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Noboru Baba | |
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 Noboru Baba in 1953 | |
| Born | February 19, 1959 |
| Died | April 20, 2016 |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Occupation | Manga artist |
Noboru Baba (馬場のぼる, Baba Noboru, October 18, 1927 – April 7, 2001) was a Japanese manga artist and writer. He is best known for the picture book series 11 Piki no Neko.
Life and career
[edit]Baba was born in Sannohe in Aomori Prefecture. He became friends with children's writer Shigeru Shiraki, who was from the same town as him, and he motivated Baba to move to Tokyo. In Tokyo, he started his career as a manga artist. As such, he published popular children's manga like Posto-kun and Būtan. Eventually, he started drawing manga also for newspapers and weekly magazines.[1]
His picture book series 11 Piki no Neko became a big hit. The six volumes of the series sold more than 3 million copies.[1]
Sources:
- ja.wiki https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%A6%AC%E5%A0%B4%E3%81%AE%E3%81%BC%E3%82%8B
- https://tezukainenglish.com/wp/?page_id=6122
- http://caluchanche.blogspot.com/2009/08/baba-noboru.html?m=0
- https://kotobank.jp/word/%E9%A6%AC%E5%A0%B4%E3%81%AE%E3%81%BC%E3%82%8B-604107
Style
[edit]Legacy
[edit]Keiji Nakazawa read his work
Osamu Tezuka included him as a character in some of his works such as ...[2]
Awards
- Shogakukan Manga Award 1955 for Būtan
The Aomori Museum of Art dedicated a retrospective exhibition to him in 2009.[1]
Works
[edit]Manga
[edit]| Title | Year | Notes | Refs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ōgon Washi | ca. 1948 | Published by Shobunsha in 1 vol. | [1] |
| Posto-kun | 1954 | [1] | |
| Būtan (ブウタン) | 1954–1957 | Serialized in Yōnen Puck |
Picture books
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "BABA Noboru Exhibit "The Eleven Cats" Come to the Museum Nyago! Nyago! Nyago!". The Aomori Museum of Art. Retrieved 2023-03-04.
- ^ January 5, Ryan Holmberg |; 2015 (2015-01-05). "The Fukui Ei'ichi Incident and the Prehistory of Komaga-Gekiga". The Comics Journal. Retrieved 2023-03-04.
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