He held a “deep admiration towards Western authors” and was always interested in pushing himself to find new ways to tell his stories. Le film Quartier lointain est réalisé par Sam Garbarski, avec Jonathan Zaccaï, Léo Legrand, Alexandra Maria Lara et Pascal Greggory 2. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. He also received awards from Angoulême for “The Summit of the Gods” in 20, created in collaboration with Baku Yumemakura. In addition to comics, he wrote about 61 episodes of the series, The Solitary Garment. Buy Quartier Lointain Nouvelle edition by Taniguchi, Jiro (ISBN: 9782203114791) from Amazons Book Store. Taniguchi won the Osamu Tezuka Culture Award for “Botchan no Jidai,” the Alph’Art Award for “A Distant Neighborhood” at Angoulême International Comics Festival. He also collaborated with Jean Giraud, aka Moebius, on the 1997 series, “Ikaru.” The series was adapted into a live-action film in 2010, Quartier Lointain. He went on to work with Natsuo Sekigawa on titles like “City Without Defense,” “Lindo 3,” and “The Wind of the West is White.” Perhaps one of his most well-known works is “A Distant Neighborhood,” about a man who goes to visit his mother’s grave, only to be whisked back in time to when he’s an 8th grade student again. “The humanism that crosses his work is familiar with all his readers.”īorn in 1947, Taniguchi began his career in the ’60s as an assistant to Kyota Ishikawa, eventually launching his first comic, “A Desiccated Summer” in 1970. “Jiro Taniguchi was deeply caring and sweet,” Casterman wrote. News of his death was announced by French comics and albums publisher, Casterman. Manga artist Jiro Taniguchi died Saturday at age 69.
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