COMIC ARTIST

Masamune Shirow

1961 - Today

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Masanori Ota (太田正典, Ōta Masanori; born November 23, 1961), better known by his pen name Masamune Shirow (士郎 正宗, Shirō Masamune), is a Japanese manga artist. Shirow is best known for the manga Ghost in the Shell, which has since been turned into three theatrical anime films, two anime television series, an anime television film, an anime ONA series, a theatrical live action film, and several video games, as well as being a key figure in the development of cyberpunk aesthetics and themes in Japan during the 1980s and 1990s. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Masamune Shirow is the 109th most popular comic artist (down from 100th in 2024), the 1,287th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,159th in 2019) and the 38th most popular Japanese Comic Artist.

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Among COMIC ARTISTS

Among comic artists, Masamune Shirow ranks 109 out of 226. Before him are Sergio Toppi, Willy Vandersteen, Sanpei Shirato, Hajime Isayama, Jacques Martin, and Jean Tabary. After him are Claire Bretécher, Tetsuo Hara, Ōten Shimokawa, Yoshiyuki Sadamoto, Keiko Takemiya, and E. O. Plauen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Masamune Shirow ranks 249. Before him are Corey Johnson, Masaaki Mori, Abhijit Banerjee, Matjaž Kek, Wynton Marsalis, and Aaron Sorkin. After him are José Luis Cuciuffo, Sion Sono, Boško Gjurovski, İsmail Kartal, Brendan Eich, and Yuri Malenchenko.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Masamune Shirow ranks 1,287 out of 6,245. Before him are Akira Miyawaki (1928), Banjō Ginga (1948), Yoshiki Tanaka (1952), Hōchū Ōtsuka (1954), Shoji Nishio (1927), and Kazuo Imanishi (1941). After him are Yasushi Akimoto (1958), Sakyo Komatsu (1931), Kenichi Ohmae (1943), Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu (1875), Sion Sono (1961), and Kimiko Shiratori (1968).

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Among COMIC ARTISTS In Japan

Among comic artists born in Japan, Masamune Shirow ranks 38. Before him are Chica Umino (null), Yumiko Igarashi (1950), Tsukasa Hojo (1959), Yōichi Takahashi (1960), Sanpei Shirato (1932), and Hajime Isayama (1986). After him are Tetsuo Hara (1961), Ōten Shimokawa (1892), Yoshiyuki Sadamoto (1962), Keiko Takemiya (1950), Nobuhiro Watsuki (1970), and Masakazu Katsura (1962).

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