- Edda Manga
Edda Manga (1969 -) is an historian of ideas and essayist connected to the collective of postcolonial critical cultural production Bwana club and Uppsala University in Sweden. - Bébé Manga
Elizabeth Bessem Manga aka Bébé Manga is a Cameroonian singer whose best-known song is "Ami O". Bebe Manga started her career in 1975, singing in a night club in Abidjan, (Côte d'Ivoire) called "Son de Guitare" (Sound of a guitar). Here she discovered, and recorded her most known hit, "Ami o", her interpretation of an original song written by Ebanda Manfred. Her talents were celebrated at the Top D'Or 2005 in Abidjan, … - Masashi Kishimoto
is the Japanese creator and author of the popular manga "Naruto". Nicknamed "Kishi" affectionately by most western fans. Born on November 8, 1974 in the Okayama Prefecture on Honshū Island, Japan, his first work as a manga artist was "Karakuri", which he submitted to Shueisha in 1996. In 1999, "Naruto" was serialized in the weekly "Shonen Jump" manga magazine, winning its monthly "Hop Step Award". - Hayao Miyazaki
Born January 5, 1941 in Tokyo, Japan, Hayao Miyazaki is one of the most famous and well-respected creators of anime. He has three brothers, he being the second oldest. His older brother, Arata Miyazaki , was born in July 1939. His first younger brother is Shirou Miyazaki. His youngest is brother is named Yutaka Miyazaki and was born in January 1944. In 1947, Miyazaki enrolled at a school in... More A - Rumiko Takahashi
Rumiko Takahashi is a Japanese manga artist. Takahashi is one of the wealthiest women in Japan. The manga she creates (and its anime adaptations) are very popular in the United States and Europe where they have been released as both manga and anime in English translation. Her works are relatively famous worldwide, and many of her series were some of the forerunners of early English language manga to be released in the nineties. - Osamu Tezuka
was a mangaka (Japanese manga artist) and animator. Born in Osaka Prefecture, he is best known as the creator of "Astro Boy" and "Kimba the White Lion". He is often credited as the Father of Anime, and the Walt Disney of Japan. His prolific output and his pioneering techniques and genres earned him such titles as "the father of manga" and "the god of manga." The distinctive "large eyes" style of Japanese animation (anime) was invented by Tezuka, … - Akira Toriyama
born on 5 April, 1955, in Kiyosu, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, is a widely known and acclaimed mangaka known mostly for his work in the "Dragon Ball" metaseries, as well as the franchise of the same name which he began in 1984. - Kazuo Umezu
Kazuo Umezu is a famous author of Japanese horror manga, often considered to be the godfather of the genre. He had his first book of manga published while still in high school and made manga his career immediately upon graduation. After moving to Tokyo in 1962 he developed his famous detailed horror manga style and has since published his comics in every genre from horror fiction to science fiction to humour. He won the 20th Shogakukan Manga Award in 1975. - Naoki Urasawa
Naoki Urasawa (born January 2, 1960 in Fuchu, Tokyo, Japan) is a mangaka. He graduated from Meisei University with a degree in economics. He made his professional manga debut with "Beta!!" in 1984. Three of his series have been adapted into anime: "Yawara! A Fashionable Judo Girl", "Master Keaton", and "Monster". - May
May, known as in Japan, is a fictional character in the "Pokémon" franchise, a collection of video games, anime, manga, books, toys and other media created by Satoshi Tajiri. She is the daughter of the Petalburg City Gym Leader, Norman and sister of Max. She also appears in the manga series "Ash & Pikachu". She is not to be confused with May Oak (or Daisy Oak), … - Katsuhiro Otomo
Katsuhiro Ōtomo (born April 14, 1954) is a Japanese manga artist and director. He is perhaps best known for being the creator of the manga "Akira" and its anime adaptation, which are extremely famous and influential. Otomo has also directed several live action films, such as the recent 2006 feature film adaptation of the "Mushishi" manga. - Masamune Shirow
is an internationally renowned manga artist, born Masanori Ota on November 23, 1961. "Masamune Shirow" is a pen name, based on a famous swordsmith, Masamune. He is best known for the manga "Ghost in the Shell", which has since been turned into three anime movies, two anime TV series and several video games. Shirow is also popular for creating erotic art. Born in the Hyōgo Prefecture capital city of Kobe, he studied oil painting at Osaka University of Arts. - Ai Yazawa
is a popular girls' manga author in Japan. Her pen name comes from Japanese singer Eikichi Yazawa, of whom she is a fan. Yazawa started her mangaka publishing life in 1985; throughout 15 years of publishing, she wrote over 10 series in "Ribon". While her finished manga continued to be published in Japan by Shueisha, publishers of Ribon and Cookie (in which "Nana" is serialized), series like Paradise Kiss now appear in other magazines such as Zipper, published by Shodensha. - Go Nagai
