Jun Hatanaka Explained

Jun Hatanaka
Birth Date:March 20, 1950
Birth Place:Kokura, Japan
Death Place:Chōfu, Japan
Nationality:Japanese
Area:Manga artist
Notable Works:Mandaraya no Ryouta
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was a Japanese manga artist and woodblock artist.[1] Born in Kokura, Fukuoka Prefecture,[2] marked his debut as a professional manga artist in 1977.[1] Two years later, his most well-known work, Mandaraya no Ryouta, began to be published in Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha's Weekly Manga Sunday magazine.[1] He also served as an instructor in Tokyo Polytechnic University's Department of Manga before he died on June 13, 2012, from an abdominal aortic aneurysm[1] in Chōfu, Tokyo.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Manga Creator/Instructor Jun Hatanaka Passes Away . June 13, 2012 . Anime News Network . July 31, 2014.
  2. Web site: ━畑中純「まんだら屋の良太」 - 『梁塵秘抄』 または "わしふぃーるど" . . July 31, 2014 . Japanese.
  3. Web site: http://www.asahi.com/obituaries/update/0613/TKY201206130272.html . https://web.archive.org/web/20120617024340/http://www.asahi.com/obituaries/update/0613/TKY201206130272.html . June 17, 2012 . ja:漫画家・畑中純さん死去 「まんだら屋の良太」 . asahi.com . . July 31, 2014 . Japanese.