Jiro Taniguchi
Jiro Taniguchi was born August 14th, 1947 in Tottori, Japan. He spent five years as assistant to the late mangaka Kyuta Ishikawa in T�ky� in the 60's then debuted himself in 1971 in Young Comic. He created many solo works including Aruku Hito (The Walking Man), Harukana Machi E (A Distant Neighborhood), and Sousaku Sha (Quest for the Missing Girl) and an epic adaptation of Baku Yumemakura's prize winning novel Kamigami No Itadaki (The Summit of the Gods) into a 1500 page manga. All titles...See more
Jiro Taniguchi was born August 14th, 1947 in Tottori, Japan. He spent five years as assistant to the late mangaka Kyuta Ishikawa in T�ky� in the 60's then debuted himself in 1971 in Young Comic. He created many solo works including Aruku Hito (The Walking Man), Harukana Machi E (A Distant Neighborhood), and Sousaku Sha (Quest for the Missing Girl) and an epic adaptation of Baku Yumemakura's prize winning novel Kamigami No Itadaki (The Summit of the Gods) into a 1500 page manga. All titles published in English by Fanfare/Ponent Mon. He sadly died on February 11th, 2017. See less
