Date of birth
15 Feb 1932
95 years ago at
Tokyo, Japan
Also Known As
- Sampei Shirato
- 冈本登
- 岡本登
- Noboru Okamoto
Sanpei Shirato
A Japanese manga artist and essayist known for his social criticism as well as his realistic drawing style and the characters in his scenarios.
Biography
He is considered a pioneer of gekiga. The son of the Japanese proletarian painter Toki Okamoto, his dream to become an artist equal with his father started when he became a Kamishibai artist.
He is also known for his work published in the early issues of the manga anthology magazine Garo in 1964, which he began publishing so as to serialize his comic Kamui.
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