Hiroshi Shiibashi
Encyclopedia
is a Japanese manga artist known for the manga
Nurarihyon no Mago
. He has worked as an assistant on Hirohiko Araki
's series Steel Ball Run
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Manga
Manga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th...
Nurarihyon no Mago
Nurarihyon no Mago
Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan, known in Japan as is a manga series written and illustrated by Hiroshi Shiibashi. The series was first published in Shueisha as a oneshot in 2007. The manga has been continuously serialized in the Japanese manga anthology Weekly Shōnen Jump since March 2008 and has...
. He has worked as an assistant on Hirohiko Araki
Hirohiko Araki
is a Japanese manga artist. He left school before graduating from Miyagi University of Education.Araki is best known for his long running series JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, published in Weekly Shōnen Jump starting in 1987. The story is full of references to Western music and Italy, both of which...
's series Steel Ball Run
Steel Ball Run
is a seinen manga series by Hirohiko Araki. Originally presented as an unrelated story, this series was officially declared a part of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure storyline. The series stars Gyro Zeppeli, who uses a set of steel balls that spin incredibly fast, and Johnny Joestar, a former hot-shot...
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Career
- 2002: Debuted in Business JumpBusiness Jump, is a Japanese seinen manga anthology published by Shueisha under the Jump line of magazines. It publishes various Seinen manga series in Japan. The manga of Business Jump are published under the "Young Jump Comics" line.- History :...
illustrating a oneshot titled "Aratama" (璞〜ARATAMA〜), written by Saori Uemura (植村 沙織, Uemura Saori). - 2003: Appeared in the New Year's issue of the Osaka University of Arts magazine with a oneshot titled "The Fangs of Kyūso" (窮鼠の牙, Kyūso no kiba). He was also in charge of the illustrations for Saori Uemura's novel "The Delusions of a Stupid Woman" (バカな女の妄想, Baka na onna no mōsō). In the same magazine's spring issue, he illustrated a oneshot titled Aka-tuki (Aka-Tuki 〜赤月〜), written by .
- 2004: Appeared in the year's sixth issue of Business Jump with "Silver Tray" (銀の盆, gin no bon) and the same year's 24th issue with "The Shinmeishaku Dictionary" (新明釈国語辞典, Shin meishaku kokugojiten).
- 2005: Appeared in the spring issue of College Manga with "Falconer of the Mountains" (山脈のファルコナー, Yamanami no fuarukonaa), the summer issue with "Rakuda no Kobu" (ラクダのこぶ), and the autumn issue illustrating Saori Uemura's "Lilly Bulb".
- 2006: Appeared in Akamaru Jump's spring issue with Nurarihyon no Mago.
- 2007: Appeared in the year's 35 issue of Weekly Jump with Nurarihyon no Mago and won the third annual Golden Future Cup competition.
- 2008: Nurarihyon no Mago is serialized in the year's 15th issue of Weekly Jump, as Shiibashi's first serialization.