Kaoru Shintani (æ–°è°· ã‹ãŠã‚‹, Shintani Kaoru, born April 26, 1951 in Toyonaka, Osaka, Japan) is a Japanese manga artist. Shintani is best known for his series Area 88 In addition to his pilot comics, Shintani has ventured into science fiction, fantasy, comedy, and hentai comics as well. In 1985, he was awarded the Shogakukan Manga Award for shÅnen for Area 88 and Futari Daka.
Shintani began his career in 1972 as a shÅjo artist and was nominated for the Ribon Comics Award for best new artist of that year. 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. 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.
Works
Manga
All titles written and illustrated by Shintani.
- Area 88 (1979â€"1986)
- Futari Daka (1981-1985)
- Balancer (1985â€"1986)
- Cleopatra DC (1986-1991)
- I Dream of Mimi (1993-1997)
- Young Miss Holmes
Original Video Animation
- Area 88 (1985, based on Shintani's manga)
- Cleopatra DC (1989, based on Shintani's manga, screenplay by Shintani)
- I Dream of Mimi (1997, based on Shintani's manga Buttobi CPU)
Television
- Space Emperor God Sigma (1980â€"1981, character design by Shintani)
- Futari Daka (1984â€"1985, based on Shintani's manga)
- Area 88 (2005, based on Shintani's manga)
References
External links
- (Japanese) Kaoru Shintani's official website
- Kaoru Shintani at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
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