Jun Hatanaka

Jun Hatanaka (Japanese: ç•'中 ç´", Hepburn: Hatanaka Jun, March 20, 1950 â€" June 13, 2012) was a Japanese manga and woodblock artist. Born in Kokura, Fukuoka Precture, Tsukiyo (月夜) marked his debut as a professional manga artist in 1977. Two years later, his most known work, Mandaraya no Ryouta, started to be published in Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha's Weekly Manga Sunday magazine. He also served as instructor in Tokyo Polytechnic University's Department of Manga before he died on June 13, 2012 from an abdominal aortic aneurysm in Chōfu, Tokyo.

Works

• Mandaraya no Ryouta (まã‚"だら屋の良太) (Weekly Manga Sunday, Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha)
• Genkai YÅ«kyōden Saburōmaru (玄海遊侠伝 三郎丸) (Weekly Manga Sunday, Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha)
• Hyaku Hachi no Koi (百八の恋) (Weekly Morning, Kodansha)
• Obake (オバケ) (Weekly Morning, Kodansha)
• Risō Miya (理想宮) (Big Gold, Shogakukan)
• Dai Tama Tsukiyo (大多æ'©æœˆå¤œ) (Big Gold, Shogakukan)
• Orokamono no Hakuen (愚か者の楽åœ') (Shōsetsu Shinchō, Shinchosha)
• Gaki (ガキ) (Comic Tom, Ushio Shuppan)
• Ryouta (良太) (Monthly Comic Bingo, BungeishunjÅ«)
• Gokudō Mon (極é"モン) (Jitsuwajidai, Media Boy)
• Gataro (ガタロ) (Garo, Seirindō)

References