Naoyuki Konno 紺野直幸 is one of my greatest artistic inspirations. And as far as I'm concerned, he's the true successor to continue Ishinomori's artistic legacy. I miss his style so much, I think the reason I draw fanart is to someday come close to matching his unique touch.

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New illustration today features Tomoko Fukami aka Chiko-chan from "Angel in the Dark", made by the combined efforts of manga legends Shotaro Ishinomori, Fujio Akatsuka and Hideko Mizuno! Art by me and colors by .

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Shonen Domei also made its television debut in the Inazuman TV series from 1973. However, this version of the Shonen Domei bears more of a resemblance to another Ishinomori manga called Mezzon Z, which it took inspiration from for the uniforms.

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My Ishinomori Illustration for today features a important yet overlooked series, the very first "group hero" work by Ishinomori: Shonen Domei! They're also known as Youth League or New Boy Scout. Colors by

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Ishinomori used a similar motif of a story taking place in past, present and future in his Ryu Trilogy. Even though Ryu is a different character in each series, Ishinomori saw them as part of a roman fleuve. Each story flows through time like a river over different generations.

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This was a groundbreaking work published in Shojo Club back in 1962. According to Ishinomori, vampire stories were uncommon in Japan at the time. The plot is also a mix of different genres, including horror, romance and science-fiction, one of the trademarks of his shojo stories.

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Hoshinomori Konoha and Hoshinomori Chiaki from the

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Marippe is the heroine of the series, which was first published back in 1965. Marippe and her boyfriend Rokube were occasionally revisited by Ishinomori during the 70s and 80s alongside other characters such as Sarutobi Ecchan and Hoshi no Ko Chobin.

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Today we have a colored piece for my Ishinomori Girls Illustrations: Marippe from Kinnaru Yatsura! Many thanks to for the wonderful colors!

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This Peggy never appeared in other media, but she was the motif behind the character Shoko from Ishinomori's gag series Wonder Bevil-kun:

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My Shotaro Ishinomori Hero art for
Kamen Rider, Kikaider, Inazuman, Henshin Ninja Arashi & Robot Keiji!
Colors by

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Second step of my tribute to Shotaro Ishinomori's Kamen Rider Black manga! Just messing around with different flats and colors.

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LRT was about Naoyuki Konno plans to adapt one of my favorite Ishinomori's manga, Banchou Wakusei. This illustration is the closest we got:

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Kamen Rider, un manga de Shotaro Ishinomori https://t.co/0X5rNTGHsw

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TOP Manga-ka:
Mamoru Nagano
Hagio Moto
Shigeru Mizuki
Leiji Matsumoto
Keiko Takemiya
Shotaro Ishinomori
Go Nagai
Ken Ishikawa

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More concept art of the unrealized Hakaider spin-off movie. Despite being scrapped, the design has a resemblance to Ishinomori's Green Glass

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Shoutarou Ishinomori - Cyborg 009 : Super Galaxy Legend

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