Hitoshi Iwaaki
Manga artist

Hitoshi Iwaaki

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28 July 1960(Tokyo)
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Introduction

Hitoshi Iwaaki (Japanese: 岩明 均, Hepburn: Iwaaki Hitoshi, born July 28, 1960) is a Japanese manga artist, whose works include the science-fiction/horror series Parasyte. The Mixx editions of Parasyte romanize his name as "Hitosi Iwaaki", while the Del Rey Manga editions use "Hitoshi Iwaaki".

Awards

In 1993, he received the Kodansha Manga Award for Parasyte. In 2010 Historie took the grand prize in the manga division of the 2010 Japan Media Arts Festival.

He was the winner for the 2012 Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Grand Prize for Historie.

Works

  • Fuuko no Iru Mise (4 volumes, Morning 1986-1988)
  • Hone no Oto (1 volume, short stories, Morning 1990, large format edition, 2003)
  • Parasyte (10 volumes, Afternoon 1990-1995, Perfect Edition: 8 volumes, 2003) First published in English by Mixx (Tokyopop), republished in English by Del Rey Manga
  • Tanabata no Kuni ("The Country of Tanabata") (4 volumes, Big Comic Spirits, Perfect Edition: 2 volumes, 2003)
  • Yuki no Touge, Tsurugi no Mai (2001, Kodansha)
  • Heureka, (2002, Hakusensha)
  • Historie, (2004-ongoing, 8 volumes as of August 2013, Afternoon)
  • Reiri (November 12, 2015-ongoing)

Iwaaki also contributed a story to Neo Devilman.