By Mituru Sugaya
Manga artist
Born in 1950 in Fuji City, Shizuoka Prefecture. 73 years old.
Started drawing manga in the sixth grade of elementary school.
In 1969, moved to Tokyo to pursue a career as a manga artist right after graduating from high school. After working as a manga assistant and in an editorial company, debuted in 1971 with “Kamen Rider” (original work by Shotaro Ishimori).
In 1983, won the Shogakukan Manga Award for his representative works “Game Center Arashi” and “Hello, My Computer”.
In 1994, made a comeback as an entertainment novelist, publishing over 60 novels.
In 2005, enrolled in Waseda University’s School of Human Sciences e-School.
In 2011, completed the master’s program at Waseda University Graduate School of Human Sciences (at age 60).
From 2013 to 2021, served as a professor at Kyoto Seika University Faculty of Manga.
Starting in 2024, will be the president of the Japan Manga Association.
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TALK LOG
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Mr. Harada learns the basics of pc6001’s basic through “Hello, My Computer”
A childhood spent making plastic models and being absorbed in war comics
Mr. Sugaya, a junior high school student suffering from food poisoning, wobbles on his bicycle to buy Ishimori Shotaro’s “Introduction to Manga Artists”
“Introduction to Manga Artists” has become a career formation roadmap for aspiring manga artists
Thanks to the paper that was easy to procure in the paper mill town, he was able to draw a lot
Efforts accumulated as seen in episodes with Ishinomori-sensei are important
Since he started drawing manga, he has been making transmitters with amateur radio and vacuum tubes
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The urgency of having to return to the countryside if he cannot debut as a manga artist by the age of 22
In winter, he grips a soldering iron in the high school physics club, and in summer, he trains his body in the swimming club
Experience in amateur radio leads to unexpected income
Computers are tools for efficiency
The first program he created was tax return software
The behind-the-scenes story of the launch of “Hello, My Computer”
The spirit of playing with expenses
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Drawing an 8-page manga using only a mouse on a Mac
Generative AI and the Luddite movement
Thanks to digital technology, he was able to return to manga production
AI that leaps over long physical experiences
The Tokiwa-so effect. Methods to motivate oneself
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