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Sanpei Shirato

Born 15 February 1932 · Tokyo, Japan · Died 8 October 2021

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

Kamui
Band of Ninja
Watari, the Ninja Boy
The Legend of Ninja Kamui
Sasuke
The Legend of Ninja Kamui: The Shell of the Sun and Moon
Band of Ninja Pilot
Shounen Ninja Kaze no Fujimaru: Nazo no Arabiya Ningyou
Shounen Ninja Kaze no Fujimaru: Ma Boroshi Majutsu-dan
Samurai Kid
Seton Animal Chronicles
Kamui
The Legend of Ninja Kamui: The Shell of the Sun and Moon
Band of Ninja Pilot
Band of Ninja
Watari, the Ninja Boy
Shounen Ninja Kaze no Fujimaru: Ma Boroshi Majutsu-dan
Shounen Ninja Kaze no Fujimaru: Nazo no Arabiya Ningyou
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