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 ...
and
illustrator
An illustrator is an artist who specializes in enhancing writing or elucidating concepts by providing a visual representation that corresponds to the content of the associated text or idea. The illustration may be intended to clarify complicat ...
, whose works include ''
Old Boy'', ''Aburemon'', ''Jungle'', ''Tenpai'', ''Hoozuki'', ''Joi Reika'', and ''Maboroshi No Kakero''.
Minegishi's series ''Old Boy'' won the 2007
Eisner Award
The Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, commonly shortened to the Eisner Awards, are prizes given for creative achievement in American comic books, sometimes referred to as the comics industry's equivalent of the Academy Awards. They are named in ...
for
Best U.S. Edition of International Material - Japan.
References
External links
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Manga artists from Miyagi Prefecture
Living people
1959 births
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