The Struggles of Shotaro Ishinomori - The Artist Whose Ideas Continue to Inspire Moderns Works

[@Egalemanly]

You forgot Shotaro had a assistant name Go Nagai , the man who created Devilman , Mazinger Z , and Cutie Honey

[@SlapstickGenius23]

Go Nagai was also inspired somewhat by Alexander Belyaev, one of the greatest minds in the history of Russian Science Fiction.

[@canesvenatici4259]

​@@SlapstickGenius23 I'm sorry but how was he inspired by Belyaev? Name one example of Belyaev's influence.

[@SlapstickGenius23]

@@canesvenatici4259 Alexander Belyaev’s Amphibian Man inspired Go Nagai’s Devilman, as both are tragic antiheroes with lives cut short. The difference is that the amphibian man was merged with a fish at a young age, while Akira Fudo made a pact with Amon the demon by becoming Devilman.

[@CCootauco]

​@@SlapstickGenius23 People think Nagai as a perverted giant robot man. But he's actually a perverted giant robot man who has a background in classical literature.

[@TheBlackOtaku]

Fun fact: originally Skull-Man one of shotaro ishinomori other works was going to be a tokusatsu tv show, but one of the executives at toei did not like the idea because skull-man was to scary for young audience. So shotaro ishinomori decide to make a redesign of skull man to replace the skull theme into a grasshopper and Kamen rider was born.

[@annoying_HK_guy]

The reason Grasshopper is chosen by his son as motif, was because in 70s boys are scared of Grasshopper And Ishinomori sensei really want the Tokusatsu scared the hell out of them lol

[@CCootauco]

@@annoying_HK_guy It's the opposite. He chose the motif because he knew kids loved them

[@maxwellgraves635]

I would absolutely FREAKING LOVE to see an anime made in the style of Kikaider the Animation based on Shimamoto's continuation manga.

[@bennywark3103]

What a legend, without him we wouldn't have anything. Thank you so much Shotaro!

[@hawleygriffon9290]

Without Tezuka we wouldn't have anything. No Ishinomori, no Miyazaki, no anime industry...not to detract from others of course. And there is so little on him in the West. A few people I know/knew were admirer's of Tezuka but some have now passed away and we others are getting too old to pass along what we know. A pity really...

[@CCootauco]

Shotaro Ishinomori's greatest work was his role as scared fisherman, in Kamen Rider Black, Hurry to Demon Island. There's also a funny story involving him and the creators of Doreamon. Apparently they only became his friends because they had a crush on Yoshie.

[@jaytime3435]

Shotaro ishinomori did not only create one of the most colorful heroes that stand the test of time, He created a symbol, a power beyond of concept of being hope, he created a legacy

[@bensantos3882]

I'm heart broken, you forgot his last major work and contributions to manga comics. Before his passing, he also was the comic artist that gave us A Link To The Past manga. To me growing up, this was my definitive game. Their were three major character art styles used in the game. One was the typical design for the cover/ promotion that is now the definitive edition. The second was this noir/ Boris Vallejo inspired one( This was the one I saw Link as the protagonist all alone going through the struggles by himself) the third which I adored was this author who made the manga. You had no idea how amazing seeing Link be alive and interacting with the World of Zelda 3 to me. I loved how he solved things and interacted with the world. You can tell the best part was the self insert of the Hawk Cyborg inspired character as Link's rival. I knew about the series but we didn't get the animation until like 2001 or so. Please make a follow up video about this man!? He has such a long and rich experience he lived all through his life. I remember Nintendo Power made a commencement letter thanking his contributions after the final chapter wss published and told us of his passing. Even now there was a special published compilation back in 1992 or 93 with his Link to the Past manga published by Nintendo. Seeing Link face off against Trinexx still has me in amazement and wonder which he drew.

[@fattiger6957]

I like hearing the life stories of these creators born during or right after the war. These are the people who laid the foundations of the manga and anime artforms. I especially like hearing stories about the grumpy, but fearless guys like Miyazaki and Tomino. Those people had a very different perspective on life than modern creators. I suppose when your earliest memories are of living in a devastated Japan, you will see things differently than people who have only lived in peace and prosperity.

[@CCootauco]

The brothers who founded Tatsunoko and Tomino was the same way. These guys and the guys they mentored were another breed.

[@Morgil27]

Fun fact: in the 90s, Ishinomori created an American style comic that was serialized in the US in the video game magazine Nintendo Power.

[@DarkOverlord96]

You forgot to add Zelda.

[@SlapstickGenius23]

Shotaro Ishinomori was also inspired by Kamishibai play innovator and picture story godfather Sōji Yamakawa.

[@Humoenlaagua1]

Great video. The museum for this guy is not too far from where I live in Miyagi. It was very fun to see. Cyborg 009 is one of my favorites.

[@sebastiangodoyortiz2840]

Cyborg 009 is my all time favorite, didnt know he also create kamen raider

[@TBoneTony]

Well I believe we have found that 1960s American Entertainment inspired so many Japanese Manga and Animation that we are so thankful to enjoy. These days, America has seemed to abuse and abandon their traditional entertainment, so it's up to Japan to keep entertainment great until the next artists arrive free from modern day social engineering.

