Sui Ishida

Japanese manga artist

  • Tokyo Ghoul
  • Tokyo Ghoul:re
  • Choujin X

Sui Ishida (Japanese: 石田 スイ, Hepburn: Ishida Sui, born December 28, 1986) is a Japanese manga artist. He is popularly known for his dark fantasy manga series Tokyo Ghoul and Choujin X.

Career history

Sui Ishida is best known for his dark fantasy series Tokyo Ghoul, a story about a young man named Ken Kaneki who gets transformed into a ghoul after encountering one. The series then ran from 2011 to 2014 in Shueisha's Weekly Young Jump magazine, and was later adapted into a light novel and anime series in 2014.[2][3] The manga was also translated into English where it topped The New York Times Best Seller list in 2015.[4] A prequel titled Tokyo Ghoul [Jack] was briefly serialized digitally on Jump Live in 2013. In 2014, he began a sequel titled Tokyo Ghoul:re. In 2017, a live-action adaptation of Tokyo Ghoul was released theatrically in Japan.[5] In March 2018, an anime adaptation for Tokyo Ghoul:re began to air with a second season released in October 2018.[6]

In 2016, Ishida created a 69-page storyboard of a manga chapter based on Yoshihiro Togashi's Hunter × Hunter series. Depicting the past of the character Hisoka, the storyboard was released digitally via Shonen Jump+ on June 2, 2016.[7]

On May 10, 2021, Ishida started the manga series Choujin X on Shueisha's Tonari no Young Jump website.[8]

Works

Manga

Title Year Notes Refs
Tokyo Ghoul 2011–2014 Serialized in Weekly Young Jump by Shueisha
Collected into 14 volumes
[2]
Tokyo Ghoul [Jack] 2013 Serialized on Jump Live by Shueisha
Collected into 1 volume
Tokyo Ghoul: Joker 2014 Serialized in Weekly Young Jump by Shueisha
Collected into 1 volume
Tokyo Ghoul:re 2014–2018 Serialized in Weekly Young Jump by Shueisha
Collected into 16 volumes
[9]
Untitled Hunter x Hunter story 2016 Published on Shōnen Jump+ by Shueisha
Name
This Gorilla Will Die in 1 Day 2021 February 6, 2021 to February 7, 2021
Choujin X 2021–present Serialized in Tonari no Young Jump by Shueisha

Light novels

Title Year Notes Refs
Tokyo Ghoul 2013–2014 Artist; authored by Shin Towada
Published by Jump J Books
Published in 3 volumes
Tokyo Ghoul:re[quest] 2016 Artist; authored by Shin Towada
Published by Jump J Books
Published in 1 volume
JACKJEANNE-Summer Drama- 2021 Artist; authored by Shin Towada
Published by Jump J Books
Published in 1 volume

Video games

Title Year Notes Refs
Jack Jeanne 2021 Video game published by BROCCOLI Co., Ltd.
Original creator, original character designer, world designer, illustrator, and insert song lyricist.
[10][11]

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Work/Nominee Result
2016 2nd Sugoi Japan Award Best Manga Series Tokyo Ghoul 2nd place[12]
2018 30th Harvey Award Nominated[13]

References

  1. ^ Book Depository. "Tokyo Ghoul 1". bookdepository.com. Retrieved March 29, 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Tokyo Ghoul Manga to End This Month". Anime News Network. Retrieved December 15, 2015.
  3. ^ "New York Times Manga Best Seller List, November 22-28 - News (2015-12-04) - Anime News Network". Anime News Network. Retrieved December 11, 2015.
  4. ^ "Manga Books - Best Sellers - July 5, 2015 - The New York Times". The New York Times. Retrieved March 17, 2017.
  5. ^ "Tokyo Ghoul: The Movie : Funimation". Funimation. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
  6. ^ Rafael Antonio Pineda (October 30, 2017). "Tokyo Ghoul:re Anime Main Staff Revealed". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
  7. ^ "Tokyo Ghoul's Ishida Draws 69-Page Chapter for Hunter × Hunter Character Hisoka". Anime News Network. June 3, 2016. Retrieved May 27, 2017.
  8. ^ Mateo, Alex (May 10, 2021). "Viz Media, Manga Plus Publish New Choujin X Manga by Tokyo Ghoul's Sui Ishida". Anime News Network. Retrieved August 21, 2021.
  9. ^ "Top-Selling Manga in Japan by Volume: 2015 - News - Anime News Network". Anime News Network. Retrieved December 15, 2015.
  10. ^ Loveridge, Lynzee (March 15, 2019). "'Tokyo Ghoul' creator's mystery project is 'Jack Jeanne'". Anime News Network. Retrieved March 18, 2019.
  11. ^ Hodgkins, Crystlayn (December 20, 2019). "Broccoli's Jack Jeanne Switch Game Launches on August 5". Anime News Network. Retrieved July 13, 2020.
  12. ^ Loveridge, Lynzee (March 23, 2016). "'Your Lie in April', 'One-Punch Man' Top Sugoi Japan Awards 2016 Results". Anime News Network. Retrieved September 22, 2018.
  13. ^ "The Harvey Awards Reveal Nominees for 2018". Harvey Awards. August 9, 2018. Archived from the original on June 14, 2020. Retrieved September 22, 2018.

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