Hisaichi Ishii Explained

is a Japanese manga artist.^[1] He is best known outside Japan for his manga series Nono-chan, which was adapted into the Studio Ghibli anime film My Neighbors the Yamadas.^[2] Topics covered by Ishii's manga include baseball (in his debut work), politics, economics, current events and topics, philosophy, and so on. He is known for his extreme caricatures of well-known celebrities and well known people, including Kōichi Tabuchi (a pro baseball catcher in Japan), Kim Jong Il, and Tsuneo Watanabe (executive director of the Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings group, owner of the Yomiuri Shimbun).

Ishii graduated with a degree in sociology at Kansai University.

Works

Listed alphabetically.

• • Baito-kun (debut professional work)
    • • • • Doughnuts Books
            • • Ishii Hisaichi's CNN
              • Nono-chan (formerly titled My Neighbors the Yamadas)
  • Ojamanga Yamada-kun

Sources:^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: http://blog.manga.moura.jp/ishii/. ja:いしいひさいち、４コママンガ いしいひさいちワールド. MouRa. 2007-10-07. ja. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20071028072504/http://blog.manga.moura.jp/ishii/. 2007-10-28.
2. Web site: My Neighbors the Yamadas. Nausicaa.net. Team Ghiblink. 2007-10-07.
3. Web site: http://nakanoso.fc2web.com/. ja:いしいひさいちＦＣ“仲野荘”. 2007-10-07. 2004-04-12. ja. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20070905230400/http://nakanoso.fc2web.com/. 2007-09-05.