Kaoru Shintani

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Shintani began his career in 1972 as a shōjo artist and was nominated for the Ribon Comics Award for best new artist of that year. After working as an assistant to Leiji Matsumoto, the writer and artist of "Captain Harlock" and "Space Battleship Yamato", Shintani began to publish aviator titles in various comic magazines. [Comic book reference
Story = Kaoru Shintani (1951- ) [column]
Title = Area 88
Issue = 1
Date = May 26, 1987
Publisher = Eclipse Comics/Viz Communications, Inc.
Page = 33 ] Serialization of "Area 88" began in 1979 and the title has been popular ever since.

While working as an assistant to Matsumoto, one of Shintani's duties was to construct plastic models for drawing reference. Matsumoto often states that he based the character Yattaran (who appears as a supporting character in several Harlock stories) on Shintani.

Works

Manga

All titles written and illustrated by Shintani.
*"Area 88" (1979–1986)
*"Balancer" (1985-1986)
*"Futari Daka"
*"Cleopatra DC" (1988)
*"Buttobi CPU" (1993)

Original Video Animation

*"Area 88" (1985, based on Shintani's manga)
*"Cleopatra DC" (1989, based on Shintani's manga, screenplay by Shintani)
*"I Dream of Mimi" (1997, based on Shintani's manga "Buttobi CPU")

Television

*"Uchuu Taitei God Sigma" (1980–1981, character design by Shintani)
*"Futari Daka" (1984–1985, based on Shintani's manga)
*"Area 88" (2005, based on Shintani's manga)

References

External links

*jp icon [http://www.area88.jp/ Kaoru Shintani's official website]
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