Shotaro Ishinomori

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Shotaro Ishinomori (石ノ森 章太郎, Ishinomori Shōtarō, 25 January 1938 – 28 January 1998) was a Japanese

manga artist who became an influential figure in manga, anime, and tokusatsu, creating several immensely popular long-running series such as Cyborg 009, the Super Sentai series (later adapted into the Power Rangers series), and the Kamen Rider series. He was twice awarded by the Shogakukan Manga Awards, in 1968 for Sabu to Ichi Torimono Hikae and in 1988 for Hotel and Manga Nihon Keizai Nyumon.[2] He was born as Shotaro Onodera (小野寺 章太郎, Onodera Shōtarō) in Tome, Miyagi, and was also known as Shotaro Ishimori (石森 章太郎, Ishimori Shōtarō) prior to 1986, when he changed his family name to Ishinomori by adding the no (ノ) character in katakana
.

Career

In December 1954, Ishinomori published his first work, Nikyuu Tenshi, in Manga Shōnen. In 1956, he moved to Tokyo and became an assistant to Osamu Tezuka. During his time working under Tezuka, Ishinomori worked on Astro Boy[3] and Alakazam the Great.[4] In 1960, Ishinomori published Flying Phantom Ship, which was later turned into an animated feature film in 1969.[5]

Ganbare!! Robokon. In 1963, he also founded the anime company Studio Zero. From 1967 to 1970, the manga 009-1 was serialized in the Futabasha publication Weekly Manga Action. It was written and illustrated by Ishinomori. There was a television drama of it in 1969 and eventually an anime in 2006.[citation needed
]

Ishinomori's art is reminiscent of that of his mentor, Osamu Tezuka.[

Tokiwa-so with Tezuka, and lived there until the end of 1961.[citation needed
]

Ishinomori also illustrated a comic adaptation of the Super NES video game The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, which was produced for the American publication Nintendo Power. The comic consisted of 12 chapters, which were serialized from January 1992 (Volume 32) to December 1992 (Volume 43). The comic was republished as a graphic novel collection in 1993, and, as of 2015, is back in print through Viz Media.[citation needed]

At the end of 1997, Kazuhiko Shimamoto, a young and up-and-coming manga artist was contacted by an increasingly ill Ishinomori and asked if he would do a continuation (though more along the lines of a remake) of his 100-page, one-shot manga from 1970, Skull Man (the manga that became the basis for Kamen Rider). Ishinomori, who had been one of Shimamoto's boyhood heroes, faxed him copies of the proposed story and plot notes. Shimamoto was astounded that he had been chosen to work on his idol's final, great work.[citation needed]

Shimamoto had already been involved in the revival of one of Ishinomori's other earlier works (including Kamen Rider) but little did he dream that, as only one of many whom Ishinomori had inspired, he would be chosen for the final collaboration and resurrection of Skull Man. It was also adapted into an anime in 2007.[citation needed]

Death and legacy

One of the Mangattan Liners on the Senseki Line decorated with images of the eponymous character of Ganbare!! Robocon

Ishinomori died of heart failure on 28 January 1998, just three days after his 60th birthday. His final work was the tokusatsu superhero TV series,

Ishinomaki, Miyagi, in 2001.[6] Special trains in the Senseki Line
were commissioned featuring his artwork generally leading to the museum.

