Kaoru Shintani (新谷 かおる Shintani Kaoru?) (born April 26, 1951 in Toyonaka, Osaka, Japan) is a Japanese mangaka (writer and artist of manga and anime). Events 1467 - The miraculous image in Our Lady of Good Counsel appear in Genazzano, Italy. Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January is a city located in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. As of 2008, the city has an estimated Population of 387269 and a density WikipediaWikiProject Japanese prefectures for guidelines --> is a prefecture located in the Kinki region on Honshū, the main island of For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. The are the dominant Ethnic group of Japan. Worldwide approximately 130 million people are of Japanese descent of these approximately 127 million are residents of Japan is the Japanese word for a comic artist or Cartoonist. Outside of Japan, Manga usually refers to a Japanese Comic book and mangaka A writer is anyone who creates a written work although the word usually designates those who write creatively or professionally as well as those who have written in many different forms The definition of an artist is wide-ranging and covers a broad spectrum of Activities to do with creating Art, practicing the Arts and/or demonstrating ˈmɑŋgə is the Japanese word for Comics (sometimes called komikku コミック and print Cartoons In their modern form manga date from shortly (anime in Japanese, Shintani is best known for his series Area 88, which is widely recognized as one of the finest aviator comic titles in the history of manga. is a Japanese Manga series by Kaoru Shintani serialized between 1979 and 1986. In addition to his very popular pilot comics, Shintani has successfully ventured into science fiction, fantasy, comedy, and hentai comics as well. Fantasy is a Genre that uses magic and other Supernatural forms as a primary element of plot, theme, and/or setting Comedy (from the Greek κωμωδίαkomodia has a popular meaning (any discourse generally intended to amuse especially in Television, Film, and is a Japanese word that in the West is used when referring to sexually explicit or pornographic comics and animation particularly Japanese Anime, In 1985, he was awarded the Shogakukan Manga Award for shōnen for Area 88 and Futari Daka. The Shogakukan Manga Award is one of Japan's major Manga awards sponsored by Shogakukan Publishing. is a Japanese word literally meaning few years which can have the following meanings Shōnen a typical Boy, from elementary school through junior high [1]
Shintani began his career in 1972 as a shōjo artist and was nominated for the Ribon Comics Award for best new artist of that year. is a Japanese word originally derived from a Chinese expression written with the same characters is a monthly Japanese Shōjo Manga magazine published by Shueisha, first issued in August 1955 After working as an assistant to Leiji Matsumoto, the writer and artist of Captain Harlock and Space Battleship Yamato, Shintani began to publish aviator titles in various comic magazines. is a well-known creator of several Anime and Manga series Space opera Matsumoto is famous for his Space operas such as Space Battleship (known as Albator in the French version is a fictional character created by Manga artist Leiji Matsumoto. is a Japanese Science fiction Anime series and the name of its eponymous space craft. [2] Serialization of Area 88 began in 1979 and the title has been popular ever since.
While working as an assistant to Matsumoto, one of Shintani's duties was to construct plastic models for drawing reference. Matsumoto often states that he based the character Yattaran (who appears as a supporting character in several Harlock stories) on Shintani.
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All titles written and illustrated by Shintani.