Sanpei Shirato
- Known for
- Writing
- Born
- February 15, 1932
- Died
- October 8, 2021 (aged 89)
- Birthplace
- Tokyo, Japan
Biography
A Japanese manga artist and essayist known for his social criticism as well as his realistic drawing style and the characters in his scenarios. 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.
Known For
Filmography
Kamui
Movie · Comic Book, Writer
Seton Animal Chronicles
TV · Comic Book, Writer · 45 eps
The Legend of Ninja Kamui: The Shell of the Sun and Moon
Movie · Writer, Comic Book
Band of Ninja Pilot
Movie · Writer, Comic Book
The Legend of Ninja Kamui
TV · Comic Book, Writer · 26 eps
Sasuke
TV · Comic Book, Writer · 29 eps
Band of Ninja
Movie · Comic Book, Writer
Watari, the Ninja Boy
Movie · Comic Book, Writer
Shounen Ninja Kaze no Fujimaru: Ma Boroshi Majutsu-dan
Movie · Writer, Comic Book
Shounen Ninja Kaze no Fujimaru: Nazo no Arabiya Ningyou
Movie · Comic Book, Writer
Samurai Kid
TV · Writer, Comic Book · 65 eps