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Art Official Intelligence: Mosaic Thump

The Japanese version of the album featured album art by celebrity hip hop-inspired manga artist Santa Inoue, owner of Santastic!

Crows Explode

It is the third film based on the manga Crows by Hiroshi Takahashi, and a sequel to 2009's Crows Zero 2.

Crows Zero

It was also adapted into a manga by Crows author Hiroshi Takahashi, with individual chapters published in Weekly Shōnen Champion magazine.

Crows Zero 2

It was also adapted into a manga entitled Crows Zero II: Suzuran x Housen by Crows author Hiroshi Takahashi, with individual chapters published in Bessatsu Shonen Champion magazine.

It is the second film based on the manga Crows by Hiroshi Takahashi, and a direct sequel to 2007's Crows Zero.

Fairy Cube

Manga artist Kaori Yuki's earlier, related short manga "Psycho Knocker" appeared in the October 2004 issues of the Japanese shōjo (targeted towards girls) manga magazine Hana to Yume published twice a month.

Hana Yori Dango Final

It was also announced that the series' chief director Yasuharu Ishii would return to direct the film, and the original manga artist Yoko Kamio would help Mikio Satake (the pen name of actor Takayuki Takuma) with the screenwriting.

Kitarō Kōsaka

He has worked on numerous other projects for the studio Madhouse, including adaptations of manga artist Naoki Urasawa's works with the studio, including Yawara, Master Keaton and Monster, and adaptations of two of Clamp's works, including Clover and Double X, both of them being short films.

Livetune

Kz collaborated with manga artist Masami Yuki to produce the concept album Crosslight released on August 26, 2009 containing tracks sung by Hatsune Miku and Vocaloid 2 Gumi.

Maki Enjōji

Her debut as a manga artist was a one-shot called Fu Junai that was published in 2004 in the special issue of April of the Japanese josei manga magazine Petit Comic published by Shogakukan.

Maurício de Sousa

His later style is slightly reminiscent of that of Osamu Tezuka, a famous Japanese manga artist and personal friend.

My Year of Meats

Parallel to Jane's story is the life of Akiko Ueno, a former manga artist who specialized in horror scenes and is reluctantly married to a man working for BEEF-EX.

Nagi, Okayama

Masashi Kishimoto (Japanese manga artist) - Notable for creating the anime/manga series Naruto.

Nou Nou Hau

Manga artist Takashi Okazaki started drawing African-American characters on Kleenex boxes when he was younger, inspired by his fondness of hip hop music and culture.

Psycho-Pass

As a result, the cast was designed by manga artist Akira Amano in order to make them balance with the dark atmosphere by having them "palatable and very relate-able."

Tail Concerto

The game features character designs and artwork by manga artist Nobuteru Yūki, and the Japanese version included the opening theme song "For Little Tail" performed by Kokia before her debut in the music business.

Tony László

He is married to manga artist Saori Oguri and appears as a leading character in some of her works, mainly the My Darling is a Foreigner (Darling wa Gaikokujin) series.

Weekly Manga Times

The series was a one-panel comic which was used to fill blank space within each issue and consisted of submissions from readers which were judged by veteran manga artist Taira Hara.

Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game

It is based on the fictional game of Duel Monsters created by manga artist Kazuki Takahashi, which is the main plot device during the majority of his popular manga franchise, Yu-Gi-Oh!, and its various anime adaptations and spinoff series.


see also

Azabu, Tokyo

This is the district of Tokyo where manga artist Naoko Takeuchi resides, and the Azabu Jūban area is the setting of her fictional Sailor Moon series.

Banchō Sarayashiki

Manga artist Rumiko Takahashi included a parody of the legend of Okiku in her romantic comedy Maison Ikkoku.

E-79

The E-79 or VK6600(h) Panzerkampfwagen E-79 is a fictional tank that was designed by the Japanese manga artist Mamoru Nagano for the video game Panzer Front.