His work posthumously awarded him the Guinness World Record for most comics published by one author, totaling over 128,000 pages across 770 titles across 500 volumes.[7]

Manga artists that have cited Ishinomori as an influence include Katsuhiro Otomo, Naoki Urasawa and Tetsuo Hara.[8][9][10]

Saber + Zenkaiger: Superhero Senki.[11][12]

Selected works

Manga
Year(s) Original title Translated title Volumes
1954–55 二級天使 Nikyuu Tenshi 1
1957–64 竜神沼 Ryuujin Numa / Dragon God Pond 1
1960 空飛ぶゆうれい船 Flying Phantom Ship 1
1964–81 サイボーグ009 Cyborg 009 36
1964–69 さるとびエッちゃん Sarutobi Ecchan 5
1965–66 ミュータント・サブ Mutant Sabu 3
1966–72 佐武と市捕物控 Sabu and Ichi's Detective Memoirs 17
1967–74 009ノ1 009-1 6
1967–68 幻魔大戦 Genma Wars 2
1967–71 ジュン - 章太郎のファンタジーワールド Shoutaro's Fantasy World Jun 2
1969–70 リュウの道 The Road of Ryuu 8
1970 スカルマン The Skull Man 1
1971 宮本武蔵 Miyamoto Musashi 1
1971 原始少年リュウ Primitive Boy Ryu 3
1971 劇画家畜人ヤプー Domestic Yapoo 1
1971–72 仮面ライダー Kamen Rider 4
1972–73 ロボット刑事 Robot Keiji 3
1972–73 変身忍者 嵐 Transforming Ninja Arashi 3
1973–74 買厄懸場帖 九頭竜 Baiyaku Kakebachou Kuzuryuu 3
1972–74 キカイダー Kikaider 6
1973–74 イナズマン Inazuman 4
1974–75 星の子チョビン Chobin the Star Child 1
1975–76 秘密戦隊ゴレンジャー Himitsu Sentai Gorenger 2
1976–78 ギルガメッシュ Gilgamesh 6
1977–78 多羅尾伴内 七つの顔をもつ男 The Man With Seven Faces 5
1979–81 幻魔大戦 -神話前夜の章 Genma Wars: Eve of Mythology 3
1983–84 八百八町表裏 化粧師 808 Ward Inside and Out: Make-Up Artist 3
1984–98 Hotel Hotel 37
1986 マンガ日本経済入門 Japan Inc.: An Introduction to Japanese Economics 2
1986–87 北斎 Hokusai 3
1987–88 仮面ライダーBlack Kamen Rider Black 6
1988 人間の條件 The Human Condition 4
1989–94 仮面ライダーZO Kamen Rider ZO 1
1992 ゼルダの伝説～神々のトライフォース The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past 1
1994 古事記 (石ノ森章太郎) Kojiki 1
1996–97 シャーロック・ホームズシリーズ Sherlock Holmes Series 10
1997–98 ドッグワールド Dog World 3
2024-25 Beyblade Spiral Beyblade Spiral 20

References

  1. ^ Brubaker, Charles (13 November 2013). "That Strange, Strange Little Girl: "Sarutobi Ecchan"(1971)". Cartoon Research. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  2. ^ 小学館漫画賞: 歴代受賞者 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on 29 September 2007. Retrieved 19 August 2007.
  3. OCLC 421814256
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  4. OCLC 52120460
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  5. ^ "Flying Phantom Ship (movie) - Anime News Network". www.animenewsnetwork.com. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  6. ^ "Sightseeing in Ishinomaki". Retrieved 29 August 2009.
  7. ^ "Most comics published by one author". Guinness World Records. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  8. ^ "Katsuhiro Otomo On Creating 'Akira' And Designing The Coolest Bike In All Of Manga And Anime". Forbes. 26 May 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  9. ^ "An Interview with Urasawa Naoki a Master of Manga". Otaku News. 9 June 2019. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  10. ^ "Tetsuo Hara On 'Fist Of The North Star' And His Enduring Love Of Manga". Forbes. 17 June 2021. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  11. ^ "『スーパーヒーロー戦記』本予告で物語の全貌が明らかに、鈴木福がゲスト出演「3歳の頃から大大大好き」" (in Japanese). Mynavi. 25 June 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  12. ^ "「スーパーヒーロー戦記」鈴木福は石ノ森章太郎の墓参りして撮影、新ライダー情報も" (in Japanese). Natalie. 22 July 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2021.

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