Seishi Kishimoto

Seishi Kishimoto (岸本 聖史, Kishimoto Seishi, born November 8, 1974) is a Japanese manga artist. He is best known for 666 Satan, which was serialized in Monthly Shōnen Gangan from 2001 to 2007 and licensed by Viz Media in North America as O-Parts Hunter. He has since completed four more manga series, Blazer Drive (2008–2011), Kurenai no Ōkami to Ashikase no Hitsuji (2011–2013), Sukedachi 09 (2014–2016), and Mad Chimera World (2017–2019).

Seishi Kishimoto
Born (1974-11-08) November 8, 1974
Nagi, Okayama, Japan
OccupationManga artist
Known forO-Parts Hunter
RelativesMasashi Kishimoto (twin brother)

Biography

Seishi Kishimoto was born in Okayama Prefecture, Japan on November 8, 1974 as the younger identical twin of Masashi Kishimoto.[1] In elementary school, Kishimoto started watching the anime adaptation of Kinnikuman alongside his brother and the two of them began to design their own superheroes.[2]

Kishimoto's first manga was the one-shot Trigger published in Square Enix's Gangan Powered in 2001. With the story he wanted to write about "faith and parent-child relationships," but had trouble fitting it within the page limit.[3] He began his first serialized work, 666 Satan, in Monthly Shōnen Gangan in 2001. The manga continued for six years and has been translated and released in several foreign countries, including in North America by Viz Media. A year after 666 Satan ended, Kishimoto launched Blazer Drive in the April 2008 debut issue of Kodansha's Monthly Shōnen Rival.[4] Preceded by a prequel one-shot titled Tribal in the final issue of Comic BomBom, Blazer Drive ran until December 2010 and received a video game adaptation. He then created the one-shot Jūniji no Kaneganaru, which was published in the monthly shōjo magazine Aria in 2011. In the January 2012 issue of Monthly Shōnen Rival, Kishimoto debuted Kurenai no Ōkami to Ashikase no Hitsuji, which ran until 2013.[5]

In 2014, Kishimoto began work on Sukedachi 09, a pair of linked print and digital series in Monthly Shōnen Gangan and Gangan Online which take place at the same time but follow different protagonists. The print series debuted in the November 2014 issue of Monthly Shōnen Gangan on October 11, while the digital series was released in Gangan Online on October 16.[6][7] Sukedachi 09 ended in the August 2016 issue, published on July 12.[8] In July 2016, digital distributor Crunchyroll acquired the manga for English release on their website.[9]

Kishimoto began the seinen action series Mad Chimera World in the June 2017 issue of Kodansha's Monthly Morning Two magazine, which was released on April 22.[10] A special one-shot of the series was published in the November 16, 2017 issue of Weekly Morning to celebrate the magazine's 35th anniversary.[11][12] The series ended in the magazine's March 2019 issue, which was released on January 22.[13]

On January 20, 2021, DeNA's free Manga Box website and application published the one-shot Yobigami, which Kishimoto drew for the second episode of the TBS TV show Oh! My Boss! Koi wa Bessatsu de. He was credited by the name Ukyō Arazome (荒染右京) for the work, after the character who drew the manga on the show.[14] Kishimoto will launch the shōnen manga Monster no Isha that expands the world of Yobigami later in the year.[14]

Style and influences

Seishi and his twin brother Masashi have been drawing manga together since early childhood, thus their styles are similar.[15] As a result, each of them has frequently been accused of copying the other, not just artwork, but story elements as well. Seishi himself notes that the similarities are not intentional but are likely because they were both influenced by many of the same things.[16][17]

