Line #3 Creator/KenIshikawa


1	Ken Ishikawa (June 28, 1948 – November 15, 2006) was a manga artist active from the early 70s until his death in 2006. He was a great friend of the famous and influential {{Mangaka}} Creator/GoNagai, who he worked as an assistant for during the earlier years of his career. His most famous work by far is the mecha series ''Manga/GetterRobo'', though he himself isn't actually famous for it. Thanks to Ishikawa's willingness to credit Go Nagai for helping him out with the series during its early planning stages, ''Manga/GetterRobo'' is wrongly considered a Go Nagai work far more often (Dynamic Productions regularly crossing the series over with ''Anime/MazingerZ'' and and its sequels, not to mention their almost symbiotic appearances in the ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'' series does not help).
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3	Ken Ishikawa is known for his distinctive art style and character designs, which usually involve lots of sketchy black lines, crazy spinning eyes and [[SlasherSmile insane grins]]. In addition to HumongousMecha, many of his manga were about ancient Japan and even in his sci-fi works, themes and philosophies taken from eastern spirituality are often present. Nevertheless, Ishikawa's first work to reach the United States was the 1982 kiddie robot comedy ''Anime/CybotRobotchi'' (aka ''Robby the Rascal'').
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5	Ken Ishikawa sadly died early in November 2006, at the age of 58, though he's well remembered by many fans and animation studios.
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7	!!Works:
8	* ''Manga/GetterRobo'' -- His most famous work, the first CombiningMecha series.
9	* ''Kyomu Senki'' -- Less known than ''Manga/GetterRobo'', but just as long and considered equally good. Each series takes place in a different time period, from the Heian era to the 70th century, and work as a stand-alone tale.
10	** ''Kyomu Senshi Miroku''
11	** ''Shin Rashoumon''
12	** ''Ninpou Honnouji Kashinkojino Youjutsu''
13	** ''Tiger Of 5000 Light Years''
14	** ''Dogura Senki''
15	** ''Jigen Seibutsuki Dogura''
16	** ''Jakiou Bakuretsu''
17	** ''Skull Killer Jakiou'' -- A young boy fights monsters in Tokyo using a berserker, cannibalistic cloned bio-mech. Strange sexual imagery abound. Created looong before ''[[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Evangelion]]''.
18	* ''Maju Sensen'' -- Apocalyptic horror about people with the forms and abilities of beasts. Considered by many to be a SpiritualSuccessor to ''Manga/{{Devilman}}''.
19	** On an interesting note, ''Maju Sensen'' also got a spiritual successor by Creator/GoNagai himself, known as ''The Bird''.
20	* ''Makai Tensho'' -- An adaption of the novel of the same name by Futaro Yamada. The anime adaptation of the novel, known in the west as ''Ninja Resurrection'', borrows quite a few elements from Ken Ishikawa's manga adaptation.
21	** ''Jubei Yakyu Dies'' -- A somewhat sequel to ''Tensho'' where Jubei encounters time traveling ninjas who rule a dystopian steampunk future.
22	* ''Fatal Fury'' -- A manga adaptation of the SNK fighting game series [[VideoGame/FatalFury of the same name.]] Features a crazy Terry Bogard and some of the cast from the second game fighting and killing demons led by [[YouDontLookLikeYou a very off model]] Geese Howard.
23	* ''Cybot Robotchi'' - A 1982 Creator/TVTokyo gag anime for kids created by Ishikawa and scenario writer Toyohiro Ando, about a boy robot created by an eccentric, lecherous inventor who gets into various misadventures around his hometown (shades of ''Manga/DrSlump''). Produced by Creator/KnackProductions of ''Anime/ChargemanKen'' infamy, the show was released in the U.S. in 1985 in a feature-length edit of several episodes titled ''Robby the Rascal''.
24	* ''Yakuza Weapon'' -- An unhinged yakuza returns to Japan to avenge his father and ends up converted into a cyborg with [[ArmCannon weaponized limbs]]. Outrageous violence follows. The manga was adapted to a live action film in 2011.

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