Yukito Kishiro
Encyclopedia
is a Japanese manga artist
, born March 20, 1967 in Tokyo
, Japan
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Mangaka
is the Japanese word for a comic artist or cartoonist. Outside of Japan, manga usually refers to a Japanese comic book and mangaka refers to the author of the manga, who is usually Japanese...
, born March 20, 1967 in Tokyo
Tokyo
, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
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Works
- Hito (short story collection)
- Kikai (1984)
- Kaiousei (1988)
- Hito (1988)
- Dai-Majin (1989)
- Mirai Tokyo Headman (1989)
- Uchukaizokushonendai (1990)
- Battle Angel AlitaBattle Angel AlitaBattle Angel Alita, known in Japan as , is a manga series created by Yukito Kishiro in 1990 and originally published in Shueisha's Business Jump magazine. Two of the nine-volume comics were adapted into two anime original video animation episodes titled Battle Angel for North American release by...
(1991-1995) - Ashen VictorAshen VictorAshen Victor, known in Japan as , is a futuristic manga by Yukito Kishiro, taking place in the same universe as his Battle Angel Alita series, specifically in the Scrapyard.-Plot:...
(1997) - Gunnm Gaiden (1997)
- Aqua KnightAqua Knightis a manga by Yukito Kishiro. It's a fantasy tale about Ruliya, a female orca-riding knight, making an epic journey through the aqueous world of Marmundo....
(1998) - Battle Angel Alita: Last OrderBattle Angel Alita: Last OrderBattle Angel Alita: Last Order, known in Japan as , is the continuation of the manga series Battle Angel Alita. It is created by Yukito Kishiro and tells the story of Alita continuing her quest to uncover her mysterious past.-Premise:Last Order continues from Volume 9 of Battle Angel Alita, but...
(2000-present)
External links
- Yukito Kishiro home page
- Yukito Kishiro English biography