History Creator / KenIshikawa

** ''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]].
* ''Maju Sensen'' -- Apocalyptic horror about people with the forms and abilities of beasts. Considered by many to be a SpiritualSuccessor to Manga/{{Devilman}}.

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 ''Cybot Robotchi'' (aka ''Robby the Rascal'').

!!Notable Ishikawa Series:

* ''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 the infamous Creator/{{Knack}} Productions of ''Anime/ChargemanKen'' fame, the show was released in the U.S. in 1985 in a feature-length edit of several episodes titled ''Robby the Rascal''.

* ''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 the infamous Creator/{{Knack}} Productions of ''Anime/ChargemanKen'' fame, the show was released in the U.S. in 1985 in a feature-length edit of several episodes titled ''Robby the Rascal''.

* ''Makai Tensho'' -- An adaption of the novel of the same name.

** ''Maju Sensen'' also got a spiritual successor by Creator/GoNagai himself, known as ''The Bird''.

* ''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 the infamous Knack Productions of ''Anime/ChargemanKen'' fame, the show was released in the U.S. in 1985 in a feature-length edit of several episodes titled ''Robby the Rascal''.

* ''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 the infamous Knack Productions of ''Anime/ChargemanKen'' fame, the show was released in the U.S. in 1985 in a feature-length edit of several episodes titled ''Robby the Rascal''.

* ''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 the infamous Knack Productions of ''Anime/ChargemanKen'' fame, the show was released in the U.S. in 1985 in a feature-length edit of several episodes titled ''Robby the Rascal''.

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.

* ''Fatal Fury'' -- A manga adaptation of the SNK fighting game series [[VideoGame/FatalFury of the same name.]]

* ''Maju Sensen'' -- Apocalyptic horror about people with the forms and abilities of beasts. Considered by many to be a Spiritual Successor to Manga/{{Devilman}}.

* ''Maju Sensen'' -- Apocalyptic horror about people with the forms and abilities of beasts. Considered by many to be a Spiritual Successor to Manga/Devilman.

* ''Maju Sensen'' -- Apocalyptic horror about people with the forms and abilities of beasts. Considered by many to be a Spiritual Successor to Devilman.

* ''Makai Tensho'' -- An adaption of the novel of the same name.

A manga artist who worked 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).

* ''Maju Sensen'' -- Apocalyptic horror about people with the forms and abilities of beasts. Considered to be a Spiritual Successor to Devilman.

* ''Maju Sensen'' -- Apocalyptic horror about people with the forms and abilities of beasts. Considered to be a [[Spiritual Successor]] to Devilman.

* ''Maju Sensen'' -- Apocalyptic horror about people with the forms and abilities of beasts. Considered to be a [[SpiritualSuccessor]] to Devilman.

* ''Maju Sensen'' -- Apocalyptic horror about people with the forms and abilities of beasts.

A manga artist who worked from the early 70s until his death in 2006. He was a great friend of the famous and influential {{Mangaka}} 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 GoNagai for helping him out with the series during its early planning stages, ''Manga/GetterRobo'' is wrongly considered a GoNagai 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).

A manga artist who worked from the early 70s until his death in 2006. He was a great friend of the famous and influential {{Mangaka}} 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 GoNagai for helping him out with the series during its early planning stages, ''Manga/GetterRobo'' is wrongly considered a GoNagai work far more often (Dynamic Productions regularly crossing the series over with ''MazingerZ'' and and it's sequels, not to mention their almost symbiotic appearances in the ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'' series does not help).

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]]. Unlike GoNagai, he tends to avoid fanservice and excessive violence. 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.

A manga artist who worked from the early 70s until his death in 2006. He was a great friend of the famous and influential {{Mangaka}} 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 ''GetterRobo'', though he himself isn't actually famous for it. Thanks to Ishikawa's willingness to credit GoNagai for helping him out with the series during its early planning stages, ''GetterRobo'' is wrongly considered a GoNagai work far more often (Dynamic Productions regularly crossing the series over with ''MazingerZ'' and and it's sequels, not to mention their almost symbiotic appearances in the ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'' series does not help).

* ''GetterRobo'' -- His most famous work, the first CombiningMecha series.
* ''Kyomu Senki'' -- Less known than ''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.

A manga artist who worked from the early 70s until his death in 2006. He was a great friend of the famous and influential {{Mangaka}} 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 ''GetterRobo'', though he himself isn't actually famous for it. Thanks to Ishikawa's willingness to credit GoNagai for helping him out with the series during its early planning stages, ''GetterRobo'' is wrongly considered a GoNagai work far more often (Dynamic Productions regularly crossing the series over with ''MazingerZ'' and and it's sequels, not to mention their almost symbiotic appearances in the ''SuperRobotWars'' series does not help).

* ''KyomuSenki'' -- Less known than ''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.
** ''KyomuSenshiMiroku''
** ''ShinRashoumon''
** ''NinpouHonnoujiKashinkojinoYoujutsu''
** ''TigerOf5000LightYears''
** ''DoguraSenki''
** ''JigenSeibutsukiDogura''
** ''JakiouBakuretsu''
** ''SkullKillerJakiou'' -- A young boy fights monsters in Tokyo using a berserker, cannibalistic cloned bio-mech. Strange sexual imagery abound. Created looong before [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Evangelion]].
* ''MajuSensen'' -- Apocalyptic horror about people with the forms and abilities of beasts.
* ''MakaiTensho'' -- An adaption of the novel of the same name.

** ''SkullKillerJakiou'' -- A young boy fights monsters in Tokyo using a berserker, cannibalistic cloned bio-mech. Strange sexual imagery abound. Created looong before [[NeonGenesisEvangelion Evangelion]].

A manga artist who worked from the early 70s until his death in 2006. He was a great friend of the famous and influential {{Mangaka}} 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 ''GetterRobo'', though he himself isn't actually famous for it. Thanks to Ishikawa's willingness to credit GoNagai for helping him out with the series during its early planning stages, ''GetterRobo'' is wrongly considered a GoNagai work far more often (Dynamic Productions crossing the two series' over regularly and their almost symbiotic appearances in the ''SuperRobotWars'' series do not help).

A manga artist who worked from the early 70s until his death in 2006. He was a great friend of the famous and influential {{Mangaka}} 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 ''GetterRobo'', though he himself isn't actually famous for it. Thanks to Ishikawa's willingness to credit GoNagai for helping him out with the series during its early planning stages, ''GetterRobo'' is wrongly considered a GoNagai work far more often.