About

Known credits:
20
Birthday:
1932-02-15
Place of birth:
Tokyo, Japan
Website:
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Sanpei Shirato

Overview

A Japanese manga artist and essayist known for his social criticism as well as his realistic drawing style and the characters in his scenarios.

He is considered a pioneer of gekiga. The son of the Japanese proletarian painter Toki Okamoto, his dream to become an artist equal with his father started when he became a Kamishibai artist.

He is also known for his work published in the early issues of the manga anthology magazine Garo in 1964, which he began publishing so as to serialize his comic Kamui.

Known for

Writing
2009 Kamui Writing Comic Book 59
Average
2009 Kamui Writing Writer 59
Average
1989 Seton Animal Chronicles Writing Comic Book N/A
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1989 Seton Animal Chronicles Writing Writer N/A
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1971 Kamui the Ninja Writing Comic Book N/A
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1971 Kamui the Ninja Writing Writer N/A
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1969 Kamui the Ninja: Stories Other Than the Legend Writing Comic Book 70
Good
1969 Kamui the Ninja: Stories Other Than the Legend Writing Writer 70
Good
1968 Sasuke Writing Comic Book 69
Fair
1968 Sasuke Writing Writer 69
Fair
1967 Band of Ninja Writing Comic Book 58
Average
1967 Band of Ninja Writing Writer 58
Average
1966 Watari, the Ninja Boy Writing Writer 59
Average
1966 Watari, the Ninja Boy Writing Comic Book 59
Average
1965 Shounen Ninja Kaze no Fujimaru: Ma Boroshi Majutsu-dan Writing Comic Book N/A
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1965 Shounen Ninja Kaze no Fujimaru: Ma Boroshi Majutsu-dan Writing Writer N/A
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1964 Shounen Ninja Kaze no Fujimaru: Nazo no Arabiya Ningyou Writing Comic Book N/A
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1964 Shounen Ninja Kaze no Fujimaru: Nazo no Arabiya Ningyou Writing Writer N/A
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1964 Samurai Kid Writing Writer N/A
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1964 Samurai Kid Writing Comic Book N/A
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