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 ...
born in
Fukuchiyama, Kyoto
file:Fukuchiyama City Hall.jpg, Fukuchiyama City Hall
file:福知山駅プラットフォームより View toward northeast from platform of Fukuchiyama station 2011.1.10 - panoramio.jpg, Fukuchiyama city center
is a Cities of Japan, city in north ...
, Japan.
He is best known for his 1990 debut manga , for which he won the 1992
Kodansha Manga Award
is one of Japan's major manga awards. The event is sponsored by publisher Kodansha. It has been awarded annually for serialized manga in its third iteration since 1977.
Categories
The award was originally called the until 1968. In 1970, it was ...
for general manga
and the 1998
Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize
Named after Osamu Tezuka, the is a yearly manga prize awarded to manga artists or their works that follow the Osamu Tezuka manga approach founded and sponsored by Asahi Shimbun. The prize has been awarded since 1997, in Tokyo, Japan.
Current ...
Award for Excellence.
Takahiro Kochi was his assistant.
Adaptations
His novel ''Tōgenkyō no hito-bito'' was adapted into the 2002 Japanese comedy film ''
Shangri-La
Shangri-La is a fictional place in Tibet's Kunlun Mountains, Uses the spelling 'Kuen-Lun'. described in the 1933 novel '' Lost Horizon'' by the British author James Hilton. Hilton portrays Shangri-La as a mystical, harmonious valley, gently ...
'' directed by
Takashi Miike
is a Japanese film director, film producer and screenwriter. He has directed over 100 feature film, video, and television productions since his debut in 1991. His films span a variety of different genres, ranging from violent and surrealism, b ...
.
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References
External links
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Profile at The Ultimate Manga Page
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1945 births
2003 deaths
Manga artists from Kyoto Prefecture
People from Fukuchiyama, Kyoto
Winner of Kodansha Manga Award (General)
Japanese atheists