Hitoshi Iwaaki
Hitoshi Iwaaki | |
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| Born | July 28, 1960 Tokyo, Japan |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Occupation | Manga artist |
| Known for | Parasyte, Historie |
| Awards | Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize - Grand Prize (2012) |
Hitoshi Iwaaki (Japanese: 岩明 均, Hepburn: Iwaaki Hitoshi, born July 28, 1960) is a Japanese manga artist, whose works include the science-fiction/horror series Parasyte. The Mixx editions of Parasyte romanize his name as "Hitosi Iwaaki", while the Del Rey Manga editions use "Hitoshi Iwaaki".
Career
During high school, he was reading a lot of manga by Osamu Tezuka, which inspired him to begin drawing manga himself. He began working as an assistant for manga artist Kazuo Kamimura in 1984. In 1985, his short story "Gomi no Umi" won the newcomer award Tetsuya Chiba Award and was published in a special edition of Morning magazine. Since then, he has worked mainly for Kodansha, especially Afternoon magazine.[1]
In 1993, Iwaaki received the Kodansha Manga Award for Parasyte.[2] In 2010, Historie took the grand prize in the manga division of the Japan Media Arts Festival.[3] Historie also earned him the 2012 Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Grand Prize.[4] Iwaaki won the 2020 Saito Takao Award for his work on Reiri.[5]
Works
- "Gomi no Umi (ゴミの海, Morning Open, 1985)
- Fuuko no Iru Mise (4 volumes, Morning 1986–1988)
- Hone no Oto (1 volume, short stories, Morning 1990, large format edition, 2003)
- Parasyte (10 volumes, Afternoon 1990–1995, Perfect Edition: 8 volumes, 2003) First published in English by Mixx (Tokyopop), republished in English by Del Rey Manga
- Tanabata no Kuni ("The Country of Tanabata") (4 volumes, Big Comic Spirits, Perfect Edition: 2 volumes, 2003)
- Yuki no Touge, Tsurugi no Mai (2001)
- Heureka (2002, Young Animal Arashi)
- Historie (2003–present, 11 volumes as of July 2019, Afternoon)
- Reiri (2015–2018, Bessatsu Shonen Champion) – writer only, illustrated by Daisuke Muroi[6]
References
- ^ Kido, Misaki (2016-11-02). "Creator Interview: Hitoshi Iwaaki on Parasyte". Kodansha. Retrieved 2022-12-09.
- ^ Joel Hahn. "Kodansha Manga Awards". Comic Book Awards Almanac. Archived from the original on 2007-08-16. Retrieved 2007-08-21.
- ^ "Japan Media Arts Festival Awards". Anime News Network. 2010-12-08. Retrieved 2011-01-03.
- ^ "Tezuka Cultural Awards". Retrieved 2016-09-10.
- ^ "さいとう・たかを賞受賞に岩明均「『レイリ』は僕が一兵卒だったから生まれた」". Natalie (in Japanese). 2020-01-17. Retrieved 2021-09-29.
- ^ "Parasyte's Iwaaki Launches Reiri Manga With Artist Daisuke Muroi". Anime News Network. October 14, 2015. Retrieved October 14, 2015.
External links
- Hitoshi Iwaaki at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
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