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 ...
from
Hyōgo Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Hyōgo Prefecture has a population of 5,469,762 () and has a geographic area of . Hyōgo Prefecture borders Kyoto Prefecture to the east, Osaka Prefecture to the southeast, an ...
, known for his work as the illustrator of ''
Mobile Suit Gundam Wing: Episode Zero'', specializes in the
yaoi
''Yaoi'' (; ja, やおい ), also known by the ''wasei-eigo'' construction and its abbreviation , is a genre of fictional media originating in Japan that features Homoeroticism, homoerotic relationships between male characters. It is typi ...
genre.
Leroy Dessaroux described Kanbe as being "unusually good at figure drawing", especially drawing people during sex acts. Active Anime's Rachel Bentham commends ''Hot Limits art as "racy, sexy and hot", and has praised Kanbe's skill at drawing "subtle facial expressions".
Bibliography
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Tsuki no Umareru Yoru (1995) - Author & Illustrator
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Mobile Suit Gundam Wing: Episode Zero (1997) - Illustrator
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Kimi Made Mousugu'' (2000) - Author & Illustrator
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Moichido Koishite (2001) - Author & Illustrator
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Hitomi no Mukougawa (2001) - Author & Illustrator
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Yasashiku Sokubaku Shiteageru (2002) - Author & Illustrator
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Keep Out (2002) - Author & Illustrator
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Cool Down (2003) - Author & Illustrator
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Scramble Game (2004) - Author & Illustrator
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Trouble Love Candy (2004) - Author & Illustrator
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Freezing Flame (Kooru Shakunetsu)
Freezing is a phase transition where a liquid turns into a solid when its temperature is lowered below its freezing point. In accordance with the internationally established definition, freezing means the solidification phase change of a liquid o ...
(2004) - Author & Illustrator
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Bittersweet Café (2005) - Author & Illustrator
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Love or Pride (2006) - Author & Illustrator
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Hot Limit (2006) - Illustrator
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Loving Gaze
is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Akira Kanbe. It is licensed in North America by Digital Manga Publishing
Digital Manga is a California-based publishing company that licenses and releases Japanese manga, anime, and relate ...
- (2006) - Author & Illustrator
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Love Wars
''Love Wars'' is the 1983 debut album by musical duo Womack & Womack. The album, described by Chris Rizik of ''SoulTracks'' as "a critical favorite", charted at number 34 on the ''Billboard'' Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. In his review of the al ...
(2007) - Illustrator
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Blind Love (2007) - Author & Illustrator
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I.D (2008) - Author & Illustrator
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Retsujou no Meikyou (2008) - Author & Illustrator
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Oshigoto no Jikan!? (2009) - Illustrator
References
External links
Personal website(Japanese)
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Japanese artists
Living people
Manga artists from Hyōgo Prefecture
Year of birth missing (living people)