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Jiro Taniguchi

Jiro Taniguchi was born August 14th, 1947 in Tottori, Japan. He spent five years as assistant to the late mangaka Kyuta Ishikawa in T�ky� in the 60's then debuted himself in 1971 in Young Comic. He created many solo works including Aruku Hito (The Walking Man), Harukana Machi E (A Distant Neighborhood), and Sousaku Sha (Quest for the Missing Girl) and an epic adaptation of Baku Yumemakura's prize winning novel Kamigami No Itadaki (The Summit of the Gods) into a 1500 page manga. All titles...See more