Masakazu Ishiguro

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Masakazu Ishiguro studied at Osaka University of Arts. The recorded working language is Japanese. Works named in the authority record are And Yet The Town Moves, Mokuyōbi no Furutto and Heavenly Delusion. Distinctions recorded are Seiun Award for Best Comic.

• Name Nonen — 石黒正数 • Nonus — ja • Born — 8 September 1977 • Birthplace — Fukui, Fukui Prefecture, Japan • Notable Works — * And Yet the Town Moves • Heavenly Delusion • Awards — * Seiun Award for Best Comic • Japan Media Arts Festival Excellence Award • Kono Manga ga Sugoi! Best Manga for Male Readers • Manga Artist — y

Ishiguro was born in Fukui on September 8, 1977. Ishiguro was fond of Fujiko Fujio's works growing up, especially Doraemon. When Ishiguro was in middle school, his dad rented Akira from a rental store and watched it with Ishiguro, who cites it as a major influence over his work. Ishiguro later said that growing up he felt that becoming a manga artist was "the only way to go". Ishiguro eventually graduated from Osaka University of Arts in 2001. Just prior to graduation, Ishiguro submitted the one-shot Hero to Kodansha's Monthly Afternoon magazine, which won the Afternoon Shiki Shō in 2000. Soon after, he left Monthly Afternoon and published one-shots and short series in other magazines. In 2005, Ishiguro launched And Yet the Town Moves, which received an anime adaptation. In 2018, Ishiguro returned to Monthly Afternoon with Heavenly Delusion, which also received an anime adaptation. Ishiguro has stated that the post-apocalyptic world in Heavenly Delusion was inspired by his interest in Japan's reconstruction period following World War II, during which he studied declassified American photographic archives to realistically portray landscapes in ruins.

• Title — Year — Magazine — Publisher(s) — Notes — Ref. References • Agape: Hanzai Kōshō Nin Ichi-jō Haruka — 2004–2006 — Monthly Comic Flapper — Media Factory — With Jun Kashima • And Yet the Town Moves — 2005–2016 — Young King OURs — Shōnen Gahōsha • Nemurubaka — 2006–2008 — Monthly Comic Ryū — Tokuma Shoten • Skygrazer — 2008–2011 — Mephisto — Kodansha • Kyōko to Tōsan — 2008–2010 — Monthly Comic Ryū — Tokuma Shoten • Mokuyōbi no Furutto — 2009–present — Weekly Shōnen Champion — Akita Shoten • Heavenly Delusion — 2018–present — Monthly Afternoon — Kodansha • Yankī Jō-chan no Futashikana Shinjitsu — 2019–present — Bessatsu Shōnen Champion — Akita Shoten

• Title — Year — Publisher(s) — Notes — Ref. References • Present for Me — 2007 — Shōnen Gahōsha • Tantei Kitan — 2007 — Tokuma Shoten • Positive Sensei — 2010 — Tokuma Shoten