Yukinobu Hoshino

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Yukinobu Hoshino
星野 之宣
Born (1954-01-29) January 29, 1954 (age 70)
Hokkaidō, Japan
NationalityJapanese
Area(s)Manga artist
Notable works
2001 Nights, Munakata Kyouju Ikouroku

Yukinobu Hoshino (星野 之宣, Hoshino Yukinobu, born January 29, 1954) is a Japanese manga artist.

Life

He was born in

Weekly Shonen Jump. He won an Excellence Prize at the 2008 Japan Media Arts Festival for Munakata Kyouju Ikouroku.[2]

He works from his home in Sapporo.[1]

Style

He liked

2001: A Space Odyssey while in junior high school was a transformative experience for him. Matazō Kayama was a painter he liked during his studies.[1]

Initially, his artistic style was similar to that of Mikiya Mochizuki and had humoristic touches, but moved on to the gekiga style. He is known for using the gekiga style to create detailed and serious science fiction stories based on American and European SF novels but creating a completely different storyline. He had also drawn various works based on ancient and pre-historic histories. Amongst other things, he is known for his graphic novel series, 2001 Nights.

Legacy

His work is acknowledged by the British Museum and was on display during 5 November 2009 to 3 January 2010.[3]

Works

Manga

Painting books

  • STAR FIELD(1986年、双葉社)
  • CHRONICLE(1996年、朝日ソノラマ)

References

  1. ^ a b c d Urasawa, Naoki (2020). 星野之宣 [Hoshino Yukinobu]. Urasawa Naoki no Manben. NHK Educational TV.
  2. ^ "Tsumiki no Ie, Piano Forest, Kaiba Win Media Arts Awards". Anime News Network. December 10, 2008. Retrieved December 12, 2008.
  3. ^ a b "British Museum - Manga". Archived from the original on 2016-10-24. Retrieved 2017-06-15.
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