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Kazuhiko Shimamoto

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Kazuhiko Shimamoto (島本 和彦, Shimamoto Kazuhiko, born Hidehiko Tezuka (手塚 秀彦, Tezuka Hidehiko), born 26 April 1961 in Ikeda (early childhood in Obihiro, Hokkaidō, Japan) is a Japanese manga artist. He attended college at the Osaka University of Arts in the fine arts department. While in college in February 1982, he debuted in the spring special issue of Shōnen Sunday with Hissatsu no Tenkōsei.[1] At this point he dropped out of college and devoted his energies to becoming a manga artist.[2]

Shimamoto is responsible for several long-running and well-known manga series. He drew Honō no Tenkōsei from 1983 to 1985, as well as the Moeyo Pen saga, which began as a 1 volume comic published in 1990 but was continued in two more series totaling 24 volumes.[3] He also worked with Shotaro Ishinomori on a Skull Man manga based on Ishinomori's originally intended storyline, which was licensed in the US by Tokyopop.[3] His baseball manga Gyakkyou Nine was adapted into a live-action Japanese film in 2005.[4][5]

His past assistants include Katsu Aki, Masaaki Fujihara, Eisaku Kubonouchi and Tetsuo Sanjou. Some of his college classmates include Gainax founders Hideaki Anno and Hiroyuki Yamaga, among others. They later appeared as characters in his manga Aoi Honoo.[6]

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  1. ^ Amano, Masanao; Wiedemann, Julius (2004). Manga Design. Vol. 1. Taschen. pp. 266–268. ISBN 978-3-8228-2591-4.
  2. ^ Koike, Kazuo (2008). "スペシャルインタビュー 島本和彦" [Special Interview Kazuhiko Shimamoto]. 大阪芸術大学大学漫画 [Osaka University of Arts Manga]. Vol. 10. Koike Shoin. pp. 21–27. ISBN 978-4-8622-5366-8. 厳密には学費を払わなかったので除籍されている [Strictly speaking, I was expelled because I didn't pay the tuition fee.]
  3. ^ a b Thompson, Jason (9 April 2015). "House of 1000 Manga - Kazuhiko Shimamoto". Anime News Network. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  4. ^ Macdonald, Christopher (12 July 2005). "Trainman Unseated by US Films". Anime News Network. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Gyakkyo nine (2005)". IMDb. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  6. ^ Loo, Egan (4 May 2014). "College Life Manga Aoi Honō Gets Live-Action Show". Anime News Network. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
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