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 ...

. He is best known for his

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manga series ''

Tokyo Ghoul is a Japanese dark fantasy manga series written and illustrated by Sui Ishida. It was serialized in Shueisha's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Young Jump'' between September 2011 and September 2014, and was collected in four ...

'' and ''

Choujin X is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Sui Ishida. It has been irregularly serialized on Shueisha's ''Tonari no Young Jump'' website since May 2021 and in ''Weekly Young Jump'' from October 2021 to February 2022. Synopsis has ...

''.

Career history

Sui Ishida is best known for his

series ''

'', a story about a young man named Ken Kaneki who gets transformed into a

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after encountering one. The series then ran from 2011 to 2014 in

Shueisha (lit. "Gathering of Intellect Publishing Co., Ltd.") is a Japanese company headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. The company was established in 1925 as the entertainment-related publishing division of Japanese publisher Shogakukan. The foll ...

's ''

Weekly Young Jump is a Japanese ''seinen'' manga magazine published by Shueisha. Launched in 1979, it is published under Shueisha's ''Jump'' line of magazines. The chapters of series that run in ''Weekly Young Jump'' are collected and published in ''tankōbon'' v ...

'' magazine, and was later adapted into a

light novel A light novel (, Hepburn: ''raito noberu'') is a style of young adult novel primarily targeting high school and middle school students. The term "light novel" is a ''wasei-eigo'', or a Japanese term formed from words in the English languag ...

and

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series in 2014. The manga was also translated into English where it topped ''The New York Times'' Best Seller list in 2015. A prequel titled ''Tokyo Ghoul ack' was briefly serialized digitally on ''Jump Live'' in 2013. In 2014, he began a sequel titled '' Tokyo Ghoul:re''. In 2017, a live-action adaptation of ''Tokyo Ghoul'' was released theatrically in Japan. In March 2018, an anime adaptation for ''Tokyo Ghoul:re'' began to air with a second season released in October 2018. In 2016, Ishida created a 69-page

storyboard A storyboard is a graphic organizer that consists of illustrations or images displayed in sequence for the purpose of pre-visualizing a motion picture, animation, motion graphic or interactive media sequence. The storyboarding process, i ...

of a manga chapter based on

Yoshihiro Togashi is a Japanese manga artist. He began drawing manga at an early age, before being recognized for his talent by publishing company Shueisha while attending college. Togashi has authored several manga series in different genres during the past thr ...

's ''

Hunter × Hunter ''Hunter × Hunter'' (stylized as ''HUNTER×HUNTER'' and pronounced "hunter hunter") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yoshihiro Togashi. It has been serialized in Shueisha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shō ...

'' series. Depicting the past of the character Hisoka, the storyboard was released digitally via '' Shonen Jump+'' on June 2, 2016. on May 10, 2021, Ishida started the manga series ''

'' on

's ''Tonari no Young Jump'' website.

Works

Manga

Light novels

Video games

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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