Yang Kyung-il (born March 26, 1970) is a South Korean ''

manhwa (; ) is the general Korean language, Korean term for comics and print cartoons. Outside Korea, the term usually refers to South Korea, South Korean comics. is greatly influenced by Japanese Manga comics. Modern Manhwa has extended its rea ...

'' artist from

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, South Korea. In 2009 he and frequent collaborator

Youn In-wan Youn In-wan (, born July 27, 1976) is a South Korean ''manhwa'' writer. In Japan, he is known for his work ''Blade of the Phantom Master''. Prior to that, he worked on the manhwa ''Island'' (아일랜드) with illustrator Yang Kyung-il. After th ...

began serializing their

manga Manga (Japanese: 漫画 ) are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long prehistory in earlier Japanese art. The term ''manga'' is u ...

Defense Devil ''Defense Devil'' (stylized as ''DEFENSE DEVIL'') is a Japanese manga series written by Youn In-Wan and illustrated by Yang Kyung-il. It was serialized by Shogakukan in ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' from April 2009 to June 2011. The story is about ...

in '' Shonen Sunday''.

Works

* '' Area D: Inō Ryōiki'' * '' Blade of Heaven'' * ''

Blade of the Phantom Master /() is a South Korean-Japanese manhwa series created by Youn In-wan and illustrated by Yang Kyung-il. The story takes place in a world reminiscent of ancient Korea, and follows the Korean-folktale-inspired adventures of Munsu, one of the few ...

'' * ''Burning Hell'' * ''

'' * ''Deja-vu'' * ''Island'' (with

) * ''The Kingdom of the Gods'' (with

Kim Eun-hee Kim Eun-hee (; born January 7, 1972) is a South Korean playwright and screenwriter. She has been working on the Netflix series ''Kingdom'' since 2011. Career On March 5, 2017, Kim was announced as the creator and screenwriter for the Netflix pol ...

) * ''

March Story ''March Story'' (stylized as ''MARCH STORY'') is a Japanese manga series written by Kim Hyung-min and illustrated by Yang Kyung-il. It was serialized in Shogakukan's ''Monthly Sunday Gene-X'' from December 2007 to January 2013. Publication Writ ...

'' * ''

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Adaptations of Yang Kyung-il's works

* ''

Kingdom Kingdom commonly refers to: * A monarchy ruled by a king or queen * Kingdom (biology), a category in biological taxonomy Kingdom may also refer to: Arts and media Television * ''Kingdom'' (British TV series), a 2007 British television drama s ...

'' (

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based on ''The Kingdom of the Gods'') ** ''Kingdom'' (2019) ** ''Kingdom 2'' (2020) ** '' Kingdom: Ashin of the North'' (2021) * ''

Island An island (or isle) is an isolated piece of habitat that is surrounded by a dramatically different habitat, such as water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys. An island ...

'' ( OCN original based on ''Island'', 2021)

References

South Korean manhwa artists 1970 births Living people {{Manhwa-stub