Sanpei Shirato

Sanpei Shirato

1932–2021 Tokyo 23 series 821 issues

1 award

Japanese manga artist born February 15, 1932, died October 8, 2021. Born Noboru Okamoto, he is considered a pioneer of the gekiga genre and is best known for Ninja Bugeichō and Kamui Den, historical dramas that blended action with political allegory. In 1964 he co-founded the manga magazine Garo, which became a key venue for alternative adult-oriented manga.

Name

Sanpei Shirato

Issues

821

Series

23

Collected Editions

1

International Editions

14

Awards

Kodansha Manga Award (1963)

Also Known As

白土三平, 岡本登

Gender

Male

Birth Date

February 15, 1932

Death Date

October 8, 2021

Birth Place

Tokyo

Country

Japan

Series

The Legend of Kamui

The Legend of Kamui (2025)

Collected Edition

Drawn & Quarterly

1 issue

AX (1998)

Seirin Kogeisha

170 issues

Big Comic

Big Comic (1968)

1385 issues

Savanna

Savanna (2000)

1 issue

Mangazine

Mangazine (1991)

5 issues

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Samurai (1988)

38 issues

The Legend of Kamui

The Legend of Kamui (1987)

37 issues

The Dreamery

The Dreamery (1986)

14 issues

Amazing Heroes

Amazing Heroes (1981)

204 issues

Akame

Akame (1975)

1 issue

Issues

Volume One

#1

Volume One

The Legend of Kamui (2025)

Jan 14, 2025

Issue #144

#144

Issue #144

Dec 25, 2021

No. 21, 2009

#1177

No. 21, 2009

Big Comic (1968)

No. 19, 2009

#1174

No. 19, 2009

Big Comic (1968)

No. 20, 2009

#1176

No. 20, 2009

Big Comic (1968)

One-Shot

#1

One-Shot

Oct 01, 2000

No. 23, 1999

#889

No. 23, 1999

Big Comic (1968)

No. 24, 1999

#890

No. 24, 1999

Big Comic (1968)

No. 22, 1999

#887

No. 22, 1999

Big Comic (1968)

No. 21, 1999

#886

No. 21, 1999

Big Comic (1968)

Frequent collaborators

Yūsuke Aoyagi

Yūsuke Aoyagi

Shotaro Ishinomori

Shotaro Ishinomori

Chiba Tetsuya

Chiba Tetsuya

Kenichirō Takai

Kenichirō Takai

Takao Saito

Takao Saito

Norio Hayashi

Norio Hayashi

Kazumine Daiji

Kazumine Daiji

Shigeru Mizuki

Shigeru Mizuki

Kenji Morita

Kenji Morita

Kazuo Kamimura

Kazuo Kamimura

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