Kō Kojima
Kō Kojima | |
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小島 功 | |
Born | Taito | March 3, 1928
Died | April 14, 2015 | (aged 87)
Nationality | Japanese |
Education | Kawabata Art Academy |
Notable work | Sennin Buraku |
Style | Manga |
Awards | 1968 Bungeishunjū Manga Prize |
Kō Kojima (小島 功, Kojima Kō, March 3, 1928 – April 14, 2015) was a Japanese
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Due to the adult and modern nature of his works, as well as his unusual drawing style, his works became very popular, garnering him the 1968 Bungeishunjū Manga Prize from the literary magazine Bungeishunjū for his work Nihon no Kaa-chan. Other works include the long running Sennin Buraku, as well as Hige to Boin, which ran from 1974 to 2014 in Shogakukan's Big Comic Original manga magazine. The main character of the latter series is a sake-brewing kappa.
Kojima made regular appearances on the Tokyo 12ch (now TV Tokyo) news discussion show Asahi Shimbun Wide News where he discussed current events and shared satirical illustrations with the viewers.
The manga artist Moyoco Anno (who is married to anime director Hideaki Anno) is Kojima's niece.[2]
References
- ^ "Sennin Buraku Celebrates 50th Anniversary". Anime News Network. 2006-10-06. Retrieved 2007-06-04.
- ^ "漫画家の小島功さん死去 政治漫画や「黄桜」キャラ描く。". Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). 17 April 2015. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
External links
- Official Site
- Kō Kojima at IMDb