Shotaro Ishinomori

Shotaro Ishinomori
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Name	Shotaro Ishinomori
Aliases	Ishinomori Shōtarō; Shôtarô Onodera; Shotaro Ishimori
Roles	Writer Animator
Place of birth	Tome, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan
Gender	Male
Date of birth	January 25th, 1938
Date of death	January 28th, 1998
First appearance	Astro Boy

Shotaro Ishinomori (石ノ森章太郎), born Shotaro Onodera, was a Japanese writer and illustrator born in Tome, Miyagi, Japan on January 25th, 1938. Ishinomori is a pioneer of the Manga and Anime visual style of animated artwork and was responsible for the creation of several popularly regarded science fiction/super-hero related works. He was also the founder of Ishimori Entertainment, a division of Ishimori Production, Inc. Ishinomori was a student of famous manga pioneer Osamu Tezuka, creator of Astro Boy. Following in his mentor's footsteps, Ishinomori's work dominated the medium throughout the 1970s. By the 1990s, Ishinomori's health began to deteriorate and he asked a young mangaka named Kazuhiko Shimamota to work on a continuation/remake of his 1970 Manga series Skull Man. On January 28th, 1998, three days after his 60th birthday, Shotaro Ishinomori passed away from heart failure. His final work was the tokusatsu superhero television series, Voicelugger, televised a year later.

Career[]

One of Ishinomori's earliest works was a Manga called Cyborg 009, which was first serialized in Monthly Shōnen Magazine and Weekly Shōnen Magazine. The premise of the Manga revolved around a team of nine cyborgs banded together to fight an evil organization known as Black Ghost.

Ishinomori's most enduring influence however was the tokusatsu (live-action) superhero series Kamen Rider, which aired from 1971 to 1973 on the Mainichi Broadcasting System. A Manga serial of Kamen Rider was published in Shōnen Magazine as well. The series proved immensely popular and spawned a franchise of related spin-off projects. Kamen Rider birthed the concept of the henshin, or, "transforming superhero", in which a character would strike a pose before instantly transforming into his or her heroic identity.

Ishinomori followed the success of Kamen Rider with a series of similarly-themed superhero adventures, many of which were brought to life through the efforts of Toei Animation. Kikaider for example, was a Manga franchise inspired by Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and Carlo Collodi's children's story, Pinocchio. The series ran from July, 1972 to May, 1973 and aired on TV Asahi. The series was rebooted in 2000-2001 as Android Kikaider and was also released as a four-part OVA in 2001. Ishinomori's other works include Inazuman, Robotto Keijii and Secret Task Force Goranger and 009-1.

Body of work[]

Film[]

Note: Shotaro Ishinomori was not necessarily directly involved in all media based on his work.

Cyborg 009
Cyborg 009: Underground Duel
Flying Phantom Ship
30000 Miles Under the Sea
Kamen Rider: All Back Again! 7 Riders
Cyborg 009: Legend of the Super Galaxy
Brain 17
Kamen Raidâ 10's Birth! Riders Unite!
Kamen Raidâ Burakku: Kyoufu! Akumatouge no kaijinkan!
Shin Kamen Raidâ
Kamen Raidâ Z
Kamen Raidâ Jei
Jinzô ningen Hakaidâ
Kamen Raidâ: The Next
Kamen Raidâ G
Gekijô ban Kamen raidâ Kiba: Makaijô no ô
Kamen Raidâ W

Television[]

Note: Shotaro Ishinomori was not necessarily directly involved in all media based on his work.

Saibogu 009
Kamen Raidâ
Kamen Raidâ tai Shokkâ
Kikaida: Android of Justice
Kamen Raidâ tai jigoku taishi
Kikaida Zero Wan
Kamen Raidâ bui surî
Robotto keiji
Kamen Raidâ Bui Surii tai Desutoron Kaijin
Inazuman
Hang in There, Robocon!
Kamen Raidâ Ekkusu
Inazuman Furashu
Go-Nin Raidaa tai kingu Daaku
Kamen Raidâ Amazon
Himitsu sentai Gorenjâ
Kamen Raidâ Sutorongâ
Akumaizâ surî
Jyakkâ Dengekitai
Cyborg 009
Kamen Raidâ
Kamen Raidâ Sûpâ Wan
Kamen Raidâ Burakku
Kamen Raida Burakku Aru Ekkusu
Kamen Raida Burakku: Onigajima he kyuko seyo!
Blazing Robocon!
Kamen Raidâ Kuga
Android Kikaider: The Animation
Kamen Raidâ Agito
Kamen Raidâ Ryuki
Kamen Raidâ 555
Kamen Raidâ Bureido
Kamen Raidâ Hibiki
Gekijoban kamen raider hibiki to shichinin nosenki
009-1
Kamen Raidâ OOO

Notes & Trivia[]

Was a student of Astro Boy creator Osamu Tezuka.

Changed his family name to Ishinomori in 1986.

Around 1955, Ishinomori submitted work to a contest seeking new talent in the magazine, Manga Shonen. Osamu Tezuka was impressed by his drawings and asked Ishinomori to help him with Astro Boy.

His work posthumously awarded him the Guinness World Record for most comics published by one author, totaling over 128,000 pages.

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