Motoei Shinzawa Explained

Birth Name:新沢 基栄
Birth Date:June 10, 1958
Birth Place:Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, Japan
Nationality:Japanese
Area:Manga
Notable Works:Highschool! Kimen-gumi series
Nonus:yes
Sortkey:Shinzawa, Motoei

is a Japanese manga artist born June 10, 1958, in Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, Japan.

His debut manga was Sannen Kimen-gumi, published in Weekly Shōnen Jump beginning in 1980. After Sannen ended in 1982, he began publishing Highschool! Kimen-gumi, also in Weekly Shōnen Jump, until 1987. Highschool was a smash hit, and an animated version was begun in 1985, running for two years on Fuji TV, along with a movie in 1986 and two video games. His next manga series was, which ran from 1988 through 1990. After Shitataka, Shinzawa took a break from publishing manga until 2001, when his current series, Flash! Kimen-gumi began.

Reception

Shinzawa's High School! Kimengumi has been called "the funniest manga I have ever read" by Michael Gombos, director of Asian marketing for Dark Horse.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Michael Gombos' Top 9 Manga. About.com. Michael. Gombos. March 26, 2010. July 20, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090720001006/http://manga.about.com/od/recommendedreading/tp/MichaelGombosTop9.htm. dead.