is a Japanese mangaka and an important innovator of several genres within anime and manga. When he was 20 he created "Kuro No Shishi" ("Black Lion"). In his series "Harenchi Gakuen" (ハレンチ学園, "Shameless School", 1968-1972, "Shonen Jump" magazine) Nagai used eroticism and extreme, graphic violence in children's comics for the first time in Japan, thus breaking taboos and becoming quite controversial. - Eiichiro Oda
is a Japanese manga artist, best known as the creator of the manga and anime "One Piece". - Naoko Takeuchi
born March 15, 1967, is a manga artist who lives in Tokyo, Japan. She is the original creator of the famous manga and anime series "Sailor Moon". Takeuchi lives with her husband, Yoshihiro Togashi, creator of "YuYu Hakusho" and "Hunter × Hunter". They have a son whom they have nicknamed "Petit Ouji". Takeuchi graduated from Kyoritsu University of Pharmacy, where she received a degree in chemistry. She became a licensed pharmacist. - Leiji Matsumoto
Leiji Matsumoto is a well-known creator of several anime and manga series. He was born in Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan on January 25, 1938. - Arina Tanemura
(March 12, 1978) is a mangaka who does mainly shōjo manga. She debuted in 1996 with the Nibanme no Koi no Katachi. To date, her works are published in the manga magazine "Ribon" and are distributed in several countries. Tanemura Arina is also her real name. Her most popular manga are "Kamikaze Kaitō Jeanne" and "Full Moon o Sagashite" ("Searching for the Full Moon"), both of which were adapted into TV anime. - Kazuki Takahashi
Kazuki Takahashi is the creator of the manga "Yu-Gi-Oh!", which led to the anime versions of it, Toei's "Yu-Gi-Oh!" and "Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters" (Internationally known as "Yu-Gi-Oh!"), as well as a spinoff manga ("Yu-Gi-Oh! R"), a spinoff anime ("Yu-Gi-Oh! GX", "Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters GX" in Japan), and several video games. Takahashi started out as a mangaka in 1982. - Takehiko Inoue
Takehiko Inoue is one of the most famous Japanese manga artists. He has been drawing manga mainly in male-oriented magazines. Inoue's name is ordered as "Takehiko Inoue" on the "Vagabond" books sold in North America, while "Slam Dunk" books use "Inoue Takehiko", but they are now out of print. His works are: "Chameleon Jail", "Slam Dunk", "Buzzer Beater", … - Paul Pope
Paul Pope is a United States alternative comic book artist. Influenced by Ray Bradbury and William S. Burroughs, Pope's stories evoke poignant, under-explored aspects of youth culture. Pope describes his own influences (listed in his book "P-City Parade") as Daniel Torres, Bruno Premiani, Jack Kirby, Alex Toth, Tony Salmons, Hugo Pratt, Silvio Cadelo, Vittorio Giardino, and Hergé. Pope introduced "THB" in 1995, the same year he began work for Kodansha, … - Jiro Taniguchi
Jiro Taniguchi is a Japanese manga artist, born 14 August 1947 in Tottori Prefecture, Japan. - Mitsuru Adachi
is a mangaka born February 9, 1951 in Isesaki, Gunma Prefecture, Japan. After graduating from Gunma Prefectural Maebashi Commercial High School, Adachi made his manga debut in 1970 with "Kieta Bakuon", based on a manga originally created by Satoru Ozawa. "Kieta" was published in "Deluxe Shōnen Sunday" (a manga magazine published by Shogakukan). Adachi is well known for romantic comedy and sports manga (especially baseball) such as "Touch", "H2", … - Kazuo Koike
Kazuo Koike is a mangaka. Koike, along with artist Goseki Kojima, made the manga "Kozure Okami" ("Lone Wolf and Cub"), and Koike was also responsible for that series' film adaptation. Koike and Kojima became known as the "Golden Duo" because of the success of "Lone Wolf and Cub". Koike's other series, "Crying Freeman", which he made along with artist Ryoichi Ikegami, was given a Hollywood adaptation. - Masakazu Katsura
born December 10 1962, is a Japanese mangaka who is best known for several works of manga, including "Dream Fighter Wingman", "Shadow Lady", "DNA²", "Video Girl Ai", and "I"s" (Aizu). He has also worked on the character designs for "Iria: Zeiram the Animation", which was based on the movie "Zeiram". He was born in the prefecture of Fukui in Japan. The turning point in his life was an illness for which he was bedridden, … - Yoshihiro Togashi
Yoshihiro Togashi is a Japanese mangaka. He is most notable for having created "YuYu Hakusho". According to Shonen Jump, Togashi received the Tezuka Award, the most influential comic artist award in Japan. This award has been named after Osamu Tezuka, the creator of Astro Boy. Togashi is married to Naoko Takeuchi, the creator of "Sailor Moon" (he mentioned their marriage in volume 5 of "Hunter x Hunter"). - Yoshitoshi Abe
