Kotobuki Shiriagari

Kotobuki Shiriagari (しりあがり 寿, Shiriagari Kotobuki) is a Japanese manga artist and actor from Shizuoka, Japan, known for his dark humor and social criticism. In early 1981, after graduating from Tama Art University, he began to work as an advertising illustrator for Kirin Brewery Company. He maintained his regular day job, while developing his manga work, until 1994. His first manga series was Ereki na Haru, a strip launched in 1985. He has been teaching at the School of Progressive Arts in Kobe Design University since 2006.

Contents

• Japanese game walk Kotobuki Shiriagari
• Manga
• Films
• Video games
• Reception and awards
• References

Known for his "gag" manga, Shiriagari keeps his humor close to the dramatic aspects of life. "I always have the choice of telling it with laughter," he said in an interview about his storytelling. His series appears regularly in Comic Beam and experimental Magazine AX.

Manga

Ereki na Haru (エレキな春), 1985

Ora Rokoko da (おらあロココだ) Hakusensha 1987

O.Shi.Go.To. (おしごと), Hanako / Magazine House, 1992

Koisomore-sensei (コイソモレ先生), 1993

Hinshi no Esseiisto (瀕死のエッセイスト), 1993–2002

Ryuusei Kachou (流星課長), Take Shobou, 1996

Yajikita in Deep (弥次喜多 in DEEP), 1997–2002

Futago no Oyaji (双子のオヤジ), 1998–2001

Jijö Oyaji 2000 (時事おやじ2000), 2000

Haikai rōjin Don Quichote (徘徊老人ドンキホーテ), 2001

Shin Hige no OL Sasako Yabuuchi (真・ヒゲのOL藪内笹子), Enterbrain, 2002–2004

Chikyu Boei Ke no Hitobito (地球防衛家のヒトビト), Asahishimbunsha, 2004

Mayonaka no Mizukokikado (真夜中の水戸黄門), Comic Beam, 2004–2005

Mayonaka no Hige no Yaji-san Kita-san (真夜中のヒゲの弥次さん喜多さん), 2005

Hogaraka Shinjiru Kimi (ほがらか信じる君)

Gero Gero Pusuka (ゲロゲロプースカ) Comic Beam, 2006

Films

1997 - Tokyo biyori

2004 - Kyûtî Hanî

2004 - Koi no mon

2005 - Yaji and Kita: The Midnight Pilgrims

2007 - Quiet room ni yôkoso

Video games

Logos Panic Goaisatu (ロゴスパニックごあいさつ) - characters design

WarioWare: D.I.Y. (メイド イン 俺) - comics

Reception and awards

Kotobuki's series Jiji Oyaji 2000 and Yuruyuru Oyaji won the Bungeishunjū Manga Award in 2000.

He received the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize excellence Award in 2001 for his manga Yajikita in Deep.