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Hisashi Sakaguchi
Hisashi Sakaguchi (, ''Sakaguchi Hisashi''; – December 22, 1995) was a Japanese manga artist and animator. After working under Osamu Tezuka, he began focusing on creating his own manga, including the Ikkyū biography series ''Ikkyū'', before dying at the age of 49. Life and work At age seventeen, Sakaguchi dropped out of school to work for Osamu Tezuka's animation studio, Mushi Production. Serving as an assistant animator, he worked on the productions for '' Ambassador Atom'', ''Kimba the White Lion'', and '' Princess Knight''. Sakaguchi also collaborated with Tezuka on the original manga ''Cleopatra'', which was later adapted into the 1970 anime film of the same name. In 1969, he departed Tezuka's studio and began working independently, creating his own manga, including ''Version'', the 1400-page ''Fleur de Pierre'', and ''Ikkyū''. He also illustrated the manga '' Wolf Guy'' for sci-fi writer Kazumasa Hirai. ''Ikkyū'' (あっかんべェ一休; also known as ''Akanbe Ik ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokyo, Japan
Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 million residents ; the city proper has a population of 13.99 million people. Located at the head of Tokyo Bay, the prefecture forms part of the Kantō region on the central coast of Honshu, Japan's largest island. Tokyo serves as Japan's economic center and is the seat of both the Japanese government and the Emperor of Japan. Originally a fishing village named Edo, the city became politically prominent in 1603, when it became the seat of the Tokugawa shogunate. By the mid-18th century, Edo was one of the most populous cities in the world with a population of over one million people. Following the Meiji Restoration of 1868, the imperial capital in Kyoto was moved to Edo, which was renamed "Tokyo" (). Tokyo was devasta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