Works
Serializations
  • 666 Satan (666〜サタン〜) (September 2001 – January 2008; serialized in Monthly Shōnen Gangan)
  • Blazer Drive (ブレイザードライブ) (May 2008 – December 2010; serialized in Monthly Shōnen Rival)
  • Kurenai no Ōkami to Ashikase no Hitsuji (紅の狼と足枷の羊, "Crimson Wolf and Fetters of Sheep") (December 2011 – February 2013; serialized in Monthly Shōnen Rival)
  • Sukedachi 09 (助太刀09, "Assist Nine") (October 2014 – July 2016; serialized in Monthly Shōnen Gangan and Gangan Online)
  • Mad Chimera World (マッドキメラワールド, Maddo Kimera Wārudo) (April 2017 – January 2019; serialized in Monthly Morning Two)
  • Monster no Isha ("Monster Doctor") (TBA 2021)
One-shots
  • Trigger (March 2001; published in Gangan Powered and reprinted in 666 Satan volume 6)
  • Tenchu San (天誅 参, "Tenchu: Wrath of Heaven") (March – April 2003; published in Monthly Shōnen Gangan)
  • Tribal (トライバル) (November 2007, published in Comic BomBom and reprinted in Blazer Drive volume 1)
  • Jūniji no Kaneganaru (12時の鐘が鳴る, "Twelve O'Clock Bell Rings") (April 2011; published in Aria)
  • Mad Chimera World Gaiden (マッドキメラワールド外伝) (November 16, 2017; published in Weekly Morning)
  • Yobigami (ヨビガミ) (January 20, 2021; published on Manga Box, credited as "Ukyō Arazome")

References
  1. Kishimoto, Masashi (October 4, 2002). NARUTO―ナルト―[秘伝·兵の書]オフォシャルファンBOOK (in Japanese). Japan: Shueisha. p. 205. ISBN 4-08-873321-5.
  2. Kishimoto, Masashi (2005). Naruto, Volume 8. Viz Media. p. 26. ISBN 978-1-4215-0124-6.
  3. Kishimoto, Seishi (2006). O-Parts Hunter, Volume 6. Viz Media. p. 147. ISBN 978-1-4215-0860-3.
  4. "Hajime no Ippo's George Morikawa to Draw 1-Shot Manga". Anime News Network. February 25, 2008. Retrieved March 2, 2008.
  5. "O-Parts Hunter's Kishimoto Starts New Manga in Shōnen Rival Mag". Anime News Network. November 3, 2011. Retrieved November 6, 2011.
  6. "O-Parts Hunter's Seishi Kishimoto Starts Sukedachi Nine Manga". Anime News Network. August 9, 2014. Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  7. "助太刀09 - 漫画 - ガンガンONLINE". Gangan Online. Retrieved September 13, 2014.
  8. "O-Parts Hunter's Seishi Kishimoto Ends Sukedachi Nine Manga". Anime News Network. June 18, 2016. Retrieved July 29, 2016.
  9. "Crunchyroll Adds B-Project, New Game!, Bananya, Hitori no Shita the outcast". Anime News Network. July 1, 2016. Retrieved July 29, 2016.
  10. "O-Parts Hunter's Seishi Kishimoto Launches Mad Chimera World Manga". Anime News Network. March 22, 2017. Retrieved March 22, 2017.
  11. "Seishi Kishimoto Publishes 1-Shot for Mad Chimera World Manga". Anime News Network. November 17, 2017. Retrieved November 17, 2017.
  12. "岸本聖史がモーニング初登場、異世界バトルファンタジーの外伝が掲載". Natalie (in Japanese). November 16, 2017. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
  13. "O-Parts Hunter's Seishi Kishimoto Ends Mad Chimera World Manga". Anime News Network. November 22, 2018. Retrieved November 22, 2018.
  14. "O-Parts Hunter's Seishi Kishimoto Draws 1-Shot, Launches New Shonen Manga This Year". Anime News Network. January 24, 2021. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
  15. "GetBackers' Ayamine to Launch Holy Talker Manga in April". Anime News Network. February 8, 2008. Retrieved November 5, 2013.
  16. Kishimoto, Seishi (2006). O-Parts Hunter, Volume 1. Viz Media. p. 8. ISBN 978-1-4215-0855-9.
  17. Sparrow, A. E. (January 30, 2007). "O-Parts Hunter Vol. 1 Review". IGN. Retrieved October 31, 2009.
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