About Mitsuteru Yokoyama
Mitsuteru Yokoyama was a Japanese manga artist. Considered to be one of the greatest and most influential figures in the history of manga and anime, his works have had a significant impact in the creation and establishment of many genres. These include: mecha, magical girl, battle manga, ninja, and literary adaptations (Sangokushi). Some of his other works include Giant Robo, Kamen no Ninja Akakage, Princess Comet, and an adaptation of the Chinese classic Water Margin. Yokoyama came out with the first book White Lily Story (白百合物語, Shirayuri monogatari) for his manga artist debut, which caught Osamu Tezuka's attention. In 1955, Yokoyama had a title serialized in the magazine Shōjo for the first time, "Shirayuri Koushinkyoku (白ゆり行進曲, White Lily March)". In 2004, while under medical treatment, Yokoyama won the MEXT Prize of the Japan Cartoonist Association. In 1991, Sangokushi won the prize for excellence from the Japan Cartoonist Association and an animated version was broadcast on TV Tokyo.
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