Kei Sanbe
Kei Sanbe (三部敬, Sanbe Kei) is a Japanese manga artist.[1]
Kei Sanbe | |
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Born | |
Nationality | Japanese |
Other names | Keisuke Kawara |
Occupation | Manga author |
HISTORY
Sanbe was born in the city of Tomakomai in the Iburi Subprefecture of Hokkaido, Japan. After graduating from high school, he moved to Tokyo to study background art production at the Tokyo Designer Gakuin vocational college. Sanbe cites Lupin the Third's The Castle of Cagliostro as the driving force behind his enrollment and overall interest in drawing background art. Example of Sanbe's work During his time in school, Sanbe came across a job listing in Weekly Shonen Jump from Hirohiko Araki, requesting for new assistants. While not particularly a fan of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series, its variety of backgrounds and foreign settings enticed him to submit an application. After applying twice, Sanbe was accepted into Araki's team around the time of Battle Tendency's serialization and was eventually promoted to chief assistant. He would go on to work for Araki for a total of eight years before leaving halfway through Vento Aureo to pursue his own career as a manga artist.
- Sanbe was an honorable mention in the 1990 40th Tezuka Awards and a semi-final winner in the 41st iteration. His manga, Erased, was nominated for the 18th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Reader Award.
Works
- Testarotho (2001–02)
- Kamiyadori (2004–06)
- Kamiyadori no Nagi (2008–2010)
- Hohzuki Island (2008–09) a thriller manga about children who had no relatives left and their parents abandoned are being kept in a school in a mysterious island.
- Mōryō no Yurikago (2010–12)[2][3]
- Black Road[4]
- Hataru[5]
- Puzzle[6]
- Nanako-san Teki na Nichijō[7]
- Nanako-san Teki na Nichijō Re[8]
- Nanako-san Teki na Nichijō Dash!![3][9]
- Erased (2012–2016)[3][10][11] is a mystery manga pertaining to a manga artist who is struggling in his career and suddenly remembers the tragedy he was involved with when he was still in elementary school. He has a mysterious ability called "Revival/Rerun" that can send him back in time from one to five minutes which enables him to avert tragedies before they happen.
References
- "SANBE Kei". manga-news.com (in French). Retrieved 2013-04-01.
- "Berceau des esprits (le)". manga-news.com (in French). Retrieved 2013-04-01.
- "Fin du Berceau des esprits". manga-news.com (in French). 2012-08-02. Retrieved 2013-04-01.
- "Black Road vo". manga-news.com (in French). Retrieved 2013-04-01.
- "Hataru vo". manga-news.com (in French). Retrieved 2013-04-01.
- "Puzzle vo". manga-news.com (in French). Retrieved 2013-04-01.
- "Nanako-san Teki na Nichijô vo". manga-news.com (in French). Retrieved 2013-04-01.
- "Nanako-san Teki na Nichijô Re vo". manga-news.com (in French). Retrieved 2013-04-01.
- "Nanako-san Teki na Nichijô Dash!! vo". manga-news.com (in French). Retrieved 2013-04-01.
- "Boku Dake ga Inai Machi vo". manga-news.com (in French). Archived from the original on 2015-01-21. Retrieved 2013-04-01.
- "Erased". manga-news.com (in French). Retrieved November 16, 2014.