Kikuchi Kan Award
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Edition 60 (2006) award
Hisashi Ishii
いしいひさいち
Ishii Hisaichi
Pen Names:
Hisashi Ishii（Real name）
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1951-09-02 （Tamano, Okayama, Japan）
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
- Residence History
- Uno, Tamano, Okayama → Shimoshinjo, Higashiyodogawa, Osaka → Uzumoridai, Higashinada, Kobe, Hyogo → Kamakura, Kanagawa
Career
- Occupations
- Manga artist
- Active Years
- 1972-
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansai University | Faculty of Sociology | — | 学士 | 1970-1975 | Japan |
Kansai University
Faculty of Sociology
Degree:
学士
Period:
1970-1975
Year of Graduation:
1975
Country:
Japan
Debuted as manga artist while in university
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Bungei Shunju Manga Award | Ganbare!! Tabuchi-kun!! | — | Bungei Shunju | 受賞 |
| 2003 | Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize - Short Work Award | Modern Thought's Castaways, Nono-chan, etc. | 短編賞 | Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Committee | 受賞 |
| 2003 | Japan Cartoonists Association Award - Grand Prize | — | — | Japan Cartoonists Association | 受賞 |
| 2006 | Kikuchi Kan Prize | — | — | Kikuchi Kan Prize Committee | 受賞 |
Bungei Shunju Manga Award
1985
Work:
Ganbare!! Tabuchi-kun!!
Organization:
Bungei Shunju
Result:
受賞
Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize - Short Work Award
2003
Work:
Modern Thought's Castaways, Nono-chan, etc.
Category:
短編賞
Organization:
Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Committee
Result:
受賞
Japan Cartoonists Association Award - Grand Prize
2003
Organization:
Japan Cartoonists Association
Result:
受賞
Kikuchi Kan Prize
2006
Organization:
Kikuchi Kan Prize Committee
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Ganbare!! Tabuchi-kun!!
1979 4-panel mangaA 4-panel manga based on professional baseball player Koichi Tabuchi. It has been adapted into an anime.
Professional baseballSatireNonsense
Adaptations
- [Anime film] Ganbare!! Tabuchi-kun!!
Nono-chan
1999 4-panel mangaLong-running series serialized in the morning newspaper. Adapted into a film by Studio Ghibli.
Daily lifeFamilySatire
Adaptations
- [Film] Hoohokekyo Tonari no Yamada-kun (1999)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- satiricalnonsenseexaggerated character design
- Recurring Motifs
- political satirecommon people's lifeparody of real people
Legacy
Hisashi Ishii is a manga artist known for unique nonsense and satire, tackling diverse themes and winning many awards. His notable works include 'Ganbare!! Tabuchi-kun!!' and 'Nono-chan'.
Trivia
- In his early debut days, he kept his home phone in the refrigerator.
- Extremely dislikes revealing his face or media exposure; representatives attend some award ceremonies on his behalf.
- His signature work 'Ganbare!! Tabuchi-kun!!' is based on professional baseball player Koichi Tabuchi.