Jiro taniguchi biography
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Jiro Taniguchi
Japanese manga artist
Not to be confused with the Japanese animator Gorō Taniguchi.
Jiro Taniguchi (谷口 ジロー, Taniguchi Jirō, 14 August 1947 – 11 February 2017)[1] was a Japanese manga writer/artist. His works belong to the gekiga, or "dramatic pictures", genre of manga.[2] In France he was knighted a Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2011.[3]
Career
[edit]Taniguchi began his career as an assistant of manga artistKyūta Ishikawa. He made his manga debut in 1970 with Kareta Heya, published in the magazine Young Comic.
From 1978 to 1986, 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 1987 to 1996, Taniguchi and Natsuo Sekigawa produced the 5-volume series The Times of Botchan. In the 1990s, he came up with several albums, among which were Aruku Hito (歩くひと), A Journal of My Father (父の暦, Chic
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Jiro Taniguchi 1947 – 2017
First off, I’m going to give him his proper titles—Chevalier Jiro Taniguchi, dem l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, Maestro sektion Fumetto. Because when you are paying tribute to a comic book artist who has been knighted by the French government and titled in Italy, you do him full honors. Of course, those are not Taniguchi’s only awards—he had the usual collection befitting a manga genius, including receiving the Osamu Tezuka Culture Award and the Shogakukan prize—but being named Knight of the beställning of Arts and Letters and mästare of Comics is something special.
You’ve never heard of the esteemed Chevalier Taniguchi? Don’t feel too bad. inom had never heard of him either, until several years back when inom was still doing manga reviews and hunting around for a publisher willing to take a chance on Shigeru Mizuki. inom crossed paths with Stephen Robson at Fanfare / Ponent Mon, who basically said "Have you heard of Jiro Taniguchi?" and sent me a care package full of b
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Taniguchi Jirō’s World of Manga
When manga creator Taniguchi Jirō died in February 2017, the majority of the Japanese media described him as the artist of Kodoku no gurume (The Solitary Gourmet), the series he was best known for in his home nation. In France, however, detailed coverage in Le Monde and other press outlets primarily paid tribute to his solo works Aruku hito (trans. The Walking Man) and Haruka na machi e (trans. A Distant Neighborhood), which won acclaim in the country. Taniguchi may well be more highly regarded in Europe than he is in Japan. He took inspiration from Franco-Belgian comic artists like Mœbius and François Schuiten, and most of his works are available in French. His standing in France is apparent from his being one of just three mangaka to receive the Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, alongside Akira creator Ōtomo Katsuhiro and Matsumoto Leiji of Ginga tetsudō 999 (Galaxy Express 999) fame.
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