Every Party

The characters in the game were designed by Japanese writer and manga artist Momoko Sakura, known for her work on Chibi Maruko-chan.

Frank Arthur Nankivell

He was a large influence on the Japanese manga artist Rakuten Kitazawa.

Gin Tama

In 2003, Hideaki Sorachi was an up-and-coming manga artist who had already created two one-shots for the Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine.

Hannah Peel

Working primarily with Music box, Peel created several hand-punched pieces of music for the musical score to 'Tezuka' about the life of manga artist Osamu Tezuka by the choreographer and dancer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui.

Kaiji

Kaiji Kawaguchi, (born 1948) a Japanese manga artist whose works include Eagle and Zipang

Kazuhiko Kato

Monkey Punch (born 1937), manga artist and creator of Lupin III

Kazusa Takashima

After being a doujinshi artist from 1999–2000, she became an official manga artist in 2001 with her series Harlem Beat wa Yoake Made being serialized in Monthly Asuka.

Kazushi Hagiwara

He originally began as an assistant to hentai manga artist Dirty Matsumoto, and then as an assistant to manga artist Izumi Matsumoto in the production of Kimagure Orange Road, creating his own stories in his spare time.

Keisuke Itagaki

Prior to becoming a manga artist, he served 5 years in the 1st Airborne Brigade of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force.

Kishu

The works of manga artist Yoshihiro Takahashi feature many Kishu, characterizing them as skilled fighters.

Maid Maiden

Maid Maiden is romantic comic series by Malaysian manga artist Kaoru, who previously worked on Helios Eclipse.

Manga Home

From December 1988 through July 1997, the magazine ran a "New Female Yonkoma Manga Artist" series which introduced a number of new artists such as Megumi Nanzawa, Chinatsu Tomobiki, Nobara Nonaka, Niniko Nitta, Moeko Narita, Yukari Tominaga, Aoi Morimura, Maya Koikeda, and Ryōji Sekine.

Mayumi Azuma

Before her career as a manga artist took off, she started out working as an assistant to Kozue Amano, creator of Aria.

Meg Cabot

The first manga, titled The Merlin Prophecy, was released on July 3, 2007 and was drawn by manga artist Jinky Coronado, who does the Banzai Girl manga.

Ohta Publishing

At the end of 1990s, the company also started working with manga artist Naoki Yamamoto, dubbed the master of erotics, and founded the manga magazine Manga Erotics.

Shinji Mizushima

Mizushima marked his 50th anniversary as a manga artist in 2007, and Shōnen Champion placed Dokaben on its front cover along with messages and illustrations from many other manga artists such as Osamu Akimoto, Takao Saito, Mitsuru Adachi, Takehiko Inoue, Rumiko Takahashi, Fujiko Fujio, and Hiroshi Takahashi to celebrate Mizushima's achievements.

Skull Man

A few years earlier, Shimamoto worked on a manga adaptation of the movie Kamen Rider ZO, which included a short story about a struggling manga artist who completely idolized a fictional version of Ishinomori.

Super Robot

The idea of a robot controlled by a young hero was first used in 1956 with Iron Man 28 or Tetsujin 28-go (dubbed and released in the US as Gigantor), by manga artist Mitsuteru Yokoyama, which featured a giant robot piloted by remote-control by a young boy named Shotaro Kaneda, who used it to fight against evil.

Susumu Matsushita

Susumu Matsushita (松下進 Matsushita Susumu, born February 6, 1950 in Fussa, Tokyo) is a Japanese manga artist known for his unique American comic–influenced design.

Tokyo Electric Power Company

Denko-chan (でんこちゃん), recently discontinued mascot character, designed by manga artist Shungicu Uchida

Urushibara

Yuki Urushibara (漆原 友紀), born 23 January 1974, a Japanese manga artist

Yoshinaga

Fumi Yoshinaga (born 1971), Japanese manga artist, known for her shōjo and shōnen-ai works