Akame Pro
Ichiji no San-chan
OKAMOTO Noboru
SHIRATO Sampei
イチ二の三チャン
ノボル
岡本登
赤目プロ
黒川 新

白土三平

Tokyo

February 15, 1932

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January 14th 2022, 12:17pm

Noboru Okamoto born February 15, 1932 in Tokyo, Japan, known by the pen name Sanpei Shirato, was a Japanese manga artist and essayist known for his social criticism as well as his realistic drawing style and the characters in his scenarios.

He was considered a pioneer of gekiga. The son of the Japanese proletarian painter Toki Okamoto, his dream to become an artist equal with his father started when he became a Kamishibai artist.

Sampei Shirato entered the world of manga in 1957. He was also known for his work published in the early issues of the manga anthology magazine Garo in 1964, which he began publishing so as to serialize his comic Kamui Den.

Soon after his debut, Shirato created his seventeen volume Ninja Bugeichou, which earned him a lot of fame. His comic series Sasuke and 'Kamui Den' were highlights of Shirato's activities during the 1960s.

His seventeenth century situated series 'Kamui Den' ran until 1971, and was adapted for a television series in 1968. In 1988, Sampei Shirato restarted the series in Big Comic. For that same magazine, he had already created the mythological comic 'Bacchos' from 1976 to 1978.

Passed away on October 8th 2021. Just four days later on October 12th his brother OKAMOTO Tetsuji who was his assistant at Akame Pro also passed.

KOJIMA Goseki, KUSUNOKI Shouhei, IKEUCHI Seiichi & KOYAMA Haruo were once his assistants.

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