Editing Yukito Kishiro

{{short description|Japanese manga artist}}
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| caption       = Yukito Kishiro, Angoulême International Comics Festival 2020
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| birth_date    = {{Birth date and age|1967|03|20}}
| birth_place   = [[Tokyo]], Japan
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| area          = [[Manga artist]]
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| notable works = ''[[Battle Angel Alita]]''
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{{nihongo|'''Yukito Kishiro'''|木城 ゆきと|Kishiro Yukito|}} is a Japanese [[mangaka|manga artist]] born in Tokyo in 1967 and raised in [[Chiba Prefecture|Chiba]]. As a [[Adolescence|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]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Horibuchi|first=Seiji|date=|title=A long interview with Yukito Kishiro (1993)|url=http://listification.blogspot.com/2015/06/a-long-interview-with-yukito-kishiro.html|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=Animerica Magazine}}</ref> He began his career at age 17, with his debut manga, ''Space Oddity'', in the ''[[Weekly Shonen Sunday]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=MNS Exclusive Interview: Battle Angel (GUNNM) Creator Yukito Kishiro |url=http://www.animenewsservice.com/mns-exclusive-interview-battle-angel-gunnm-creator-yukito-kishiro/ |website=Anime News service |date=2005}}</ref> He is best known for the [[cyberpunk]] series ''[[Battle Angel Alita]]''.

==Works==

* ''Hito'' (1997), a collection of short stories:
*: {{nihongo|"Space Oddity"|気怪|Kikai|1984}}
*: {{nihongo|"The Planet of Depths"|怪洋星|Kaiyōsei|October 26, 1988}}
*: {{nihongo|"Fly"|飛人|Hito|1988}}
*: {{nihongo|"The Great Machine"|大・摩神|Dai-Mashīn|1989}}
*: {{nihongo|"Junks: The Space Rovers"|宇宙海賊少年団|Uchū Kaizoku Shōnendan|1990}}
*: {{nihongo|"Future Tokyo Headman"|未来東京HEADMAN|Mirai Tōkyō Heddoman|1991}}

* ''[[List of Battle Angel Alita chapters|Battle Angel Alita]]'' series:
# {{nihongo|''[[Battle Angel Alita]]''|銃夢|Ganmu|December 15, 1990–April 1, 1995}}
# {{nihongo|''Battle Angel Alita: Holy Night & Other Stories''|銃夢外伝|Ganmu Gaiden|January 24, 1997–December 19, 2006}} 
# {{nihongo|''[[Battle Angel Alita: Last Order]]''|銃夢Last Order|Ganmu Rasuto Ōdā|November 18, 2000–January 28, 2014}}
# {{Nihongo|''[[Battle Angel Alita: Mars Chronicle]]''|銃夢火星戦記|Ganmu Kasei Senki|October 28, 2014–11 March 2025}}

* {{nihongo|''[[Ashen Victor]]''|灰者|Haisha|1995–1996}}
* {{nihongo|''[[Aqua Knight]]''|水中騎士|Akua Naito|March 20, 1998–present}}
* {{nihongo|''Mukai: World of Mist''|霧界|Mukai|October 28, 2014}}

== Adaptations ==

* ''[[Battle Angel (OVA)|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 ==
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==External links==
* {{Official website|http://jajatom.moo.jp/E-top/frame.html}}
* {{ann|people|4605}}
* {{IMDb name|id=1738737}}
* {{cite web |title= Yukito Kishiro |url= http://the.sunnyspot.org/manga/gunnm/author.html |series= Biography |website= Sunny Spot |url-status= live |archive-date= October 29, 2003 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20031029011920/http://the.sunnyspot.org/manga/gunnm/author.html }}
* {{cite web |url= https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/mg/results?utf8=%E2%9C%93&locale=en&display_view=pc&keyword_title=Yukito+Kishiro&commit=Search |title= Yukito Kishiro |series= Manga |publisher= Media Arts Database |language= ja}}

{{Battle Angel Alita}}

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[[Category:1967 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Manga artists from Tokyo]]
[[Category:People from Ōta, Tokyo]]
[[Category:Cyberpunk writers]]