- Takao Saito
nihongo|Takao Saitō|斎藤隆夫, さいとう・たかを|Saitō Takao|born
November 3 ,1936 is a Japanese manga artist. He is best-known for creating the very successful series "Golgo 13 ". He is married to fellow artist nihongo|Setsuko Yamada |セツコ・山田.Life
Takao Saito was born on
November 3 ,1936 in Osaka as the son of abarber . During his school days in Osaka he was the best in his class in drawing and fighting, and also considered becoming a boxer. After graduation fromJunior High School in Osaka, he decided to become a manga artist, influenced by movies like "King Kong " and "War of the Worlds".He debuted with his first manga "Baron Air" (空気男爵) in 1955. In 1958 he moved to Tokyo, where he started a "comic story atelier" (劇画工房) together with 7 other artists (
Masahiko Matsumoto ,Aki Masa Sato ,Fumi Ishikawa Yasu ,Masaru Sakurai ,Susumu Mon ,Tsu Motomi ,Qi Mahi ). Since April 1960, he has run Saito Production, a company with currently 19 employees. In 1971 he also started to give courses in drawing manga.In 1976, he won the 21th
Shogakukan Manga Award for seinen/general manga for "Golgo 13".cite web | url=http://comics.shogakukan.co.jp/mangasho/rist.html | title=小学館漫画賞:歴代受賞者 | publisher=Shogakukan | language=Japanese | accessdate=2007-08-19]elected works
* "
Golgo 13 "
* "Kage Gari "
* "Survivor"
* "Barom One "
* 4-issue James Bond manga published in 1964References
External links
* [http://www.saito-pro.co.jp/index.htm Saito Pro] ja icon - Official website
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* [http://users.skynet.be/mangaguide/au1576.html Profile] at The Ultimate Manga Guide
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