Yukito Kishiro

Yukito Kishiro 木城 ゆきと
Yukito Kishiro, Angoulême International Comics Festival 2020
Born	(1967-03-20) March 20, 1967 (age 57) Tokyo, Japan
Area(s)	Manga artist
Notable works	Battle Angel Alita
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Yukito Kishiro (木城 ゆきと, Kishiro Yukito) is a Japanese manga artist born in Tokyo in 1967 and raised in Chiba. As a teenager he was influenced by the mecha anime Armored Trooper Votoms and Mobile Suit Gundam, in particular the designs of Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, as well as the works of manga artist Rumiko Takahashi.^[1] He began his career at age 17, with his debut manga, Space Oddity, in the Weekly Shonen Sunday.^[2] He is best known for the cyberpunk series Battle Angel Alita.

Works

• Hito (1997), a collection of short stories:

  "Space Oddity" (気怪, Kikai, 1984)

  "The Planet of Depths" (怪洋星, Kaiyōsei, October 26, 1988)

  "Fly" (飛人, Hito, 1988)

  "The Great Machine" (大・摩神, Dai-Mashīn, 1989)

  "Junks: The Space Rovers" (宇宙海賊少年団, Uchū Kaizoku Shōnendan, 1990)

  "Future Tokyo Headman" (未来東京HEADMAN, Mirai Tōkyō Heddoman, 1991)

• Battle Angel Alita series:

1. Battle Angel Alita (銃夢, Ganmu, December 15, 1990–April 1, 1995)
2. Battle Angel Alita: Holy Night & Other Stories (銃夢外伝, Ganmu Gaiden, January 24, 1997–December 19, 2006)
3. Battle Angel Alita: Last Order (銃夢Last Order, Ganmu Rasuto Ōdā, November 18, 2000–January 28, 2014)
4. Battle Angel Alita: Mars Chronicle (銃夢火星戦記, Ganmu Kasei Senki, October 28, 2014–present)

• Ashen Victor (灰者, Haisha, 1995–1996)
• Aqua Knight (水中騎士, Akua Naito, March 20, 1998–present)
• Mukai: World of Mist (霧界, Mukai, October 28, 2014)

Adaptations

• Battle Angel (1993), original video animation directed by Hiroshi Fukutomi, based on the manga Battle Angel Alita
• Alita: Battle Angel (2019), film directed by Robert Rodriguez, based on the manga Battle Angel Alita

References

External links

• Official website
• Yukito Kishiro at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Yukito Kishiro at IMDb
• "Yukito Kishiro". Sunny Spot. Biography. Archived from the original on October 29, 2003.
• "Yukito Kishiro". Manga (in Japanese). Media Arts Database.