Biography
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 is 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. He is 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.
Wrote 11
2000s
- 2009
1980s
- 1989
Seton Animal Chronicles
Comic Book, Writer
1970s
- 1971
The Legend of Ninja Kamui: The Shell of the Sun and Moon
Writer, Comic Book
1960s
- 1969
The Legend of Ninja Kamui
Comic Book, Writer
Band of Ninja Pilot
Writer, Comic Book
- 1968
Sasuke
Comic Book, Writer
- 1967
Band of Ninja
Comic Book, Writer
- 1966
Watari, the Ninja Boy
Comic Book, Writer
- 1965
Shounen Ninja Kaze no Fujimaru: Ma Boroshi Majutsu-dan
Writer, Comic Book
- 1964
Shounen Ninja Kaze no Fujimaru: Nazo no Arabiya Ningyou
Comic Book, Writer
Samurai Kid
Writer, Comic Book