Jiro Taniguchi

Jiro Taniguchi (谷口ジロー Taniguchi Jirō) is a Japanese manga artist, born the 14 August 1947 in the prefecture of Tottori, Japan.

Biography

He began to work as assistant of the late mangaka Kyota Ishikawa.
He made his manga debut in 1970 with Kareta Heya (A Desiccated Summer), published in the magazine Young Comic.
From 1976 to 1979, he created several hard-boiled comics with the scenarist Natsuo Sekigawa, such as City Without Defense, The Wind of the West is White and Lindo 3.
From 1984 to 1991, Tanigushi and Natsuo Sekigawa produced the trilogy Bocchan No Jidai.

In the 1990s, he came up with several albums, among which Aruku Hito (歩くひと), Chichi no koyomi (The Almanac of My Father), and Keyaki no ki .
In 2001, he created the Icare (Icaro) series on texts by Moebius.

Jir Taniguchi gained several prizes for his work. Among others, the Osamu Tezuka Culture Award (1998) for the trilogy Bocchan No Jidai, the Shogakukan prize with Inu wo Kau, and in 2003, the Alph'Art of the best scenario at the Angoulme International Comics Festival (France) for Harukana Machi-E.

His work has been translated in many languages.

Story lines

Far from the violent storylines often associated with the manga, Taniguchi has developed a very personal style, more adult. Along with other writers, like Tsukasa Hōjō, his comics focus more on the Japanese society and culture, with a subtile analysis of his customs and habits.

Bibliography

  • Aruku Hito (歩くひと, translated in French as L'Homme qui Marche)
  • ...

External links

Taniguchi Jiro

 

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