- Yukinobu Hoshino
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name = Yukinobu Hoshino
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birth_date = Birth date and age|1954|1|29|mf=y
birth_place =Kushiro ,Hokkaidō ,Japan
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occupation = Manga artist
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January 29 ,1954 is a Japanese manga artist. He was born inKushiro ,Hokkaidō and dropped out ofAichi Perfectural College of Arts mid-semester from the fine arts department. He made his debut in 1975 with "Kotetsu no Queen " and with "Harukanaru Asa " won Tezuka prize for an outstandingmanga . On 1976, he wrote "Blue City" for "Shukan Shonen Jump ".Initially, his artistic style was similar to that of
Mikiya Mochizuki and had humoristic touches, but moved on to thegekiga style. He is known for using the gekiga style to create detailed and seriousscience fiction stories based on American and European SF novels but creating a completely different storyline. He had also drawn various works based on ancient and pre-historic histories. Amongst other things, he is known for hisgraphic novel series, "2001 Nights ".Manga works
* "
Kotetsu no Queen " (鋼鉄のクイーン)
* "Harukanaru Asa " (はるかなる朝)
* "Blue City" (ブルーシティー)
* "Blue Hole" (ブルー ホール)
* "Kyojintachi no Densetsu " (巨人たちの伝説)
* "2001 Nights " (2001夜物語)
**A collection of short stories that look to mankind's exploration of space, and examine the possibilities that we could face when we decide to take those first fateful steps into the unknown.
* "Yamataika " (ヤマタイカ)
* "Munakata Kyoju Denkiko " (宗像教授伝奇考)Painting books
* STAR FIELD（1986年、双葉社）
* CHRONICLE（1996年、朝日ソノラマ）External links
* [http://www.g-wie-gorilla.de/content/view/603/11/ Review on G-wie-Gorilla.de]
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