Motoei Shinzawa

Motoei Shinzawa
Born	新沢 基栄 June 10, 1958(1958-06-10) Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Area(s)	Manga
Notable works	Highschool! Kimen-gumi series

Motoei Shinzawa (新沢 基栄, Shinzawa Motoei^?) is a Japanese manga artist born June 10, 1958 in Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, Japan.

His debut manga was Sannen Kimen-gumi, published in Weekly Shōnen Jump beginning in 1980. After Sannen ended in 1982, he began publishing Highschool! Kimen-gumi, also in Weekly Shōnen Jump, until 1987. Highschool was a smash hit, and an animated version was begun in 1985, running for two years on Fuji TV, along with a movie in 1986 and two video games. His next manga series was I'm Shitataka (僕はしたたか君, Boku wa Shitataka-kun^?), which ran from 1988 through 1990. After Shitataka, Shinzawa took a break from publishing manga until 2001, when his current series, Flash! Kimen-gumi began.

Reception

Shinzawa's High School! Kimengumi has been called "the funniest manga I have ever read" by Michael Gombos, director of Asian marketing for Dark Horse.^[1]

References

1. ^ Gombos, Michael. "Michael Gombos' Top 9 Manga". About.com. http://manga.about.com/od/recommendedreading/tp/MichaelGombosTop9.htm. Retrieved March 26, 2010. 

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Name	Shinzawa Motoei
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Date of birth	June 10, 1958
Place of birth	Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, Japan
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