Yoshitoshi ABe is a Japanese graphic artist who works predominantly in anime and manga. He is a graduate of the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music. His works have an edgy style due to, among other things, his not using a ruler while drawing as is usual for most anime-style art. He first gained fame in his work on the avant-garde anime "Serial Experiments Lain". - Takashi Murakami
is a prolific contemporary Japanese artist. Murakami works in both fine arts media, such as painting; as well as digital and commercial media. He attempts to blur the boundaries between high and low art. He appropriates popular themes from mass media and pop culture, then turns them into thirty-foot sculptures, "Superflat" paintings, or marketable commercial goods such as figurines or phone caddies. Murakami attended the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, … - Kentaro Miura
is a Japanese mangaka best known for his popular Seinen manga, "Berserk". - Merupuri
"MeruPuri", originally titled, is a 4 volume manga series by Matsuri Hino. It was serialized in Japan in LaLa magazine, and was published in English through Viz Media's Shojo Beat label. - Hiroyuki Takei
Hiroyuki Takei is a Japanese manga author. - Junji Ito
Junji Ito is an author of Japanese horror manga. Born in Gifu Prefecture in 1963, he was inspired from a young age by his older sister's drawing and Kazuo Umezu's comics and thus took an interest in drawing horror comics himself. Nevertheless, upon graduation he trained as a dental technician, … - Makoto Shinkai
born (born February 9, 1973) is a Japanese anime director, animator, and principal voice actor. A native of the Nagano prefecture in Japan, he studied Japanese literature in university. He traces his passion for creation to the manga, anime, and novels he read while in middle school. His favorite anime is "Castle in the Sky" by Hayao Miyazaki. Shinkai has been called the new Miyazaki in several reviews including Anime Advocates and ActiveAnime, … - Shotaro Ishinomori
was an influential figure in manga, anime and tokusatsu who created several immensely popular long-running series such as "Cyborg 009" and the Kamen Rider Series. He was born in modern-day Tome, Miyagi and was also known as before 1986, when he changed his last name to Ishinomori. - Becky Cloonan
Becky Cloonan (born 23 June 1980 in Pisa, Italy) is an American comic book creator known for her manga-influenced artwork. She created minicomics and was part of the Meathaus collective before collaborating with Brian Wood on "Channel Zero: Jennie One" in 2003. Since then, her profile (and workload) has steadily risen; her best-known work to date has been the 12-issue comics series "Demo" (2004), also with Wood. - Kiyohiko Azuma
"', born May 27, 1968 in Takasago, Hyogo Prefecture, is a Japanese manga author and illustrator. In his manga, he writes under the hiragana form of his name. He used to use the pen name "' in his hentai manga, though he appears to have ceased drawing adult works in the 1990s, while he was still relatively obscure. He graduated from Hyogo Prefectural Kakogawa East High School and Kobe Design University. His most well-known work is "Azumanga Daioh". - Mayu Shinjo
is a Japanese manga artist. She has created many different manga, centering around the themes of love, sex, and general romance. After her debut with "Anata no Iro ni Somarita" or "I Want to Be Dyed Your Color" in 1994, she created a flurry of other sexy short stories and was ready to be published by a magazine. She frequently appears in the manga magazine, "Shoujo Comic". Shinjo is best known for her manga that put ordinary girls into titillating situations with more handsome, … - Tsutomu Nihei
Tsutomu Nihei is a Japanese manga artist. His cyberpunk-influenced artwork has gained a strong cult following. He has a relatively large community of fans in Germany where his manga BLAME! and NOiSE were published by Ehapa. BLAME! was also published in France by Glénat. At first he studied architecture and later it is shown up in his manga works with drawing huge structures. This became one of his general theme that makes his manga unique. - Yasuhiro Nightow
Yasuhiro Nightow is a Japanese mangaka and game creator who created the anime and manga "Trigun". Nightow was born on April 8, 1967 in Yokohama, Japan. He moved to Yokosuka when he was in elementary school, and spent the junior high and high school years in Shizuoka. Before the release of the popular manga, "Trigun", Nightow studied Roman Catholicism, and converted, while retaining many Buddhist principles. - Ryoichi Ikegami
Ryoichi Ikegami is a manga artist. He was assistant to manga artist Shigeru Mizuki in 1966. In 2001, he won the Shogakukan Manga Award. He became a professor at Osaka University of Arts in 2005. Ikegami has worked on several popular series, such as "Mai, the Psychic Girl" with writer Kazuya Kudo, "Crying Freeman", with writer Kazuo Koike, as well as "Sanctuary" and "Heat" with writer Sho Fumimura.
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