Yukito Kishiro

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 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 Battle Angel Alita.

Works

• Space Oddity (気怪, Kikai, 1984)
• The Planet of Depths (怪洋星, Kaiyōsei, October 26, 1988)
• Fly (飛人, Hito, 1989)
• The Great Machine (大・摩神, Dai-Mashīn, 1989)
• Junks: The Space Rovers (宇宙海賊少年団, Uchū Kaizoku Shōnendan, 1990)
• Battle Angel Alita (December 15, 1990 – April 1, 1995)
• Future Tokyo Headman (未来東京HEADMAN, Mirai Tōkyō Heddoman, 1991)
• Ashen Victor (1995–1996)
• Battle Angel Alita: Holy Night and Other Stories (January 24, 1997 – December 19, 2006)
• Enter the World of Aqua Knight... (水中騎士 特別編, Akua Naito Tokubetsu Hen, January 23, 1998)
• Aqua Knight (March 20, 1998–ongoing)
• Battle Angel Alita: Last Order (November 18, 2000 – January 28, 2014)
• Battle Angel Alita: Mars Chronicle (October 28, 2014–ongoing)
• Mukai: World of Mist (霧界, Mukai, October 28, 2014)

External links

• Yukito Kishiro at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Official website (in Japanese)
• Yukito Kishiro English biography (Archive)
• Yukito Kishiro manga at Media Arts Database (in Japanese)

References