Eikoh Hosoe (photographer) * Yoko Kamio * Takashi Koizumi * Mouna Karray (photographer) * Kōichi Saitō (film director) * Mutsuo Sugiura * Sakae Tamura (photographer) * Kenji Tsuruta * Tsutomu Miyazaki * Shin Yanagisawa (photographer)

Academic staff

* Yoshino Ōishi,Profile
of Ōishi, Nikon Corp. Accessed 2010-11-03. photojournalist * Toru Iwatani, game designer, creator of

, game designer, creator of

and The Tower of Druaga * Hideo Yoshizawa, game designer, known for work on '' Ninja Gaiden'' and '' Klonoa'' *

Jun Hatanaka was a Japanese manga artist and woodblock artist. Born in Kokura, Fukuoka Prefecture, marked his debut as a professional manga artist in 1977. Two years later, his most well-known work, '' Mandaraya no Ryouta'', began to be published in Jitsugyo ...

, manga and woodblock artist * Mitsuru Hongo, anime director * Yuu Miyake, game composer

Notes

External links

Official website

Japanese Official website
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