Masayuki Ishikawa facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Masayuki Ishikawa石川 雅之 |
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| Born | October 23, 1974 Sakai, Osaka Prefecture |
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Notable works
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Moyasimon |
| Awards | 32nd Kodansha Manga Award General category (2008) Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize (2008) |
| http://mmmasayuki.la.coocan.jp | |
Masayuki Ishikawa (Japanese: 石川 雅之, Hepburn: Ishikawa Masayuki, born 23 October 1974 in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture) is a super talented Japanese manga artist. He was born in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture. He's famous for creating awesome manga like Moyasimon: Tales of Agriculture and Maria the Virgin Witch. Guess what? Both of these cool stories were even turned into anime TV shows!
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Discovering Masayuki Ishikawa's Manga Journey
Masayuki Ishikawa started his amazing journey as a manga artist in 1997. His very first story was a short one called Nippon Seifu Chokkatsu Kidō Sentai Kōmuin V. It appeared in a magazine called Bessatsu Young Magazine.
Early Success and Awards
Just two years later, in 1999, he won a special prize! He received the Tetsuya Chiba Award for his short story Kami no Sumu Yama. This story was later included in a collection called Hitokiri Ryōma.
Breakthrough with Moyasimon
His biggest success came in 2004 with the series Moyasimon: Tales of Agriculture. This manga was published in the Evening magazine. It became super popular with both readers and critics!
Moyasimon helped him win two major awards in 2008. He received the Kodansha Manga Award and the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize. Later, in 2015, he also won the Seiun Award for the same series.
New Adventures in Manga
Since 2015, Masayuki Ishikawa has been working on a new series called Madowanai Hoshi. This story is published in the Morning magazine. It's set in a future world where climate change has changed everything. People have to live inside a special dome to survive!
Amazing Works by Masayuki Ishikawa
Here are some of the cool manga series and stories Masayuki Ishikawa has created:
- Nippon Seifu Chokkatsu Kidō Sentai Kōmuin V (日本政府直轄機動戦隊コームインV, 1997)
- Kataribe (カタリベ, 1998–1999)
- Kami no Sumu Yama (神の棲む山, 1999)
- Shūkan Ishikawa Masayuki (週刊石川雅之, 2002–2003)
- Kanojo no Kokuhaku (彼女の告白)
- Moyasimon: Tales of Agriculture (もやしもん, Moyashimon, 2004–2014) – This is his most famous work about agriculture and tiny microbes!
- Hitokiri Ryōma (人斬り龍馬, 2005)
- Maria the Virgin Witch (純潔のマリア, Junketsu no Maria, 2008–2013) – This series was also turned into an anime!
- Junketsu no Maria Exhibition (純潔のマリア exhibition, 2014)
- Teşekkür ederim (2014)
- Madowanai Hoshi (惑わない星, since 2015) – His current ongoing series.