[@ericg1100]

This is perfectly worded

[@supersmallchibiwolf872]

Shotaro Ishinomori created many wonderful characters but my favorite is Android Kikaider and Kamen Rider. Cool video. ^_^

[@christophergomez2016]

Watched the documentary of the first part of three kamen rider Gaia: the original shin kamen rider from mr Ishinomori the Stan Lee of Japan who spired by famous scientist, James E Lovelock’s Gaia theory or Gaia hypothesis.

[@ayakuweb]

Thanks for watching the documentary! In happy to know people are finding Monstrosities Kamen Rider Gaia documentary and we're so honored that we got to contribute to its research

[@Ramona122003]

At the 0.25 mark, Funi calls them Androids because they're called "Artificial Human" in Japanese. This is despite Androids 17, 18, and 20 being cyborgs with 16 and 20 and later the Gammas being fully artificial. You then have Cell who is artificial, but not a cyborg.

[@warrenbradford2597]

What a great science fiction and superhero author!😀 I read the original Cyborg 009 when I get the chance one day.🙂

[@DevilManthehero7786]

Amazing

[@tomconstantine2341]

Great as always!

[@attackofthecopyrightbots]

you can feel his pain in his manga

[@NicklasZandeVGCP2001]

I consider Super Sentai to be more akin to that of Superman, and Kamen Rider to be akin to that of Batman. One is more hopeful and upbeat, and the other is darker and more realistic.

[@realDannyBoi111]

5:11 akatsuka mentioned!!!!

[@stevesorensen7069]

Just Subscribed! Great Work!

[@ayakuweb]

Thank you so much!

[@DRAGONBLOODX]

LEGEND

[@gubbothehuggo2771]

It’s funny to me that Super Sentai most likely influenced another one of my favorite series, Bionicle. With the cast of heroes represented by different colors. Where they were probably riffing on Power Rangers. And I shouldn’t have to clarify the connection there.

[@magnetdance]

I cried at the office, man 😭

[@maxwellgraves635]

I wish we could see an animated Ishinomori-verse. Like starting with Inazuman, Skullman, and even Kamen Rider all in that style of 009 and Kikaider 2001

[@hawleygriffon9290]

Do you have any interviews or specials on such creators as Ishinomori, Nagai or others who were in the industry at the time? I'm wondering if things like that were included as extras on Japanese DVD or LD box sets? I used to get recordings of interviews from various anime and manga artists back in the 80s and 90s and I have seen some things on channels like NHK on Miyazaki among others but there is scant info available in English. I had an old anime "Tokiwa Apartment Story" on those artists that were living and working together but I don't know if that was ever released here. I have also seen stuff like the creation of SPFX on old laser discs but I have no idea what they release anymore. I've been out of the loop for over 2 decades at this point. What is on the Shout Factory discs for extras? Anyone know?

[@1TutorialBoss]

Can we get a shout out to his sister?🎉

[@gemssanga4059]

Kamen Rider comic books

[@pjxhenshin3980]

wait how did his work influence yu yu hakusho? if u dont mind me asking

[@ayakuweb]

Shotaro Ishinomori color coded the characters of the first Super Sentai (the series that was adapted as Power Rangers later) series with their individual colors (Red, Yellow, Pink, Blue, Green etc). When Yu Yu Hakusho was adapted into an anime, Shonen Jump's editorial department picked one of Yoshihiro Togashi's colored pages of the characters that featured each character in a different color scheme (even though Yusuke and Kuwabara had different uniform colors despite going to the same school). One of the staff members on Studio Pierrot believed it was fitting, because it helped the younger viewers differentiate the characters like Super Sentai. Initially, Yusuke and Kuwabara had the same colored uniforms (both blue) and Kurama had black hair in the manga. But for some reason, Shonen Jump's editors picked the color scheme where everyone had a different color scheme for the anime's character design.

[@EdwinYap-rp1zo]

what about kamen rider

[@ayakuweb]

I covered it slightly in my video, but as mentioned in that section, I will be dedicating a video about it soon enough

[@EdwinYap-rp1zo]

@@ayakuweb but when you were doing the intro you didn't say kamen rider so I just want to tell you that kamen rider is still popular today

[@ayakuweb]

@@EdwinYap-rp1zo @EdwinYap-rp1zo Hi. Yes I understand it's still popular. I have quite a few videos on Kamen Rider productions. But my intro was catered more for those who watched anime and Power Rangers/Super Sentai in the 90s who make up a majority of my demographic. I did dedicate a section to Kamen Rider in my video because I understand how important it is in the scope of things.

[@EdwinYap-rp1zo]

@@ayakuweb oh ok

[@SlapstickGenius23]

@@ayakuweb have you made a video on the history of Kenya boy? I’ve made a document of the franchise’s history for Providence, Rhode Island, USA’s Anime Herald! It’s going to be published quite soon.

[@christophernovio7637]

1:18 - 1:22 NAME PLEASE!!!

[@ayakuweb]

A J-Drama titled "The Story of Shotaro Ishinomori, the Man Who Created a Hero"