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Behind the anime
Original Creator
Hisaichi Ishii is a Japanese manga artist.
Hisaichi Ishii is a mangaka with 25 credits in Aniphoria's catalog. Their listed hometown is Tamano, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. Born September 2, 1951.
Production credits include story & art (12), original creator (8), and title logo lettering.
Our catalog lists 25 credits, including My Neighbors the Yamadas, Crusher Joe: The Movie, and Nono-chan.
Their hometown is listed as Tamano, Okayama Prefecture, Japan.
The person behind the work
Hisaichi Ishii (いしい ひさいち or 石井 壽一, Ishii Hisaichi; born September 2, 1951, in Tamano, Okayama Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese manga artist. He is best known outside Japan for his manga series Nono-chan, which was adapted into the Studio Ghibli anime film My Neighbors the Yamadas.
Topics covered by Ishii's manga include baseball (in his debut work), politics, economics, current events and topics, philosophy, and so on. He is known for his extreme caricatures of well-known celebrities and well known people, including Kōichi Tabuchi (a pro baseball catcher in Japan), Kim Jong Il, and Tsuneo Watanabe (executive director of the Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings group, owner of the Yomiuri Shimbun).
Ishii graduated with a degree in sociology at Kansai University.
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