is a Japanese manga artist

Mangaka

is the Japanese word for a comic artist or cartoonist. Outside of Japan, manga usually refers to a Japanese comic book and mangaka refers to the author of the manga, who is usually Japanese...

. He made his debut as a manga artist in 1955 with kashi-hon

Kashi-hon

is a Japanese phrase for books and magazines that are rented out. Kashi-hon often refers also to the industry it was based on.Kashi-hon was introduced in Japan in the Edo period because books were too expensive for common people to buy, and therefore people would prefer borrowing over buying...

 manga. He started as an assistant of Osamu Tezuka

Osamu Tezuka

was a Japanese cartoonist, manga artist, animator, producer, activist and medical doctor, although he never practiced medicine. Born in Osaka Prefecture, he is best known as the creator of Astro Boy, Kimba the White Lion and Black Jack...

 in 1958, but is primarily known for starting out as an assistant of Fujio Akatsuka

Fujio Akatsuka

was a pioneer Japanese artist of comical manga known as the Gag Manga King. His name at birth is 赤塚 藤雄, whose Japanese pronunciation is the same as 赤塚 不二夫....

 five years later. He is best known for his series Dame Oyaji

Dame Oyaji

is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mitsutoshi Furuya. It was serialized by Shogakukan in Shōnen Sunday from September 23, 1970 to July 28, 1982 . Dame Oyaji received the 1979 Shogakukan Manga Award for shōnen manga...

("No-Good Dad", 1970–1982), which gained notoriety by giving a darkly humorous send-up of Japanese family life with a meek, pathetic father married to a cruel and savage wife. The series received the 1979 Shogakukan Manga Award

Shogakukan Manga Award

The is one of Japan's major manga awards, sponsored by Shogakukan Publishing. It has been awarded annually for serialized manga since 1955 and features candidates from a number of publishers.The current award categories are:...

 for shōnen

Shonen

The term refers to manga marketed to a male audience aged roughly 10 and up. The Kanji characters literally mean "few" and "year", respectively, where the characters generally mean "comic"...

, was adapted into a movie in 1973 and as an anime

Anime

is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....

television series in 1974.

Selected works

(1970–1982, Shōnen Sunday) (39 volumes) (1971–72, Shōnen King) (6 volumes) (1972, Shōnen King) (6 volumes) (1973–74, Shōnen Champion) (5 volumes) (1985- , Weekly Manga Action) (19 volumes) (2 volumes) (1 volume)

External links

• Profile at The Ultimate Manga Guide