Hisaichi Ishii
Born September 2, 1951, in Tamano, Okayama Prefecture, Japan is a Japanese manga artist. He is best known outside Japan for his manga series Nono-chan, which was adapted into the Studio Ghibli anime film My Neighbors the Yamadas. Topics covered by Ishii's manga include baseball (in his debut work), politics, economics, current events and topics, philosophy, and so on.
Hisaichi Ishii
- Born
- 1951 · Tamano.
- Nationality
- Japan
- Occupation
- mangaka · comics artist
- Education
- Kansai University
- Known for
- Ganbare!! Tabuchi-kun!!
- Honours
- Kikuchi Kan Prize
- Languages
- Japanese
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Born September 2, 1951, in Tamano, Okayama Prefecture, Japan is a Japanese manga artist. He is best known outside Japan for his manga series Nono-chan, which was adapted into the Studio Ghibli anime film My Neighbors the Yamadas. Topics covered by Ishii's manga include baseball (in his debut work), politics, economics, current events and topics, philosophy, and so on.
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He is known for his extreme caricatures of well-known celebrities and well known people, including Kōichi Tabuchi (a pro baseball catcher in Japan), Kim Jong Il, and Tsuneo Watanabe (executive director of the Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings group, owner of the Yomiuri Shimbun). Ishii graduated with a degree in sociology at Kansai University.
Listed alphabetically. • B-gata Heiji Torimonochō • Baito-kun (debut professional work) • Bungō Junjū • Chiteijin • Comical Mystery Tour • Daimondai • Dotabata Party • Doughnuts Books • Ganbare!! Tabuchi-kun!! • Ganzen no Teki • Gendai Shisō no Sōnanja-tachi • Gokiburi Shinbun • Hmph! • Hon no Issatsu • Hon no Hondana • Ishii Hisaichi's CNN • Ishii Hisaichi no Keizaigairon • Ishii Hisaichi no Mondaigairon • Ishii Hisaichi no Taiseikai • Kagami no Kuni no Sensō • Makamaka Mangaman • Ninja Mugeichō • Non-Career Woman • Nono-chan (formerly titled My Neighbors the Yamadas) • Odoru Taisekai • Ojamanga Yamada-kun • Ōsaka 100en Seikatsu Baito-kun Tsūshin • Scrapstic • Shin Ninja Mugeichō • Tonari no Nono-chan • Wai wa Asashio ya • Watashi ni wa Mukanai Shokugyō • Watashi wa Neko de Aru • Watashi wa Neko de Aru Satsujin Jiken Sources:
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1951
Hisaichi Ishii was born on 2 September 1951.
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