Atsushi Kaneko
Atsushi Kaneko (born 26 December 1966) is a Japanese manga artist from Sakata, Yamagata Prefecture. Two of his works, Bambi and Her Pink Gun and Soil, have been published in French. Bambi and Her Pink Gun has been published in English, with Search and Destroy published in English in May 2024.
Also recorded as Kaneko Atsushi · カネコアツシ
Atsushi Kaneko
- Name
- Atsushi Kaneko
- Born
- 26 December 1966
- Occupation
- Manga artist
- Known for
- Bambi and Her Pink Gun Soil
- Nationality
- Japan
- Fields
- manga
- Education
- Senshu University
- Honours
- Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for Best Manga
- Languages
- Japanese
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Bibliothèque nationale de France · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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Biography
Biography
Soil has been adapted into a television drama series.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Atsushi Kaneko • Born — 26 December 1966 • Occupation — Manga artist • Known for — Bambi and Her Pink Gun Soil
Documentary record
Atsushi Kaneko (born 1966) is recorded as a comics artist. The birth of Atsushi Kaneko is recorded in 1966 in Sakata.
Works
Works
• Bambi and Her Pink Gun (1998) • Soil (2004) • Wet Moon (2011) • Deathco (2014) • Search and Destroy (based on Osamu Tezuka's Dororo) (2018) • Evol (2020)
Identity
Identity
Atsushi Kaneko is recorded with the occupation comics artist. Recorded with the occupation film director. Recorded as illustrator, writer, mangaka, film director and designer.
Life and career
Dated record
Life and career
The full dated record · 1 entries
1966
Atsushi Kaneko was born on 26 December 1966.
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reference work
- “Atsushi Kaneko”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q2869849: Atsushi Kaneko
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Cited by Wikipedia
Notes from the source article
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- 1.Matthieu Pinon. Interview d'Atsushi Kaneko au FIBD 2014. Coyote magazine. 48. avril-mai. 2014. 36-37. 1276-3942.
- 2.Ryuurei. Atsushi Kaneko au Festival International de la BD d'Angoulême. manganimation.net. 2012.
- 3.Nicolas Trespallé. Atsushi Kaneko. arte.tv. 2007.
- 4.Bambi sur le site de IMHO. imho.fr.
- 5.Kaneko Atsushi. junkmagnet.com. 2010.
- 6.Drifting Life, St. Young Men, More Nominated at France's Angoulême. 2011-12-07.
- 7.Thermae Romae, SOIL, I Am a Hero Nominated at France's Angoulême. 2012-11-27.
- 8.Soil lauréat du Prix de l'imaginaire 2012. manga-news.com.
- 9.Xavier Guilbert. Entretien avec Atsushi Kaneko (durant le Festival d'Angoulême 2007). du9.org. 2007.
- 10.Karen Ressler. Contents Announced for 1st TezuComi Tribute Magazine. Anime News Network. 05/09/2018.
- 11.Search and Destroy, le remake de Dororo par Atsushi Kaneko, sortira chez Delcourt/Tonkam. manga-news.com. 29/10/2020.
- 12.176-179.
- 13.Article Atsushi Kaneko - Punk manga is not dead !. actu.dofusmotion.com. 2012.
- 14.Rencontre avec Astsushi Kaneko. aaapoumbapoum.com.
- 15.Bambi T5 par Atsushi Kaneko. bdzoom.com.
- 16.Soil: Kaneko, fils illégitime de Burns et Lynch. focus.levif.be.
- 17.Stéphane Beaujean. Atsushi Kaneko, le David Lynch du manga. dBD. 10 HS. juillet. 2012. 14-16. 1951-4050.
- 18.Le manga Wet Moon récompensé par le Prix Asie ACBD 2014. Manga-news.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 1
- Fausto Fausulo (entretien). Marius Chapuis (bibliographie). Aurélien Estager. Atsushi Kaneko - Search & Destroy. Atom. entretien. mai/juin/juillet. 2017. 22-32. 2552-9900. Atom 2017.
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