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. He is best known as the writer and artist for the ''Dogs'' manga series, but has also contributed illustrations to various tribute books, and magazines, including

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. Miwa sometimes publishes under the circle name of m.m.m. + Gee. He is also an official member of Doujin Band

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as Illustrator and Designer. Miwa also worked on the character designs for most games in the '' 7th Dragon'' series and ''

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''.

Works

Shirow's debut manga, ''Black Mind'', a short series created in collaboration with Darai Kusanagi, was serialized in

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in 1999, and was followed by his first solo series, ''Dogs'', which was serialized from 2000 to 2001. The sequel, ''Dogs: Bullets & Carnage'', began serialization in 2005. In August 2008, the ''Dogs'' prequel and sequel were announced to have been licensed by

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; ''Dogs'' was subsequently released in April 2009 as ''Dogs, Volume 0: Prelude'' using the ''Bullets & Carnage'' logo. In 2009, Dogs was adapted into a 4 episode OVA series by

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. Shirow also made the character designs for the anime ''Joker Game'' and ''Kiznaiver'' in 2016. He has also worked with

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to make a novel for their animated series

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, which was published on May 19, 2017.

Publications

*''Black Mind'' * ''

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'' light novel *''

Dogs The dog (''Canis familiaris'' or ''Canis lupus familiaris'') is a domesticated descendant of the wolf. Also called the domestic dog, it is derived from the extinct Pleistocene wolf, and the modern wolf is the dog's nearest living relative. Do ...

'' *'' Dogs: Bullets & Carnage'' *''

Anime

*''

Kiznaiver is a 2016 Japanese anime television series produced by Trigger, Aniplex, and Crunchyroll and written by Mari Okada. The series features character designs by Shirow Miwa. It also features the directorial debut of Hiroshi Kobayashi, assistant ...

'' (character designer) *''

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'' (character designer)

Video games

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'', ''

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'', '' 7th Dragon III Code: VFD'' (artist and character designer) *''

'' (character designer)

References

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* Living people People from Toyama (city) Manga artists from Toyama Prefecture 1978 births {{manga-artist-stub