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Makoto Kobayashi

Makoto Kobayashi

Japan 33 series 428 issues
1 award

Makoto Kobayashi is a Japanese manga artist best known for What's Michael?, a humor series about a cat that ran from 1984 to 1989 and won the Kodansha Manga Award. He earlier won the same award for Sanshiro of 1,2 in 1981, a comedic judo series, and also created Judo-bu Monogatari. His work is known for its gentle humor and clean, expressive art style.

Name
Makoto Kobayashi
Issues
428
Series
33
Collected Editions
1
International Editions
16
Awards
New York Library Award (1990)
Also Known As
小林まこと
Country
Japan

Series
JJM: Joshi Judobu Monogatari

JJM: Joshi Judobu Monogatari (2016)

Kodansha

15 issues

Evening

Evening (2001)

Kodansha

467 issues

What's Michael?: Fatcat Collection

What's Michael?: Fatcat Collection (2020)

Collected Edition

Dark Horse Comics

2 issues

Big Comic Original

Big Comic Original (1974)

Shogakukan

1255 issues

Weekly Shonen Magazine

Weekly Shonen Magazine (1959)

Kodansha

3395 issues

Kappa Magazine

Kappa Magazine (1992)

Edizioni Star Comics

173 issues

Comic BomBom

Comic BomBom (1981)

Kodansha

313 issues

What's Michael?: Planet of the Cats

What's Michael?: Planet of the Cats (2006)

Dark Horse Comics

1 issue

Super Manga Blast!

Super Manga Blast! (2000)

Dark Horse Comics

59 issues

Robot

Robot (2005)

Digital Manga Publishing

3 issues

Issues
Vol. 15
#15

Vol. 15

JJM: Joshi Judobu Monogatari (2016)

Aug 23, 2023

No. 6, 2023
#503

No. 6, 2023

Evening (2001)

Feb 28, 2023

No. 1, 2023
#498

No. 1, 2023

Evening (2001)

Dec 13, 2022

No. 24, 2022
#497

No. 24, 2022

Evening (2001)

Nov 22, 2022

Vol. 14
#14

Vol. 14

JJM: Joshi Judobu Monogatari (2016)

Nov 22, 2022

No. 21, 2022
#494

No. 21, 2022

Evening (2001)

Oct 11, 2022

No. 15, 2022
#488

No. 15, 2022

Evening (2001)

Jul 12, 2022

No. 12, 2022
#485

No. 12, 2022

Evening (2001)

May 24, 2022

Vol. 13
#13

Vol. 13

JJM: Joshi Judobu Monogatari (2016)

May 23, 2022

No. 7, 2022
#480

No. 7, 2022

Evening (2001)

Mar 08, 2022

Frequent collaborators

Kiuchi Kazuhiro

Kiuchi Kazuhiro

Kobayashi Jinko

Kobayashi Jinko

Sugimura Shinichi

Sugimura Shinichi

Michiharu Kusunoki

Michiharu Kusunoki

Katsumi Yamaguchi

Katsumi Yamaguchi

Toshiya Takeda

Mohiro Kitoh

Mohiro Kitoh

Emoto Yuuko

Emoto Yuuko

Yuzo Takada

Yuzo Takada

Lea Hernandez

Lea Hernandez

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