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 ...

born June 10, 1958, in Kashiwazaki,

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. His debut manga was '' Sannen Kimen-gumi'', published in ''

Weekly Shōnen Jump is a weekly ''shōnen'' manga anthology published in Japan by Shueisha under the ''Jump'' line of magazines. The manga series within the magazine consist of many action scenes and a fair amount of comedy. The chapters of the series that run ...

'' beginning in 1980. After ''Sannen'' ended in 1982, he began publishing ''

Highschool! Kimen-gumi is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Motoei Shinzawa. A first series ''Third Year Funny-face Club'' was serialized in Shueisha's ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from October 1980 to April 1982. ''High School! Kimengumi'' was seri ...

'', also in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'', until 1987. ''Highschool'' was a smash hit, and an

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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

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References

1958 births Living people Manga artists from Niigata Prefecture {{manga-artist-stub