Ja Kanji: | シートン動物記 |
Ja Romaji: | Shīton Dōbutsuki |
Genre: | Wildlife |
Type: | manga |
Author: | Sanpei Shirato |
Publisher: | Shogakukan |
First: | June 1961 |
Last: | 1963 |
Volumes: | 3 |
Type: | manga |
Grizzly Bear Story | |
Author: | Sanpei Shirato |
Publisher: | Seirindō |
Published: | 1964 |
Volumes: | 2 |
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Sanpei Shirato published in two parts: three volumes published by Shogakukan from 1961 to 1962, and two volumes published by Seirindō in 1964 under the title . All five volumes were based on works by noted author and wildlife artist Ernest Seton, and used text written by Kenji Uchiyama (who translated all of Seton's work into Japanese).
In 1963, the manga, together with Shirato's other series, won the 4th Kodansha Children's Manga Award.[1]
In addition to the volumes listed below, Shogakukan published in 1999 a set of two volumes containing the entire series.