Seishi Kishimoto facts for kids

Seishi Kishimoto (岸本 聖史, Kishimoto Seishi, born November 8, 1974) is a talented Japanese manga artist. He is famous for creating 666 Satan, a popular manga series. This series was published in Monthly Shōnen Gangan from 2001 to 2007. In North America, it was released as O-Parts Hunter. Since then, Seishi Kishimoto has created several other exciting manga series. These include Blazer Drive, Kurenai no Ōkami to Ashikase no Hitsuji, Sukedachi 09, and Mad Chimera World.

About Seishi Kishimoto

Seishi Kishimoto was born in Okayama Prefecture, Japan, on November 8, 1974. He has an identical twin brother named Masashi Kishimoto. When they were in elementary school, both brothers loved watching the anime show Kinnikuman. This show inspired them to start drawing their own superhero characters.

Early Manga Works

Seishi Kishimoto's very first manga was a short story called Trigger. It was published in 2001 in a magazine called Gangan Powered. He wanted to write about "faith and family relationships" in this story.

Later in 2001, he started his first long-running series, 666 Satan. This manga was published in Monthly Shōnen Gangan. It ran for six years and became very popular. It was even translated and released in many countries, including North America.

New Manga Series

A year after 666 Satan finished, Kishimoto launched Blazer Drive. This new series started in April 2008 in a magazine called Monthly Shōnen Rival. Before Blazer Drive, he also made a short story called Tribal. Blazer Drive ran until December 2010 and even became a video game.

In 2011, he created a short manga called Jūniji no Kaneganaru. It was published in the shōjo magazine Aria. Then, in 2012, Kishimoto started another series called Kurenai no Ōkami to Ashikase no Hitsuji. This series was also in Monthly Shōnen Rival and finished in 2013.

Recent Projects

In 2014, Kishimoto began working on Sukedachi 09. This was a unique project because it was two linked series. One part was in a print magazine, Monthly Shōnen Gangan, and the other was online in Gangan Online. Both stories happened at the same time but followed different main characters. The print series started in October 2014, and the digital series followed soon after. Sukedachi 09 finished in July 2016.

Kishimoto then started a seinen action series called Mad Chimera World. It began in April 2017 in Monthly Morning Two magazine. A special short story for this series was published in Weekly Morning in 2017. The series finished in January 2019.

On January 20, 2021, a short manga called Yobigami was published online. Kishimoto drew this for a TV show. He was even credited under a different name, Ukyō Arazome, for this work. To celebrate the eighth anniversary of the Manga Box website, Kishimoto launched a new weekly series. This "battle fantasy" shōnen manga, called Monster Life and the Earth, started in December 2021. It expands on the world he created in Yobigami.

Drawing Style and Influences

Seishi Kishimoto and his twin brother Masashi have been drawing manga together since they were very young. Because of this, their drawing styles are quite similar. Sometimes, people have even thought that one brother copied the other's artwork or story ideas. However, Seishi says that these similarities are not on purpose. He believes it's because both brothers were inspired by many of the same things as they grew up.

Seishi Kishimoto's Works

Here are some of the manga series and short stories Seishi Kishimoto has created:

Manga Series

• 666 Satan (666〜サタン〜) (September 2001 – January 2008; published in Monthly Shōnen Gangan)
• Blazer Drive (ブレイザードライブ) (May 2008 – December 2010; published in Monthly Shōnen Rival)
• Kurenai no Ōkami to Ashikase no Hitsuji (紅の狼と足枷の羊, "Crimson Wolf and Fetters of Sheep") (December 2011 – February 2013; published in Monthly Shōnen Rival)
• Sukedachi 09 (助太刀09, "Assist Nine") (October 2014 – July 2016; published in Monthly Shōnen Gangan and Gangan Online)
• Mad Chimera World (マッドキメラワールド, Maddo Kimera Wārudo) (April 2017 – January 2019; published in Monthly Morning Two)
• Monster Life and the Earth (モンスターの医者, Monster no Isha) (December 2021–present; published on Manga Box)

One-Shot Stories

• Trigger (March 2001; published in Gangan Powered)
• Tenchu San (天誅 参, "Tenchu: Wrath of Heaven") (March – April 2003; published in Monthly Shōnen Gangan)
• Tribal (トライバル) (November 2007, published in Comic BomBom)
• Jūniji no Kaneganaru (12時の鐘が鳴る, "Twelve O'Clock Bell Rings") (April 2011; published in Aria)
• Mad Chimera World Gaiden (マッドキメラワールド外伝) (November 16, 2017; published in Weekly Morning)
• Yobigami (ヨビガミ) (January 20, 2021; published on Manga Box, credited as "Ukyō Arazome")

See also

In Spanish: Seishi Kishimoto para niños