Jiro Taniguchi
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is a Japanese manga artist.
He began to work as assistant of the late manga artist Kyota Ishikawa. He made his manga debut in 1970 with Kareta Heya (A Desiccated Summer), published in the magazine Young Comic.
From 1976 to 1979, he created several hard-boiled comics with the scenarist Natsuo Sekigawa, such as City Without Defense, The Wind of the West is White and Lindo 3. From 1984 to 1991, Taniguchi and Natsuo Sekigawa produced the trilogy Bocchan No Jidai. In the 1990s, he came up with several albums, among which , Chichi no koyomi (The Almanac of My Father), and Keyaki no ki .
In 1992-1993 he collaborated with Garon Tsuchiya
for the manga , and .
In 2001, he created the Icare (Icaro) series on texts by Mœbius
.
Jirô Taniguchi gained several prizes for his work. Among others, the Osamu Tezuka Culture Award
(1998) for the trilogy Bocchan No Jidai, the Shogakukan prize with Inu wo Kau, and in 2003, the Alph'Art of the best scenario at the Angoulême International Comics Festival
(France
) for Haruka na Machi e. His work has been translated in many languages.
Biography
From 1976 to 1979, he created several hard-boiled comics with the scenarist Natsuo Sekigawa, such as City Without Defense, The Wind of the West is White and Lindo 3. From 1984 to 1991, Taniguchi and Natsuo Sekigawa produced the trilogy Bocchan No Jidai. In the 1990s, he came up with several albums, among which , Chichi no koyomi (The Almanac of My Father), and Keyaki no ki .
In 1992-1993 he collaborated with Garon Tsuchiya
Garon Tsuchiya
, also known by the name of and marginal , started his manga story career in 1979.In 1986, completed his first major works in collaboration with Akyo Makata, in Ahomansu and Meisouou Boodaa. Afterwards, Tsuchiya collaborated with draftsman Kaiji Kawaguchi for the title, Tokishozo Disturbs and...
for the manga , and .
In 2001, he created the Icare (Icaro) series on texts by Mœbius
Jean Giraud
Jean Henri Gaston Giraud is a French comics artist. Giraud has earned worldwide fame, not only under his own name but also under the pseudonym Moebius, and to a lesser extent Gir, the latter appearing mostly in the form of a boxed signature at the bottom of the artist's paintings, for instance the...
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Jirô Taniguchi gained several prizes for his work. Among others, the Osamu Tezuka Culture Award
Osamu Tezuka Culture Award
Named after Osamu Tezuka, the is a yearly comic book prize awarded to manga artists or their works that follow the Osamu Tezuka manga approach founded and sponsored by Asahi Shimbun...
(1998) for the trilogy Bocchan No Jidai, the Shogakukan prize with Inu wo Kau, and in 2003, the Alph'Art of the best scenario at the Angoulême International Comics Festival
Angoulême International Comics Festival
The Angoulême International Comics Festival is the largest comics festival in Europe. It has occurred every year since 1974 in Angoulême, France, in the month of January.The four-day festival is notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning...
(France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
) for Haruka na Machi e. His work has been translated in many languages.
1980s
- 1979 - Lindo 3!
- 1980 - Muboushi Toshi
- 1980 - Ooinaru Yasei
- 1981/03 - Jiken Ya Kagyou - Trouble is my Business
- 1982/03 - Blue Fighter (Ao no Senshi)
- 1982/03 - Hunting Dog
- 1983/?? - Knuckle Wars – The Fist of Rebellion (Nakkuru – Ken no Ran)
- 1983/03 - Shin Jiken Ya Kagyou - New Trouble is my Business
- 1983/09 - Live! Odyssey
- 1984/02 - Seifuu Ha Shiroi
- 1984/12 - Rudo Boy
- 1985/10 - Enemigo
- 1986/01 - Hotel Harbour View
- 1986/10 - Blanca
- 1987/06 - , based on BotchanBotchanBotchan is a novel written by Natsume Sōseki in 1906. It is considered to be one of the most popular novels in Japan, read by most Japanese during their childhood. The central theme of the story is morality.-Narrative:...
, a 1906 novel by Natsume SōsekiNatsume Soseki, born ', is widely considered to be the foremost Japanese novelist of the Meiji period . He is best known for his novels Kokoro, Botchan, I Am a Cat and his unfinished work Light and Darkness. He was also a scholar of British literature and composer of haiku, Chinese-style poetry, and fairy tales... - 1988/05 - K
- 1988/06 - Ice Age Chronicle of the Earth
1990s
- 1990/01 - Hara Shishi Jiten
- 1990/09 - Garouden (Hungry Wolves Legend)
- 1991/06 - Samurai Non Grata
- 1992/04 - Aruku Hito -(歩くひと, translated in French as L'Homme qui Marche and English as The Walking Man)
- 1992/09 - Kaze No Sho (translated in English as Samurai LegendSamurai Legendis a one shot Japanese manga is written by Kan Furuyama and illustrated by Jiro Taniguchi. The manga is licensed for an English-language release in North America by Central Park Media, licensed for a French-language release in France, Italian-language release in Italy and Portuguese-language...
) - 1992/10 - Inu wo Kau
- 1993/09 - Keyaki no Ki (translated in French as L'orme du Caucase)
- 1994/09 - Mori He - Into the Forest
- 1994/11 - Chichi no Koyomi
- 1996/04 -
- 1996/07 - Blanca II (Dog of God)
- 1997/10 - Kodoku no Gurume
- 1998/09 - Haruka na Machi e (translated in English as Distant Neighborhood - translated in French as Quartier Lointain)
- 1999/01 - Tokyo Genshi Gyou
- 1999/12 - Sousaku Sha - Quest for the Missing Girl
2000s
- 2000/12 - Ikaru
- 2000/12 - Kamigami no Itadaki
- 2002/09 - Ten no Taka - Sky Hawk
- 2004/11 - Toudo no Tabibito - The Ice Wanderer
- 2005/03 - Seton
- 2005/12 - Hare Yuku Sora
- 2006/03 - Sampo Mono
- 2007/09 - Mahou no Yama (The Magic Mountain)
- 2008/03 - Fuyu no Doubutsu en - Zoo in Winter