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Kokou No Hito
or ''The Climber'' is a Japanese manga series written by Shin-ichi Sakamoto and Yoshirō Nabeda and illustrated by Sakamoto, based on a novel by Jirō Nitta. It was originally serialized in Shueisha's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Young Jump'' from November 2007 to October 2012, with its chapters collected in 17 ''tankōbon'' volumes. It tells the story of introvert solo mountain climber Mori Buntarō—partially based on real-life mountain climber Buntarō Katō—who is introduced to sport climbing after being transferred to a new high school and later dedicates his entire life to professional mountain climbing, keeping the ascent of K2's East Face as his goal. In 2010, ''Kokou no Hito'' won an Excellence Prize at the 14th Japan Media Arts Festival. Synopsis The story follows a lonesome and "gloomy" student named and his journey from the discovery of his new passion, climbing, starting from a high school climbing club, to being a world class professional climber. Go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tankōbon
is the Japanese Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture ** Japanese diaspor ... term for a book that is not part of an anthology or corpus. In modern Japanese, the term is most often used in reference to individual volumes of a manga series: most series first appear as individual chapters in a weekly or monthly List of manga magazines, manga anthology with other works before being published as volumes containing several chapters each. Major publishing Imprint (trade name), imprints for include Jump Comics (for serials in Shueisha's ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' and other Jump (magazine line), ''Jump'' magazines), Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine, Shōnen Magazine Comics, and Shogakukan's Shōnen Sunday Comics. Japanese comics (manga) manga came to be published in thick, phone book, phone- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shin-ichi Sakamoto
is a Japanese manga artist A is a comic artist who writes and/or illustrates manga. As of 2006, about 3,000 professional manga artists were working in Japan. Most manga artists study at an art college or manga school or take on an apprenticeship with another artist be ... known for his ''seinen'' manga series ''Kokou no Hito'' and the ''Innocent (manga), Innocent'' duology. Both ''Kokou no Hito'' and ''Innocent'' were awarded an Excellence Award at the Japan Media Arts Festival. His newest series ''DRCL midnight children, #DRCL midnight children'' began serialization in ''Grand Jump'' in 2021. Works Manga * (1995) * (1995) * (April 19, 2004 – November 18, 2005) * (2005 – 2006, illustrations) * (2007 – 2012) * (January 31, 2013 – April 16, 2015) * (May 20, 2015 – January 8, 2020) * ''#DRCL midnight children'' (January 20, 2021 – present) Other * (2020, Artbook) * (2020, One-shot (comics), one-shot ''doujinshi'') * (2021, Cover art) Award ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
